SafaShield vs Phien
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SafaShield
Enhance your Safari browsing experience by blocking malicious domains, ads, and trackers. This utility offers customizable rules to protect your privacy and reduce online threats.
- Block malicious domains
- Block ads and web trackers
- Block abused TLDs
- Whitelist custom domains
- Allow ads on trusted sites
- Block custom TLDs
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SafaShield is a Safari content blocker app developed by NoVirusThanks Company Srl that was created to improve Safari web browsing security by blocking potentially suspicious and malicious domains. We provide built-in options to block most abused TLDs (such as domains that end in .top or .xyz), dynamic DNS domains, free hosting domains, internationalized domains, unsecure connections, and more. We added also options to protect the user's privacy by blocking ads and web trackers. Other useful features you can find aboard are the possibility to whitelist a domain so it will never be blocked, allow ads on websites you trust and that you visit frequently to support their work, block custom domain names and also custom domain TLDs (such as .it or .info). The main focus of this app is to reduce the attack surface by improving the Safari web browsing security with smart content blocking rules.
Phien
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Phien is built for speed. Tap to add a service. See each technician's work at a glance. No spreadsheets. No sticky notes. Just a clean, visual layout that works on iPhone and iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Phien at every 11 days against SafaShield's every 3 weeks. SafaShield's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SafaShield ships an update every 3 weeks, Phien every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SafaShield | Phien |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NOVIRUSTHANKS COMPANY SRL | Thong Quang Vu |
In-app purchases
SafaShield
No in-app purchases
Phien
No in-app purchases
