Web Tweaker vs Litterbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Web Tweaker
Enhance your Safari browsing experience with a suite of independent tools. Block ads and trackers, enable dark mode on any site, and automatically use reader view for articles. It also offers features like background video playback and automatic cookie banner management.
- Native Safari content blocker
- YouTube ad and video ad blocking
- Picture in Picture and background video playback
- Dynamic dark mode for all websites
- Automatic reader mode for articles
- Hide 'Get the App' prompts
- Automatic cookie banner management
- Remove tracking parameters from links
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Web Tweaker is a set of small, independent fixes for Safari on iPhone and iPad. Turn on the ones you want; each works on every website, and each is its own switch. BLOCK ADS A native Safari content blocker built from EasyList, EasyPrivacy and Peter Lowe’s list stops ads, trackers and analytics before they load, and the extension hides leftover ad slots. No slowdown: blocking happens inside Safari’s own engine. Scores 100% on the adblock.turtlecute.org test. BLOCK YOUTUBE ADS Video ads, promoted videos and banners are removed before the player sees them. An ad that still plays is skipped. BETTER YOUTUBE PLAYER Swipe down on a video for Picture in Picture, like the app. Fullscreen uses the native player, so leaving Safari hands the video to Picture in Picture. Background playback you can resume from the lock screen or Control Center. Highest available quality. DARK MODE FOR EVERY SITE A real dynamic dark theme, not a colour filter. Photos, videos, logos and brand colours stay as they are; sites that are already dark are left alone; pages never flash white. READER MODE AUTOMATICALLY Article pages open in a clean reader view the moment they load: headline, byline, text and pictures. One tap shows the original page. HIDE “GET THE APP” PROMPTS YouTube, X, Reddit and others stop pushing you into their apps. The banners and sheets are dismissed, the “Open app” buttons hidden, app links stay in Safari. Google’s “AI Mode” promo and the “Sign in with Google” pop-up go too. OPEN MAPS IN YOUR NAV APP Google Maps links and the “Directions” buttons in Google Search open in Apple Maps or Waze. Sponsored results too. COOKIE BANNERS, ANSWERED Consent prompts are rejected (or accepted, your choice) for you, including the ones inside iframes. CLEAN LINKS utm_, fbclid, gclid and similar tracking parameters are removed from links. UNBLOCK COPY AND RIGHT-CLICK Copy, paste, select text and open menus on sites that disable them. STOP AUTOPLAYING MEDIA Videos and audio that start on their own are paused. PRIVACY Everything runs on your device. No account, no tracking, no data collected.
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.
- View posts in pop-up windows
- Avoids visiting the full website
- Uses official API
- Protects user cookies
- Identifies viewable links
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Litterbox at weekly against Web Tweaker's monthly. Web Tweaker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Web Tweaker against 4.2 for Litterbox. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Web Tweaker ships an update monthly, Litterbox weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Web Tweaker | Litterbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) — better | 4.2 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harpreet Ghtora | And a Dinosaur |
Customer experience
Web Tweaker
Litterbox
In-app purchases
Web Tweaker
No in-app purchases
Litterbox
No in-app purchases









