Comparison

StopTheMadness Pro vs Litterbox

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

Litterbox

This Safari extension allows you to view individual posts from a social media platform without navigating to the full website. It opens links in a pop-up window for quick viewing and does not share your browsing data.

Highlights
  • View posts in pop-up windows
  • Avoids visiting the full website
  • Uses official API
  • Protects user cookies
  • Identifies viewable links
Features
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Litterbox is a Safari extension that opens x.com links in a popup so you can read the one post and leave. - It uses the same API that powers X's embed widgets. - It never sends your cookies. - The openable x.com links are marked with a small dot.

Screenshots

StopTheMadness Pro4 screens
Litterbox2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Litterbox at Free against StopTheMadness Pro's $14.99. Litterbox also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). StopTheMadness Pro's advantage is ratings volume (198 vs 1) and chart position (#21 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

Litterbox is free to download; StopTheMadness Pro costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Litterbox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StopTheMadness Pro has 198 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of StopTheMadness Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Litterbox's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
StopTheMadness Pro versus Litterbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStopTheMadness ProLitterbox
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (198 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings198 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#21 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeff JohnsonAnd a Dinosaur

Customer experience

StopTheMadness Pro

All ratings198 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews204 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative11.8%

Litterbox

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Litterbox

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

StopTheMadness Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Litterbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StopTheMadness Pro free?
StopTheMadness Pro costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Litterbox free?
Litterbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StopTheMadness Pro or Litterbox?
Litterbox is rated higher. StopTheMadness Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 198 ratings, while Litterbox averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do StopTheMadness Pro or Litterbox have ads?
Neither StopTheMadness Pro nor Litterbox shows ads.

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