Comparison

SHIFT Web vs AI Off

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

Head to head
About

SHIFT Web

This web browser enhances online safety by filtering explicit content on social media and search engines. It intelligently monitors URLs and search terms to block inappropriate material, ensuring a private and secure browsing experience.

Highlights
  • Content filtering for social media
  • URL and search term monitoring
  • Blocks explicit and NSFW content
  • Supports Instagram, Twitter/X, Reddit, TikTok, Google
  • Local filtering, no data collection
  • Standard browser features
Features
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Make room for what matters with SHIFT. Build more intentional phone habits with tools for focus, planning, and managing distractions. • Start a SHIFT to step away from distracting apps. • Protect time with focus sessions and recurring schedules. • Organize your day with a calendar, tasks, and daily goals. • Manage content filtering and custom website or search-term blocks. • View usage insights when the required permissions are enabled. Some features require a paid SHIFT plan and a linked device. The in-app purchase provides lifetime access for one device, with a single payment and no subscription. Existing customers can sign in to access their eligible plan. Initial device setup requires SHIFT Desktop on a compatible Mac or Windows computer and a connection to the device. Purchasing a plan and completing device setup are separate steps.

About

AI Off

Features
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AI Off is a Safari extension that hides AI features added to the websites you use. Keep the page. Put the prompts, sidebars, and summaries out of the way. It is free. There is no account and no trial timer. Choose from four levels: 1. Hide AI features. Remove supported AI answers in search, writing prompts, sidebars, and other AI controls inside web pages. 2. Quiet the AI conversation. Also collapse posts, headlines, videos, and ads that match the AI word list into a gray bar. Tap Show to read one. 3. Hide AI-made content. Also hide images that declare AI generation, known AI content farms, and posts the platform labels as AI-made. This uses labels and lists. It cannot identify every piece of AI content. 4. Blackout. Also block listed AI services in Safari, including chatbots and generators. Choose this level deliberately. Levels 1 to 3 leave chatbots alone. Every decision comes from a readable rule, word list, selector, domain list, or label. AI Off contains no AI. It does not detect, judge, or learn. Pause on a site, pause for 15 minutes, or flip the switch back. There is no telemetry and no data collection. Signed rules update without an app update. Level 3 may also fetch lists and image files to read labels. Every request is listed on the privacy page. To turn it on: open Settings, Apps, Safari, Extensions, AI Off, and allow it. Safari asks which websites AI Off may work on; it can only hide AI on sites you allow. AI Off works inside Safari. It does not change other apps or the AI features built into the device. Rules can miss targets. Pause AI Off on a site if a page looks wrong. The code and rules are open source under the MIT license.

Screenshots

SHIFT Web4 screens
AI Off3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AI Off at none against SHIFT Web's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. SHIFT Web sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AI Off asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SHIFT Web versus AI Off: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSHIFT WebAI Off
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Mac
Requires iOS18.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size234 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRETVRN INC.Joseph Newfield

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SHIFT Web

One-time1
  • SHIFT Lifetime$149.99
None

AI Off

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SHIFT Web free?
SHIFT Web is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AI Off free?
AI Off is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SHIFT Web or AI Off have ads?
Neither SHIFT Web nor AI Off shows ads.

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