Dimmed Note vs DarkBlock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dimmed Note
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Hide and block the screen area where you enter text from above and below at any size. By displaying only the area of interest, glare is reduced.
DarkBlock
Enhance your browsing experience by permanently hiding unwanted websites from search results and enabling a dark mode in Safari. This utility app offers a cleaner, more focused way to navigate the web.
- Permanently hide websites from search results
- Enable dark mode in Safari
- Customizable browsing experience
- Clean search results
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1. Permanently hide websites that you don't want in Google Search. 2. Enable Dark Mode in Safari. This app incorporates code from the DarkReader project (https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader), which is MIT Licensed. The license is included below: https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader/blob/main/LICENSE
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dimmed Note at Free against DarkBlock's $4.99. Dimmed Note also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). DarkBlock's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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
Dimmed Note is free to download; DarkBlock costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dimmed Note ships an update every 2 weeks, DarkBlock every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dimmed Note | DarkBlock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.8.3 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hideaki Uchikoshi | 金超 高 |
In-app purchases
Dimmed Note
No in-app purchases
DarkBlock
No in-app purchases
