Comparison

DocShelf vs So Annoying! Smart Blocker

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

Head to head
About

DocShelf

Features
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DocShelf — Documents Simplified Keep every document you own safe, searchable, and beautifully organized — entirely on your device. No cloud upload. No subscription. No ads. Just your files, always with you. WHY DOCSHELF? Most document apps quietly upload your files to a cloud server. DocShelf is different. Everything stays 100% local on your iPhone. Your contracts, medical records, tax returns, and personal scans never leave your device unless you choose to share them. SCAN & CAPTURE Turn your iPhone into a powerful document scanner. Point your camera at any document — receipts, contracts, handwritten notes, business cards, or multi-page reports — and DocShelf captures it instantly. Smart edge detection automatically crops, straightens, and enhances each page so every scan looks sharp and professional. • Multi-page scanning in a single session • Auto edge detection and perspective correction • Contrast enhancement for clear, readable results • Save as PDF or high-resolution image ORGANIZE EVERYTHING No more hunting through a single giant folder. DocShelf gives you a clean, intuitive system to keep every document exactly where it belongs. • Create unlimited folders and subfolders • Tag documents across multiple categories • Full-text search across all your files instantly • Sort by name, date, size, or custom order • Color-code folders for fast visual navigation EVERY FILE TYPE — ONE APP Import from any app on your phone using the system Share Sheet. DocShelf handles them all: • PDFs — view, annotate, and share • Images — JPG, PNG, HEIC from your camera roll • Documents — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more • Audio and video files • Any file your iPhone can receive PRIVATE BY DESIGN DocShelf was built from day one with privacy as a core principle — not an afterthought. • 100% offline — no internet connection required, ever • No cloud sync, no remote storage, no server • No analytics, no crash reporting that uploads your data • No third-party advertising SDKs • Full functionality on a plane, underground, or anywhere without signal VIEW & SHARE Read your documents beautifully inside DocShelf without opening another app. When you're ready to share, it's frictionless — AirDrop, Mail, Messages, or any app on your phone. WHO IS DOCSHELF FOR? → Students organizing lecture notes, assignments, and research papers → Professionals managing contracts, invoices, and client documents → Families storing medical records, insurance papers, and important IDs → Freelancers tracking receipts, tax documents, and signed agreements → Anyone who wants a private, always-available digital filing cabinet Download DocShelf and take back control of your documents today.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

DocShelf4 screens
So Annoying! Smart Blocker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DocShelf at none against So Annoying! Smart Blocker's 8. DocShelf also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. So Annoying! Smart Blocker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. DocShelf asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DocShelf ships an update every 2 days, So Annoying! Smart Blocker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DocShelf versus So Annoying! Smart Blocker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocShelfSo Annoying! Smart Blocker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—94.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—31 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSunil MulgundMIKAIL YENIGUN

In-app purchases

None

DocShelf

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

So Annoying! Smart Blocker

Subscriptions4
  • Unlimited, monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Safari + apps, monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited, yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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  • Safari + apps, yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • Unlimited, forever$17.99
  • Unlimited, forever$19.99
  • In apps, forever$24.99
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  • Safari + apps, forever$44.99

Questions

Is DocShelf free?
DocShelf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is So Annoying! Smart Blocker free?
So Annoying! Smart Blocker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DocShelf or So Annoying! Smart Blocker have ads?
Neither DocShelf nor So Annoying! Smart Blocker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DocShelf or So Annoying! Smart Blocker?
DocShelf ships an update every 2 days, and So Annoying! Smart Blocker weekly. Most recently, DocShelf was updated on October 28, 2026 and So Annoying! Smart Blocker on November 1, 2026.

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