Comparison

SafaShield vs CipText

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Block malicious domains
  • Block ads and web trackers
  • Block abused TLDs
  • Whitelist custom domains
  • Allow ads on trusted sites
  • Block custom TLDs
Features
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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.

About

CipText

Features
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CipText is designed for text that does not need to last forever. You can create personal entries and assign a start time and an end time to each one. Before the active date, the content cannot be viewed. Once the expiration time is reached, the entry becomes invalid automatically. CipText is suitable for: - Temporary notes - Personal reminders - Time-sensitive text This is not a cloud note app. There is no sharing. CipText simply manages your text and the time it exists.

Screenshots

SafaShield4 screens
CipText2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CipText at every 9 days against SafaShield's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SafaShield ships an update every 3 weeks, CipText every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
SafaShield versus CipText: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSafaShieldCipText
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.4
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNOVIRUSTHANKS COMPANY SRL伟 龙

In-app purchases

None

SafaShield

No in-app purchases

None

CipText

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SafaShield free?
SafaShield is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CipText free?
CipText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SafaShield or CipText have ads?
Neither SafaShield nor CipText shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SafaShield or CipText?
SafaShield ships an update every 3 weeks, and CipText every 9 days. Most recently, SafaShield was updated on October 8, 2026 and CipText on October 12, 2026.

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