Comparison

Ad vs Annex B

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

Head to head
About

Ad

This privacy-focused content blocker for Safari removes ads, trackers, and unwanted pop-ups across your devices. It offers customizable filtering categories and shows you exactly what is being blocked on each page.

Highlights
  • Blocks ads, trackers, and analytics
  • Removes cookie banners and pop-ups
  • Customizable content categories
  • Shows blocked domains per page
  • Privacy-first, zero data collection
  • Works on iPhone and Mac
Features
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Ad Engine — Ad Blocker & Privacy Block ads, trackers, and malicious content in Safari. Fast, private, and completely free. Blocks everything that slows you down Ad Engine uses Safari's built-in content filter — no VPN, no proxy, no battery drain. Rules run on-device before a single request leaves your phone. One tap to choose your profile • Default — removes ads and trackers across the web • Family — adds adult content, drug, and gambling site filtering • Maximum — strictest blocking: all of the above plus P2P and extra annoyances European ad networks blocked Dedicated rule lists for German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and Polish ad networks — six languages, one toggle per region. Block anything from Safari See an ad-heavy site? Tap the Share button → Ad Engine → Block this domain. Done. The block applies immediately, no app switch required. Built-in privacy • No account, no sign-in, no iCloud sync • Zero analytics, zero telemetry • All filtering happens locally — nothing leaves your device Widget & Siri Add the home screen widget to see how many ads were blocked today and your lifetime total. Use Siri or Shortcuts to pause blocking for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, or 2 hours — then it resumes automatically. Always free No subscription. No paywall. No "Pro" tier. Ad Engine is free to download and free forever.

About

Annex B

Features
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Your comma device records the road. Annex B makes those drive videos easy to use on iPhone and iPad. Connect directly to a compatible comma device on your local network. Browse recent drives, preview road-camera footage, download full drives or individual one-minute segments, and prepare standard MP4 videos for playback or Photos. Choose Original Quality to preserve the camera’s HEVC stream without re-encoding, or Compatibility to convert it to H.264 for easier sharing. Designed to stay local: • No account needed • No analytics or cloud relay • Read-only SSH/SFTP access to your comma device • Pinned SSH host keys • Private keys stored only in this device’s Keychain • Photos add-only permission Requirements: • A compatible comma device on the same local network • SSH enabled on the device • A GitHub account configured on the comma device for SSH keys Annex B includes four clearly labeled Sample Drives so you can explore the app before connecting hardware. **Not affiliated with or endorsed by comma.ai, Inc. comma and openpilot are trademarks of comma.ai, Inc.**

Screenshots

Ad4 screens
Annex B4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Annex B at weekly against Ad's every 2 months. Ad's advantage is iOS requirement (15.4 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ad ships an update every 2 months, Annex B weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ad versus Annex B: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAdAnnex B
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHashim AbdulConnor Larkin

In-app purchases

None

Ad

No in-app purchases

None

Annex B

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ad free?
Ad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Annex B free?
Annex B is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ad or Annex B have ads?
Neither Ad nor Annex B shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ad or Annex B?
Ad ships an update every 2 months, and Annex B weekly. Most recently, Ad was updated on October 2, 2026 and Annex B on October 7, 2026.

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