DarkBlock vs Livify
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
Livify
Easily convert videos into beautiful Live Photos. Process locally with no data collection, preview, and save directly to your album. Adjust video length from 1 to 500 seconds.
- Convert videos to Live Photos
- Local processing, no data collection
- Preview and save to album
- Adjustable video length (1-500 seconds)
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选视频，秒转精美 Live Photo V1.00 要点： - 本地处理，零数据收集 - 预览与保存到相册 - 支持 1–500 秒时长调整 技术协议：https://holy-condor-59c.notion.site/Livify-29cdbcee630580179347d4c1e4398532?source=copy_link 用户协议：https://holy-condor-59c.notion.site/Livify-29cdbcee630580f0bf5de1be06f92272?source=copy_link 隐私协议：https://holy-condor-59c.notion.site/Livify-29cdbcee63058055bc1bd3ff8a45ece7?source=copy_link
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Livify at Free against DarkBlock's $4.99. Livify also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). DarkBlock's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Livify is free to download; DarkBlock costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Livify holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. 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 100% of Livify's.
DarkBlock ships an update every 6 weeks, Livify fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 9, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DarkBlock | Livify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 金超 高 | 逸飞 姚 |
Customer experience
DarkBlock
Livify
In-app purchases
DarkBlock
No in-app purchases
Livify
No in-app purchases
