Comparison

Web Tweaker vs Wider

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Wider

This utility app allows users to view websites in full width on their iPhone Duo's external screen. It provides a simple toggle button within Safari to switch between normal and full-width modes for a more expansive browsing experience.

Highlights
  • Full-width website viewing
  • Safari extension
  • Toggle button for mode switching
  • Compatibility reporting
Features
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If you want to use the full width of your iPhone Duo's external screen in Safari, use Wider. It's a simple extension that lets you quickly toggle websites into full width mode. Use the Wider toggle button in the right navbar to quickly toggle between normal an Wider mode. Wider doesn't work on every website. If a website doesn't work as expected, you can report it through the app and I'll try to improve compatibility.

Screenshots

Web Tweaker4 screens
Wider2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Web Tweaker at 100% against Wider's 36%. Web Tweaker also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.8) and device support (3 vs 1). Wider's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly) and ratings volume (87 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Web Tweaker holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wider has 87 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Web Tweaker's written reviews are positive against 36% of Wider's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Web Tweaker ships an update monthly, Wider daily. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Web Tweaker versus Wider: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeb TweakerWider
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7 ratings) — better1.8 (87 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better36.4% of reviews
Number of ratings787 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better27.1
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarpreet GhtoraGood Snooze

Customer experience

Web Tweaker

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Wider

All ratings58 ratings
Positive22.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative75.9%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral9.1%
Negative54.5%

In-app purchases

None

Web Tweaker

No in-app purchases

None

Wider

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Web Tweaker free?
Web Tweaker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wider free?
Wider is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Web Tweaker or Wider?
Web Tweaker is rated higher. Web Tweaker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Wider averages 1.8 from 87 ratings.
Do Web Tweaker or Wider have ads?
Neither Web Tweaker nor Wider shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Web Tweaker or Wider?
Web Tweaker ships an update monthly, and Wider daily. Most recently, Web Tweaker was updated on November 14, 2026 and Wider on November 13, 2026.

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