Comparison

wBlock vs Escape HK

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

Head to head
About

wBlock

Enhance Safari browsing with an ad blocker that supports userscripts for custom features, offers lightning-fast performance with low RAM usage, and provides complete control over blocking. It ensures privacy with a design that runs within Safari's API and is completely free and open-source.

Highlights
  • Userscript support for custom features
  • Lightning-fast performance with low RAM usage
  • Complete control over blocking
  • Privacy-first design
  • Comprehensive ad and tracker blocking
  • Free and open-source
Features
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wBlock is a free, open-source ad blocker for Safari. It blocks ads and trackers all over the web with more than 750,000 filter rules, and it never asks you to subscribe. Blocks ads in Safari wBlock leans on Safari's own content blocking, so pages come up clean and fast. Lists like AdGuard Base and EasyList refresh in the background, and you pick which ones run. Handles the sites filters can't Built-in userscripts get past anti-adblock walls and pop-ups. You can drop in your own userscripts and userstyles as well, and Return YouTube Dislike is one tap away. Zap anything you don't want to see The element zapper lets you tap a cookie banner or overlay and hide it, and wBlock remembers it next time you visit. Light on memory wBlock sits at about 40 MB of RAM when idle, so Safari stays quick. Your call on every site Turn blocking off for a site with one tap, or pause wBlock for a while when you need to. Settings sync over iCloud and can be saved to a file. Private by design wBlock collects no data and needs no account. The code lives on GitHub, so anyone can look at what it does. Free for good No subscriptions and no in-app purchases.

About

Escape HK

Features
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Escape HK helps you accurately track your days spent in and out of Hong Kong, making it easier to stay compliant with residency, visa, or PhD study requirements. Many students and long-term residents face strict limits on how many days they can be away from Hong Kong. Escape HK provides a clear, calendar-based way to record your status day by day, so you always know where you stand. Key Features • Simple calendar view to mark each day as “In HK” or “Not in HK” • Automatic monthly and cumulative day counting • Clear progress indicators to help you understand remaining allowances • Local data storage — no account, no cloud, no tracking • Designed with clarity and simplicity in mind Who Is It For • PhD students studying in Hong Kong • Long-term residents with residency or visa requirements • Anyone who needs a reliable record of time spent in Hong Kong Escape HK is a personal tracking tool and does not provide legal or immigration advice. Always refer to official government guidance for formal requirements.

Screenshots

wBlock3 screens
Escape HK3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: wBlock at 4 against Escape HK's 1. wBlock also leads on iOS requirement (15.4 vs 18). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
wBlock versus Escape HK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterwBlockEscape HK
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (178 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings178 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.4 — better18
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander Skula佳楠 黄

Bugs and requests

wBlock

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Sluggish Safari performance after installation on macOS

Requested features

1 request
  • Support for Chinese language interface

Escape HK

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

wBlock

No in-app purchases

None

Escape HK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is wBlock free?
wBlock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Escape HK free?
Escape HK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do wBlock or Escape HK have ads?
Neither wBlock nor Escape HK shows ads.

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