L.E.A.R.N. vs So Annoying! Smart Blocker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
L.E.A.R.N.
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LEARN is built for teams and users who need a clearer workflow. This rebuild turns the uploaded starter app into a structured SwiftUI foundation for the full LEARN iOS roadmap. What you can do: • AI assistance • Learning workflow • Map and location discovery • Capture and media analysis Built for macOS, the app is designed to keep the primary workflow clear, keyboard-friendly, and ready for desktop use.
So Annoying! Smart Blocker
This app enhances your browsing experience by removing intrusive ads, cookie banners, pop-ups, and other annoyances from Safari on your Apple devices. It offers customizable blocking options and learns from your interactions to improve its effectiveness.
- Blocks ads, cookie banners, and popups
- Removes newsletter prompts and chat bubbles
- Handles floating videos and notification requests
- Learns from user interactions to improve blocking
- Saves cookie consent choices
- Supports iPhone, iPad, and Mac
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So Annoying! gets ads, cookie banners and popups out of your way in Safari on iPhone, iPad and Mac. With IN APPS, it also removes ads inside your other apps and games on iPhone and iPad. It also removes newsletter popups, prompts to open an app, chat bubbles, floating videos, website notification requests and AI answers in search results. You choose which categories to keep. Safari's blocking lists do most of the work as a page loads. The extension handles things that need another approach, such as a popup that appears while you're reading. On supported cookie banners, it can save a consent choice or use the site's own controls, then remember the answer for another visit. If you close something the app missed, Learning can tell how you closed it and save a rule to try next time. Learning is on by default and also sends limited reports to help improve the rules for everyone. You can turn it off in settings. New rules arrive separately from app updates. IN APPS runs on your iPhone or iPad and stops ads before they reach your other apps and games. Setup takes a few steps in Settings, and the app shows each one with a short film. If an ad still gets through, you can report it in a tap, and your report helps fix it for everyone. The app walks you through enabling its five Safari extensions and allowing website access. No account is needed. You get an unlimited first week without signing up for a subscription. After that, the free plan includes five dynamic fixes a day per device. Static blocking, cookie consent handling and learned rules keep working without using that allowance. The In Safari plan removes the daily limit and works across your iPhone, iPad and Mac. The In Safari + IN APPS plan adds blocking inside your other apps. I built So Annoying! because I was tired of closing things before I could read a page. I develop it on my own, and you can reach me at support@soannoying.app if you need help. Each plan is a monthly or yearly subscription, or one lifetime purchase. The yearly In Safari + IN APPS plan starts with a one week free trial. If you already own In Safari for life, you can add IN APPS for life with one more purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it in your Apple Account settings at least 24 hours before the period ends. Family Sharing is included on every plan. Privacy: https://soannoying.app/privacy Terms: https://soannoying.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: L.E.A.R.N. at none against So Annoying! Smart Blocker's 8. 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
Both are free to download. So Annoying! Smart Blocker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. L.E.A.R.N. asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | L.E.A.R.N. | So Annoying! Smart Blocker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Richardson | MIKAIL YENIGUN |
In-app purchases
L.E.A.R.N.
No in-app purchases
So Annoying! Smart Blocker
- Unlimited, monthly$2.991 Month
- Safari + apps, monthly$4.991 Month
- Unlimited, yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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- Safari + apps, yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Unlimited, forever$20.99
- In apps, forever$29.99
- Unlimited, forever$29.99
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- Safari + apps, forever$59.99
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