CodecPlayer vs AdStop

CodecPlayer is a focused local video player for iPhone and iPad. Open videos from Files or Photos and keep them organized in a persistent playlist. PLAY MORE FORMATS Use native playback for iOS formats and VLC-powered playback for formats such as MKV, AVI, FLV, and WebM. BUILT FOR LONG WATCHING CodecPlayer remembers your position, highlights your most recently played video, and continues through the playlist in order. Reorder videos any time with drag and drop. COMFORTABLE CONTROLS Double-tap to seek, swipe horizontally to scrub, adjust brightness on the left and system volume on the right, or press and hold for temporary 2× playback. Switch between fit and fill, use embedded subtitles, and play in full screen or Picture in Picture. LOCAL-FIRST Your videos stay on your device. Files are referenced in place whenever possible, without creating unnecessary duplicate copies. CodecPlayer does not require an account.

AdStop is a Safari extension that blocks ads, popups and forced redirects, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. WHY I BUILT IT I built this for everyone who has the same story. You're reading an article, you tap the screen, and a tab opens on its own to a page you never asked for. The banners were never what ruined the read: it was that. So that's where AdStop started, stopping a page from opening a tab you didn't want. Banners, scripts and video ads came later. WHAT ADSTOP BLOCKS • Popups and tabs opened without your consent • Forced redirects to another page • Banners and display ads • Overlay ads that cover the content • Video ads that start inside the page • Ad scripts, stopped before they even run YOU STAY IN CONTROL • One switch turns everything off, everywhere YOUR NUMBERS, NO DECORATION The app shows what was blocked: by type, by site, today, over seven days, since the start. There is also a daily streak and a few badges, not to pull you back in, but because watching the counter climb makes visible something you would otherwise never notice. PRIVACY • No account, no sign-up • No data sent to a server: everything stays on your device • No trackers, no ads inside the app • No in-app purchases, no subscription • AdStop reads your pages to block ads there, and for nothing else TURNING IT ON Settings > Apps > Safari > Extensions > AdStop, then allow access to websites. The app walks you through it in three steps and tells you whether the extension is really active. THANK YOU