uBlock Origin Lite vs anyPWA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
uBlock Origin Lite
This efficient content blocker utilizes browser-based filtering for reliable ad and tracker removal. It offers a declarative approach, minimizing resource consumption by only activating its service worker when interacting with its interface.
- Efficient content blocking
- Declarative filtering
- Minimal resource consumption
- Browser-based filtering
- Supports multiple filter lists
- Open-source and transparent
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uBO Lite (uBOL) is a reliable and efficient content blocker. The default ruleset corresponds to uBlock Origin's default filterset: - uBlock Origin's built-in filter lists - EasyList - EasyPrivacy - Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list You can enable more rulesets by visiting the options page -- click the _Cogs_ icon in the popup panel. uBOL is entirely declarative, meaning there is no need for a permanent uBOL process for the filtering to occur, and CSS/JS injection-based content filtering is performed reliably by the browser itself rather than by the extension. This means that uBOL itself does not consume CPU/memory resources while content blocking is ongoing -- uBOL's service worker process is required _only_ when you interact with the popup panel or the option pages.
anyPWA
Transform websites into dedicated apps with features like ad blocking, background audio playback, and Picture-in-Picture video. Organize your favorite sites for easy access and manage multiple accounts per website.
- Ad blocking for websites and media
- Background audio playback
- Picture-in-Picture video
- Websites as fullscreen apps
- Separate accounts per website
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Adjustable page zoom and text size
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Block ads on your favorite websites, keep music playing with the screen locked, and watch videos in Picture in Picture. Your first saved website is free. Open websites as fullscreen apps on iPhone and iPad, with separate accounts for each saved website. anyPWA also runs on Macs with Apple silicon. Your websites, ready to open Choose an example such as YouTube, Spotify or Wikipedia, or paste any website address. Open it from your library in a dedicated view, without browser bars. When you return to the library, the website stays open so you can pick up where you left off. Make websites easier to read Adjust page zoom and text size separately for each saved website. Open from your Home Screen Add an anyPWA widget and choose which saved websites it shows. Tap a website to open it directly. You can also use Apple Shortcuts to create a separate Home Screen icon with each saved website’s own name and image. The icon helper requires iOS 18 or later. For setup instructions, tap "Add to Home Screen" at the bottom of your library. Two accounts, one website Each saved web app has its own cookies and storage. Add the same website twice to stay signed in to different accounts. On iPhone Duo Browser controls and page layouts adapt to the available space, including the system side rail. Room to work on iPad Open your web apps in separate windows and use them side by side. On your Mac Open websites in separate windows on a Mac with Apple silicon. You can listen to Spotify on Mac too. Keep listening and watching Audio keeps playing when you switch apps or lock the screen. Use the Lock Screen and Control Center to play or pause, and Picture in Picture to watch compatible videos while you do something else. YouTube and YouTube Music support background playback, Lock Screen controls and Picture in Picture. Spotify supports individual tracks, full albums and next/previous controls. Playback preferences The optional Media Controls purchase saves video quality and audio-only preferences for YouTube and YouTube Music, with separate Wi-Fi and cellular profiles and an audio-only background rule. It also lets you hide YouTube Shorts. A sleep timer pauses audio and video across your open web apps after a preset or custom duration up to 12 hours. For YouTube, YouTube Music, Spotify and SoundCloud, choose whether Lock Screen and CarPlay player buttons skip within the current item or go to the previous and next track or video. Save the choice separately for each web app. Built-in ad blocking Filter ads and hide empty ad spaces using automatically updated community filter lists. Blocking also works with video and audio ads on YouTube, YouTube Music and Spotify. You can turn it off for any website. Skip YouTube sponsors SponsorBlock is a separate one-time purchase for all your saved YouTube websites. It skips sponsor segments using community timestamps, with an option to undo a skip or turn it off per website. Coverage varies by video. Free for your first website Use one web app for free, including ad blocking, background playback and Lock Screen controls. Unlimited Websites is a one-time purchase for all saved web apps and library rearranging. Media Controls is a separate one-time purchase for playback preferences, player button choices, YouTube Shorts hiding and the sleep timer. All three purchases support Family Sharing. There is no anyPWA subscription. Your library stays on your device No anyPWA account is needed. Your saved websites and sign-ins stay on your device, and anyPWA has no analytics or tracking of its own. Websites you visit have their own privacy practices. YouTube, YouTube Music and Spotify open as websites inside anyPWA. Features depend on the websites and may change. anyPWA is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by these services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: uBlock Origin Lite at none against anyPWA's 3. uBlock Origin Lite also leads on ratings volume (989 vs 12). anyPWA's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. anyPWA sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. uBlock Origin Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for uBlock Origin Lite against 4.8 for anyPWA. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: uBlock Origin Lite has 989 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of uBlock Origin Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of anyPWA's.
uBlock Origin Lite ships an update weekly, anyPWA every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | uBlock Origin Lite | anyPWA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (989 ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 989 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Raymond Hill | Adam Wallner |
Customer experience
uBlock Origin Lite
anyPWA
Bugs and requests
uBlock Origin Lite
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to turn on extension on laptop Safari after installation
- Fails to load when enabling in Safari
Requested features
2 requests- Import third-party filter lists
- Improved dashboard and settings access
anyPWA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
uBlock Origin Lite
No in-app purchases
anyPWA
- Media Controls$2.99
- SponsorBlock$2.99
- Unlimited Websites$4.99
Questions
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