Comparison

Protego for Reddit vs Cookie Cookie Block

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

Head to head
About

Protego for Reddit

Enhance your Reddit browsing by filtering out unwanted content. This tool allows you to block specific keywords, social media links, and domains, helping you focus on what matters and reduce distractions.

Highlights
  • Keyword filtering
  • Social media blocking
  • Domain blocking
  • Smart wildcards
  • iCloud sync
  • Ad-free browsing
  • Import/export filters
Features
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Add a keyword, a community, a user, or a domain, and matching posts quietly disappear from your feed. Protego is a Safari extension with a companion app, on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. WHY THE BROWSER: Reddit belongs in your browser. The official app is built to keep you scrolling; in Safari, you decide what Reddit shows you. No notifications pulling you back, no "get the app" walls, and no Reddit app collecting in the background. FILTER WHAT YOU CHOOSE: - Keywords - Hide posts whose title, body, or community name matches a word or phrase - Communities - Hide everything from a community, or block its page entirely - Users - Hide one person's posts and comments - Domains - Hide posts linking to a particular site - Social Media - Hide posts linking to X, Instagram, TikTok, and more Keywords go further: * matches a word and its variations, # matches any 1 to 3 digit number, and groups switch a whole set on or off at once. Any filter switches off without deleting it. Reveal Mode outlines every post a filter would hide instead of hiding it, and Preview tries a keyword before you save it. Not sure what to filter? On a device with Apple Intelligence, pick a topic or type a word, and Protego suggests real terms to add. SET UP IN ONE TAP: Pick a preset (Off, Minimal, Balanced, or Focused) and Protego applies a recommended set of options, bringing new Reddit closer to the old one. Fine-tune anything afterward. CLEAR AWAY THE CLUTTER: - Hide thumbnails, avatars, flair, badges, vote controls, award and join buttons, community banners, and pinned highlight cards - Hide recommendations, promoted posts, login and app nudges, and Reddit Answers - Collapse or hide comments carrying media, and the moderator comment pinned to the top of a thread MAKE REDDIT EASIER TO USE: - Share a post, or a comment with the thread above it, as an image instead of a screenshot - Color-code comment threads by reply depth, with four themes to pick from - Jump between comments by reply depth, and return to the top of a thread - Open comment pages with every reply chain folded away - Open posts from a feed in a new tab, keeping your place - Land on old Reddit automatically, with an endless feed - Give old Reddit the dark theme it has never had, and drop communities' custom styling PUT REDDIT OUT OF REACH: Limits blocks Reddit itself, a step at a time: Home and Popular, then all main feeds, then everything but direct links to posts, then all of Reddit. Pair a limit with a Focus like Sleep or Study and it turns itself on. PRIVACY: No account, no tracking, no browsing history collected. Your filter lists stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. Keyword suggestions run on Apple's Private Cloud Compute, which stores nothing and never receives your lists. YOURS ON EVERY DEVICE: - One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro - No subscription, and optional tips are the only in-app purchase. Nothing is locked behind them - Lists sync over your own iCloud, even with the app closed - Works on new and old Reddit - English, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese - Search every setting by name or by what it does - Import and export your lists - Stats showing how much Protego has filtered, with a shareable card Protego filters text: post titles, bodies, community and author names, and link addresses. It cannot read words inside images or videos. Filtered posts are hidden from your view. Nothing is removed from Reddit, and nobody is notified.

About

Cookie Cookie Block

Features
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NO MORE COOKIE BANNERS!!!! Cookie Cookie Block helps you browse with fewer interruptions by automatically handling cookie consent banners with privacy-first choices. Instead of forcing you through repetitive popups, it quickly picks the most private available option when supported. What it does: Auto-rejects cookie banners when possible Prioritizes privacy-friendly consent choices Works across many consent interfaces Keeps setup simple inside Safari Extensions settings Cookie Cookie Block is designed to reduce friction while you browse and make consent handling faster and cleaner.

Screenshots

Protego for Reddit4 screens
Cookie Cookie Block1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cookie Cookie Block at none against Protego for Reddit's 3. Cookie Cookie Block also leads on price ($0.99 vs $3.99). Protego for Reddit's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On ads 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

Protego for Reddit costs $3.99 and Cookie Cookie Block $0.99 up front. Protego for Reddit sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Cookie Cookie Block asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Protego for Reddit ships an update fortnightly, Cookie Cookie Block every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Protego for Reddit versus Cookie Cookie Block: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProtego for RedditCookie Cookie Block
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.6 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdgar SanchezGabriel Soria Souza

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Protego for Reddit

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
None

Cookie Cookie Block

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Protego for Reddit free?
Protego for Reddit costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Cookie Cookie Block free?
Cookie Cookie Block costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Protego for Reddit or Cookie Cookie Block have ads?
Neither Protego for Reddit nor Cookie Cookie Block shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Protego for Reddit or Cookie Cookie Block?
Protego for Reddit ships an update fortnightly, and Cookie Cookie Block every 5 weeks. Most recently, Protego for Reddit was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cookie Cookie Block on October 18, 2026.

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