Comparison

Sink It for Reddit vs TabGuard

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Sink It for Reddit

Enhance your Reddit browsing with a Safari extension that streamlines the web experience. It offers quality-of-life improvements like color-coded comments, content muting, and adaptive dark mode, while removing intrusive banners, buttons, and ads.

Highlights
  • Color-coded comments
  • Content muting
  • Adaptive dark mode
  • Removes app banners and login popups
  • Removes advertisements
  • Improved comment navigation
Features
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Sink It for Reddit is a hyper focused Safari extension that makes Reddit's web version usable. Features a ton of quality of life improvements including color coded comments, content muting, adaptive dark mode and more. Tired of seeing too many banners and buttons asking you to use the app or login? Sink It silently, and safely, removes all of them as well as the "promotional" content too! Make the "Modern" Reddit Experience Usable ------------------------------------------- Supercharge your Reddit experience with color coded comments, improved comments navigation, adaptive dark mode, content muting, and so much more. Sink It also de-clutters and removes most “omfg please use our app” banners and buttons as well as the annoying login popups from Reddit in addition to removing advertisements. Yeah, we loathe them too! Privacy First -------------- Sink It has been built with a privacy first approach. - All the blocking happens on your device with literally ZERO data being recorded or sent back to be data mined. - We don't keep usage data like the count of how many popups and banners it has blocked or links it has redirected. - We don't even come with basic app analytics or telemetry to keep track of how many times you've opened or use the app. - It does check whether you have dark mode on or not so it can show you the correct tutorial video. (I hate opening a bright video on dark mode as much as you.) If you're a security researcher, feel free to poke around to make sure the app isn't up to anything funky.

About

TabGuard

Take back control of your browsing experience. This tool blocks annoying popups, unwanted new tabs, and sneaky redirect tricks in Safari. Choose from multiple protection modes or set site-specific rules for a cleaner, more focused browsing session.

Highlights
  • Block popup windows
  • Block new tab links
  • Block popunders
  • Three protection modes
  • Site-specific rules
  • Real-time notifications
  • Block history
Features
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Take back control of your Safari tabs! TabGuard blocks annoying popups and unwanted new tabs while you browse. Tired of websites opening random tabs when you click anything? TabGuard is a powerful Safari extension that stops websites from hijacking your browsing experience with unwanted popups, new tab links, and sneaky redirect tricks. ----------------------------------- WHY TABGUARD? Every day, websites try to force open new tabs, spawn popup windows, and redirect you to ads. TabGuard puts you back in control — block everything, allow trusted sites, or let Smart Mode decide automatically. ----------------------------------- KEY FEATURES ◉ BLOCK POPUP WINDOWS Stop sites from using window.open() to spawn unwanted popup windows in your face. ◉ BLOCK NEW TAB LINKS Prevent links from forcing new tabs to open. Keep browsing in your current tab. ◉ BLOCK POPUNDERS Stop sneaky scripts that try to open tabs behind your current window. ◉ THREE PROTECTION MODES • Block All — Maximum protection, blocks everything • Smart Mode — Allows your clicks, blocks scripts • Allow All — Disable protection when needed ◉ SITE-SPECIFIC RULES Whitelist sites you trust to allow their popups. Blacklist annoying sites to always block them. ◉ REAL-TIME NOTIFICATIONS See exactly what's being blocked with elegant on-page notifications. ◉ BLOCK HISTORY Track everything TabGuard blocks. See which sites are the worst offenders. ◉ INSTANT SYNC Settings sync instantly between the app and Safari extension. ----------------------------------- PERFECT FOR • Stopping ad popups on streaming sites • Preventing shopping sites from opening new tabs • Blocking redirect chains on sketchy sites • Keeping your browsing focused and clean • Protecting yourself from popup spam ----------------------------------- SMART MODE Don't want to block everything? Smart Mode intelligently distinguishes between: • YOUR clicks — allowed (you meant to do that) • Script-triggered popups — blocked (the site is being annoying) It's the perfect balance between protection and usability. ----------------------------------- EASY SETUP 1. Install TabGuard 2. Open Safari Settings → Extensions 3. Enable TabGuard Extension 4. Done! You're protected. ----------------------------------- PRIVACY FIRST TabGuard processes everything locally on your device. No data collection, no tracking, no accounts required. Your browsing stays private. ----------------------------------- Download TabGuard today and browse without interruptions!

Screenshots

Sink It for Reddit4 screens
TabGuard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sink It for Reddit at 4.7 against TabGuard's 3.0. Sink It for Reddit also leads on ratings volume (945 vs 2). TabGuard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sink It for Reddit sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. TabGuard asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sink It for Reddit holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sink It for Reddit has 945 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sink It for Reddit versus TabGuard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSink It for RedditTabGuard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (945 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings945 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTony SundharamMAXWELL PAUL VAGLICA

Customer experience

Sink It for Reddit

All ratings944 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews211 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral8.5%
Negative21.8%

TabGuard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sink It for Reddit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Nag screen for creating an account still appears
  • Infinite reload loops due to issues with URL handling
  • Extension not loading consistently

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to hide specific subreddits from r/all
  • Search functionality within subreddits
  • Collapsible comment threads

TabGuard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Sink It for Reddit

One-time4
  • Micro Tip$0.99
  • Thoughtful Tip$2.99
  • Mega Tip$4.99
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  • Sink It Max$5.99
None

TabGuard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sink It for Reddit free?
Sink It for Reddit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TabGuard free?
TabGuard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sink It for Reddit or TabGuard?
Sink It for Reddit is rated higher. Sink It for Reddit averages 4.7 out of 5 from 945 ratings, while TabGuard averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sink It for Reddit or TabGuard have ads?
Neither Sink It for Reddit nor TabGuard shows ads.

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