Comparison

Web Cleaner vs Ad Gate

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

Head to head
About

Web Cleaner

Block intrusive ads, trackers, and pop-ups directly within your Safari browser. This content blocker enhances your browsing experience by removing unwanted elements from most websites without accessing your personal data.

Highlights
  • Blocks ads
  • Blocks trackers
  • Blocks pop-ups
  • Safari extension
  • Enhances browsing privacy
  • Easy to use
Features
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Block ads, popups, and trackers on your favorite websites. This browser extension does not have access to your browsing activity, passwords, credit card details, or any other sensitive information. Privacy Policy • https://github.com/lucasditomase/web-cleaner Terms of Service • https://github.com/lucasditomase/web-cleaner Customer Support • https://github.com/lucasditomase/web-cleaner

About

Ad Gate

Features
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Ad Gate provides strong ad blocking for Safari, including display ads, pop-ups, trackers, intrusive page elements, and many YouTube ads where Safari extensions can intercept them. Ad Gate is an extension-only utility. It does not keep a companion app running in the background. Safari activates its declarative rules and small page helpers only when needed. Release bundles measure under 25 MB on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Filtering stays on your device. There are no accounts, analytics, telemetry, advertising SDKs, or browsing-history uploads. Its update mechanism accepts only cryptographically signed network-rule updates. Enable Ad Gate in Safari, allow access on all websites, and browse normally. Some ads, including those inserted into the same encrypted video stream as requested content, may not be removable by a Safari extension without risking playback.

Screenshots

Web Cleaner4 screens
Ad Gate1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ad Gate at none against Web Cleaner's 2. Web Cleaner's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Web Cleaner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Ad Gate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Web Cleaner ships an update every 5 days, Ad Gate every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Web Cleaner versus Ad Gate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeb CleanerAd Gate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.526.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucas Exequiel Di TomaseBetter Studios

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Web Cleaner

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription1 Year trial$9.991 Year
None

Ad Gate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Web Cleaner free?
Web Cleaner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ad Gate free?
Ad Gate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Web Cleaner or Ad Gate have ads?
Neither Web Cleaner nor Ad Gate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Web Cleaner or Ad Gate?
Web Cleaner ships an update every 5 days, and Ad Gate every 11 days. Most recently, Web Cleaner was updated on September 12, 2026 and Ad Gate on September 22, 2026.

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