Comparison

StopTheMadness Pro vs Untracker

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

Head to head
About

StopTheMadness Pro

This browser extension enhances your web browsing experience by preventing websites from interfering with standard browser functions and protecting your privacy. It offers a wide array of unique features to regain control over your online interactions.

Highlights
  • Prevent UI feature disabling (text selection, copy/paste)
  • Stop Google AMP and URL tracking parameters
  • Bypass URL shorteners and stop autoplaying media
  • Hide unwanted website banners and elements
  • Customize tab URL editing and font substitution
  • Run custom JavaScript and URL redirects
Features
Currently charting
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StopTheMadness Pro is a web browser extension that stops websites from making your browser harder to use, and it protects your privacy on the web. StopTheMadness Pro is not an ad blocker but rather a one of a kind extension with a huge number of unique features! Made by indie developer Jeff Johnson. The support link has documentation and my email address. StopTheMadness Pro includes extensions for Safari on iOS and iPadOS, Safari, Safari web apps, Chrome, and Firefox on macOS. StopTheMadness Pro is a major update to the beloved StopTheMadness extension, adding automatic iCloud sync of settings between all devices, as well as countless other new features and improvements. StopTheMadness Pro features: • Stop websites from disabling user interface features in your browser such as text selection, copy, cut, and paste, drag and drop, contextual menus, AutoFill, ⌘-key keyboard shortcuts, and 2-finger tap to open links in a new tab • Stop Google AMP • Remove URL query tracking parameters automatically • Stop clickjacking on Google Search, Gmail, Facebook, and DuckDuckGo • Stop hyperlink auditing (anchor "ping") • Stop tracking beacons (Navigator.sendBeacon) • Bypass well-known URL shorteners such as bit.ly, tinyurl, and t.co • Stop autoplaying audio and video • Always show Safari's native video controls, including Picture-in-Picture • Unmute videos automatically on first play • Auto-select video playback speed • Stop Safari from pausing audio in background apps such as Apple Music • Hide "Get the app" banners on Google, Google Maps, DuckDuckGo, IMDb, Quora, Patreon, Reddit, and Tumblr • Hide "Sign in with Google" on all websites • Hide "We'd like to send you some notifications" banners on many websites • Hide elements on web pages with a tap • Edit the tab URL in a large separate window instead of Safari's small address bar • Font substitution on websites • Website-specific CSS and JavaScript • Run custom JavaScript snippets at any time • Custom URL redirects • Stop losing characters in maxlength password fields • Force links to open in the current tab instead of a new tab, or force links to open in a new tab instead of the current tab • Force images to the front so you can drag, use the contextual menu, and save • Stop web animations • Stop websites from overwriting your system clipboard • Show the concealed password in password fields • Stop websites from disabling text replacements in Safari • Stop websites from changing the cursor and hiding the scrollbar • Stop the software keyboard from zooming in the web page • Stop websites from disabling pinch to zoom • Reload the web page on a timer • View and edit web page HTML • And many more!

About

Untracker

Features
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Untracker strips tracking query parameters from URLs so you can share clean links. It works automatically in the background on your Mac and is always a tap away on your iPhone and iPad. AUTOMATIC CLIPBOARD MONITORING On macOS, Untracker lives in your menu bar and silently cleans every URL you copy. No extra steps, no interruptions — just clean links. 200+ PROVIDERS COVERED Powered by the ClearURLs community database. Google, Amazon, Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, and many more are covered out of the box. Rules are refreshed automatically. SHARE EXTENSION Clean URLs directly from Safari or any app's share sheet on iPhone and iPad. Tap share, tap Untracker, done. REDIRECT UNWRAPPING Extracts real URLs from tracking redirects like Google's /url?q=, AMP links, Facebook's l.php, and URL shorteners like bit.ly and t.co. CUSTOM RULES Define your own cleaning rules with regex patterns. Import and export rule sets as JSON. Your rules are checked first — your intent always wins. Includes a live test URL preview. CLEANING HISTORY & STATISTICS A searchable log of cleaned URLs with page titles and favicons. Track total URLs cleaned, characters saved, top domains, most removed parameters, and daily activity. QR CODES Generate a QR code for any URL. Copy it to the clipboard, save it as PNG, or share it directly. BATCH CLEANING Paste multiple URLs and clean them all at once with concurrent processing. iCLOUD SYNC Settings and custom rules sync across all your devices via iCloud with conflict-free CRDT resolution. Edit on your Mac, see it on your iPhone — and vice-versa. PRIVACY FIRST Zero analytics, zero telemetry, zero tracking. Everything runs locally on your device. URLs are never sent anywhere. 17 LANGUAGES Arabic, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Universal Purchase — buy once, use on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Screenshots

StopTheMadness Pro4 screens
Untracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Untracker at $0.99 against StopTheMadness Pro's $14.99. StopTheMadness Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks) and chart position (#35 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

StopTheMadness Pro costs $14.99 and Untracker $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StopTheMadness Pro ships an update every 9 days, Untracker every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
StopTheMadness Pro versus Untracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStopTheMadness ProUntracker
Price$14.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.7 (198 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings198 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#35 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeff JohnsonMichele Caserta

Bugs and requests

StopTheMadness Pro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent behavior with 'Disable on Page' option
  • Unreliable 'Force Link into New Active Tab' functionality

Requested features

3 requests
  • Integrated ad-blocking capabilities
  • Improved visual filtering options (e.g., dark mode)
  • Easier per-site configuration management

Untracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

StopTheMadness Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Untracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StopTheMadness Pro free?
StopTheMadness Pro costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Untracker free?
Untracker costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do StopTheMadness Pro or Untracker have ads?
Neither StopTheMadness Pro nor Untracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StopTheMadness Pro or Untracker?
StopTheMadness Pro ships an update every 9 days, and Untracker every 5 weeks. Most recently, StopTheMadness Pro was updated on September 23, 2026 and Untracker on September 10, 2026.

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