Nomoads vs Canopy Sieve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nomoads
Block ads, trackers, and unwanted content across your browser, apps, and games. Enjoy faster browsing, save data, and enhance your privacy with a simple, one-tap setup. Your data remains securely on your device.
- System-wide ad blocking
- Faster browsing and data saving
- Tracker blocking
- One-tap setup
- Privacy-focused data handling
- Allowlist for trusted sites
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Nomoads blocks ads, trackers and unwanted domains in apps, games and Safari, right on your iPhone and iPad. It works at the DNS level: when an app tries to reach a known ad or tracking server, Nomoads stops the request before it connects. Turn it on with one tap and it keeps working in the background. WHY PEOPLE USE NOMOADS • Fewer ads in apps, games and websites • Stop trackers that follow you from app to app • Block known scam, phishing and gambling domains • See what was blocked, domain by domain PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Filtering happens on your device • No account needed • Nomoads never sees or stores your browsing history • Your traffic does not pass through Nomoads servers Nomoads uses the iOS VPN permission only to filter DNS locally. It does not change your IP address or location. FEATURES • Protection levels from Relaxed to Ultimate • Advanced lists: scams, gambling, adult content, social networks, intrusive overlays • Custom filter lists and your own blocked domains • Allowlist for sites you trust • Live stats and a full query log • Home Screen widget FREE & PREMIUM Start free with up to 1,000 blocks per day. Premium removes the daily limit and unlocks stronger protection levels, advanced and custom lists, and 30-day stats history. GOOD TO KNOW Some ads come from the same servers as the content itself (for example, video ads inside YouTube), and DNS filtering cannot remove those. iOS allows only one active VPN at a time.
Canopy Sieve
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Canopy Sieve gives Safari four dedicated content-blocking extensions that work together to remove ads, block trackers, stop malware, and hide cookie notices, without slowing down your browser or draining your battery. WHAT GETS BLOCKED • Ads, banner ads, video pre-rolls, sponsored posts, and ad scripts from thousands of known ad networks • Trackers & Analytics, third-party tracking pixels, fingerprinting scripts, and analytics beacons that follow you across the web • Malware & Phishing, known malicious domains, phishing pages, and harmful redirects • Annoyances, cookie consent popups, social media share widgets, and newsletter nag screens HOW IT WORKS Canopy Sieve uses Safari's built-in Content Blocker API. Your browsing never passes through a VPN or proxy, blocking happens entirely on your device, so your data stays private and your connection stays fast. FOUR EXTENSIONS, MAXIMUM COVERAGE Safari limits each content blocker to 150,000 rules. Canopy Sieve uses four coordinated extensions to deliver over 400,000 blocking rules, far more than any single-extension blocker can offer. ALLOWLIST Added a site that doesn't work? Tap Allowlist and enter the root domain (e.g. example.com) to let it through. Changes apply instantly without re-downloading anything. AUTOMATIC UPDATES Blocklists refresh silently in the background so you're always protected against the latest ad networks and trackers, no action needed. PRIVACY FIRST Canopy Sieve contains no analytics, no crash reporting, and no account system. The only network requests it makes are to download blocklist updates from its own open-source list server. SUPPORT THE PROJECT Canopy Sieve is free. If it saves you from ads every day, consider leaving a tip from inside the app, it directly supports continued development and list maintenance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nomoads at every 2 weeks against Canopy Sieve's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Nomoads sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Canopy Sieve sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nomoads ships an update every 2 weeks, Canopy Sieve every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nomoads | Canopy Sieve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladyslav Palamarchuk | Michael Murphy |
In-app purchases
Nomoads
- Nomoads Weekly Premium3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- NOMOADS Premium - monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Nomoads - Yearly$34.991 Year
- Nomoads Lifetime$19.99
Canopy Sieve
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99









