Comparison

Filtre vs Litterbox

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

Head to head
About

Filtre

This Safari extension automatically hides unwanted content across all websites based on your custom keywords. Enhance your browsing experience by filtering out distractions, spoilers, and sensitive topics for improved mental well-being and focus.

Highlights
  • Automatic keyword filtering on all websites
  • Customizable filter sets for specific sites
  • Hide, fade, or blur filtered content
  • Syncs filters across devices via iCloud
  • Privacy-focused, no browsing data collected
  • Integrates with Shortcuts and Control Center
Features
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Filtre is a Safari extension that automatically hides news articles, posts and comments based on your own keywords, on every website you visit. It’s the mute filters you know from social media, but for the entire internet. Browse the internet without noise and distractions. Here’s how others are using Filtre: • Take care of your mental health by filtering out news topics that negatively affect your mood
 • Not into sports? Hide all the match updates, scores and transfers
 • Filter out topics that hit too close to home when you’re going through a hard time
 • Mute toxic or unpleasant comments
 • Hide spoilers for your favorite TV show • Don’t get distracted by clickbait headlines Filtre works on every website you visit, automatically. It hides items before they ever even appear on the page. And it doesn’t just hide the text that matched your filter. It intelligently includes related content around it too, even including photos. You set up your filters exactly how you want them. Filter Sets let you quickly enable or disable specific filters for specific websites. And you can even decide how filtered items appear. By default they’re completely hidden, but you can also show them faded out or blurred. Built from the ground up for iOS and macOS, the app feels right at home on your device. Filtre is tightly integrated with system features such as the Shortcuts app and Control Center. And your settings and filters are automatically synced across all your devices using iCloud. Just as importantly, Filtre takes your privacy seriously. No browsing data is ever collected, period. And your filters never leave your device or your personal iCloud account. Filtre is made by the developer of Noir, the award-winning dark mode extension for Safari. You can try Filtre for free for 7 days. After that, one subscription gives you full access to Filtre on all your devices. Privacy Policy: • The Filtre extension requires access to the websites you visit in order to apply your filters and hide elements. • Filtre never collects your browsing data. The only data stored by Filtre are your settings and filters, and those will never leave your device or iCloud account. • You can read Filtre’s full Privacy Policy at https://filtre.app/privacypolicy Terms of Use: • https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Litterbox

This Safari extension allows you to view individual posts from a social media platform without navigating to the full website. It opens links in a pop-up window for quick viewing and does not share your browsing data.

Highlights
  • View posts in pop-up windows
  • Avoids visiting the full website
  • Uses official API
  • Protects user cookies
  • Identifies viewable links
Features
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Litterbox is a Safari extension that opens x.com links in a popup so you can read the one post and leave. - It uses the same API that powers their embed widgets. - It never sends your cookies. - The openable links are marked with a small dot.

Screenshots

Filtre4 screens
Litterbox2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Litterbox at 100% against Filtre's 40%. Litterbox also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Filtre sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Litterbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Litterbox holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Filtre's written reviews are positive against 100% of Litterbox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Filtre ships an update every 5 days, Litterbox weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Filtre versus Litterbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiltreLitterbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings)4.2 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings310 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey KuikenAnd a Dinosaur

Customer experience

Filtre

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Litterbox

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Filtre

Subscriptions2
  • Filtre Monthly7 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Filtre Yearly7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Filtre Lifetime$27.99
None

Litterbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Filtre free?
Filtre is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Litterbox free?
Litterbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Filtre or Litterbox?
Litterbox is rated higher. Filtre averages 2.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Litterbox averages 4.2 from 10 ratings.
Do Filtre or Litterbox have ads?
Neither Filtre nor Litterbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Filtre or Litterbox?
Filtre ships an update every 5 days, and Litterbox weekly. Most recently, Filtre was updated on November 5, 2026 and Litterbox on October 31, 2026.

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