DarkBlock vs ATrans
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
ATrans
This app acts as a client for various AI translation providers, allowing you to translate text from multiple languages. It offers features like system translation integration, automatic language switching, and a history of your past translations. You can also listen to translated text and customize your preferred AI models.
- Connect to multiple AI providers (OpenAI, Gemini, etc.)
- Translate text within other apps
- Automatic language switching
- Clipboard translation
- Listen to translations
- Translation history with search and filtering
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ATrans helps you translate messages, articles, and everyday text on iPhone and iPad using the AI provider you choose. Set your preferred languages, type or paste your text, and read the translation as it appears. BRING YOUR OWN AI PROVIDER Connect to OpenAI, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, MiMo, or a compatible custom API endpoint. Choose a supported model and save provider configurations for easy switching. TRANSLATE WHILE YOU READ Use ATrans to translate selected text in other apps through the system translation interface, where supported. Copy the result, listen to it, or replace the selected text with your translation when the app allows it. AUTOMATIC LANGUAGE SWITCHING Set your primary and secondary languages, and Auto mode translates between them based on your text. Text in other languages is translated into your primary language. You can also choose a specific target language at any time. Language options include English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, and Arabic. QUICK CLIPBOARD TRANSLATION Copy text and return to ATrans to get a prompt to translate new clipboard content. Confirm to start a translation without pasting it manually. LISTEN TO YOUR TEXT Read source text and translations aloud with built-in speech, or use AI voices through supported OpenAI and MiMo configurations. Available AI voices depend on your provider. AI audio playback includes pause and resume controls. FIND PAST TRANSLATIONS Swipe right to open your translation history. Search source text and translations, filter by language, and sort by date. Reopen a previous session, preview it with a long press, or delete entries you no longer need. MADE FOR EVERYDAY USE A focused interface keeps your text and translations easy to read, with streaming results, quick copying, and support for light and dark appearances. BEFORE YOU START ATrans is a translation client. Configure a compatible API provider and model before translating, and supply your own API key if your provider requires one. Provider usage may incur separate charges. Translation and AI speech availability depend on your configured service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DarkBlock at 83% against ATrans's 0%. DarkBlock also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.0) and device support (4 vs 2). ATrans's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
DarkBlock costs $4.99 and ATrans $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DarkBlock holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of DarkBlock's written reviews are positive against 0% of ATrans's.
DarkBlock ships an update every 6 weeks, ATrans every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DarkBlock | ATrans |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 金超 高 | 辉 周 |
Customer experience
DarkBlock
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In-app purchases
DarkBlock
No in-app purchases
ATrans
No in-app purchases









