Ad vs Annex B
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Annex B
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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.**
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ad ships an update every 2 months, Annex B weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ad | Annex B |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hashim Abdul | Connor Larkin |
In-app purchases
Ad
No in-app purchases
Annex B
No in-app purchases









