Comparison

Scrollit 2X vs Ad Block Multi

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

Head to head
About

Scrollit 2X

Transform your device into a scrolling LED message board. Display messages and emoticons in various LED styles, perfect for noisy environments or when you can't speak. Share your creations or repeat messages endlessly.

Highlights
  • Scrolling LED message display
  • Dual message display
  • Unlimited message length
  • Integrated emoticons
  • Adjustable speed and color
  • Endless loop option
  • Right-to-left text support
Features
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ScrollIt 2X turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into an L.E.D. double message display board. ScrollIt 2X will help you tell your friends, colleagues, or anyone something - when they can’t hear you: at a club, concert, class, meeting, lecture, or even a restaurant. Just type your messages and hit Display, and ScrollIt 2X will scroll the messages for everyone around to see. What adds to the fun is that ScrollIt 2X offers easy-to-type emoticons right from the same keyboard. Make your text even more fun to watch! The phone vibrates quietly to let you know when the message has finished. (Replaced with a short beep on iPod Touch and iPad.) The endless-loop option lets ScrollIt repeat your message indefinitely. ScrollIt 2X features: • Simple yet powerful design with no confusing buttons or switches • Run two messages simultaneously or single message of full screen size (to run single message, simply delete the text in any of the preview lines) • Unlimited messages length • Emoticons from the same keyboard • Mini live preview for easy color and speed selection • Short vibration at the end of scrolling • Endless-loop option • Right-to-left display for Arabic or Hebrew • Three L.E.D. shapes: neon, round, and square • Recently-used messages list with one-tap access • Sharing of colorful messages with friends through SMS or other apps Use ScrollIt 2X for: • Flirting: display messages to people at the disco, bar, or other crowded places. • Talk to your friends at school or college: send your visual message up to 50 feet across a classroom. • Cheer at a concert or sports event: that rock star or your favorite player deserves to know how you feel! • In the office: get rid of unwanted visitors without even talking to them. • If you can't or don't want to talk: you’re sick or in a bad mood. • Just to be cool: we guarantee you’ll be popular anywhere with ScrollIt 2X! We’re constantly improving ScrollIt 2X, and we value our users’ opinions. If you want to send us your feedback or you have a problem with the app, please contact us via our support page before submitting a review to the App Store. Remember that we can probably solve your problem, but we cannot respond to reviews. Thank you. We support Ukraine

About

Ad Block Multi

Block ads, trackers, and cookie notices in Safari with a highly customizable ad blocker. Utilize numerous filter lists, including region-specific options, to enhance privacy, save data, and improve battery life. This app offers advanced blocking technology without compromising your browsing history.

Highlights
  • 21+ filter lists, including regional options
  • Blocks banner and pop-up ads
  • Blocks cookie law notices
  • Reduces malware and spyware risk
  • Enhances privacy by blocking tracking scripts
  • Saves data and battery life
  • Configurable allowlist
Features
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Why limit yourself with a few predefined filters like other ad blockers do? 21 filter lists and counting, including precise regional ones! Find a combination that suits you. Tired of seeing ads while surfing the net with Safari? Cookie law notices seem obvious to you? Thinking seriously about online privacy? Then Ad Block Multi is here to get your back! Utilizing the most advanced iOS technology, Ad Block Multi integrates with Safari and applies the combination of filters you select to your further browsing experience. ◉ Blocks banner and pop-up ads ◉ High-quality mobile-adapted filters, updated on a regular basis ◉ Very light on CPU usage - filters got compiled to bytecode one time and then reused by Safari without further parsing ◉ Reduces risk of malware and spyware infection ◉ Enhances your privacy by blocking user behavior tracking scripts ◉ Saves up to 51% of data plan and, consequently, your money ◉ Saves up to 24% of battery life, which increases your mobility ◉ Not a VPN or proxy solution ◉ Not a custom browser solution ◉ No in-app purchases, all filters are free to download The most user-requested features are here: - Configurable allowlist - Fast filter auto-updates And most important: * We don't get any access to your data or browsing history, it is just impossible for Safari Content Blocking Extension. Your privacy is on the first place! Wide variety of blocking filters, including: ◉ EU cookie law notices blocking ◉ Malware, spyware domains blocking ◉ Anti-adblock (forcing the user to disable ad blocking) protections and notices blocking ◉ Selection of region-specific filters, including China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine Our aim is to make the app the most powerful ad blocking solution on the App Store. If you would need any specific filter to be added or updated, we are always eager to get the feedback from you. Just tap "Learn more..." button in the app and drop us a line! What people are saying: #4 Top-Paid app Overall, #2 in Utilities in Hong Kong #8 Top-Paid app Overall, #2 in Utilities in Poland #2 Top-Paid app in Utilities in Latvia #4 Top-Paid app in Utilities in Czech Republic #4 Top-Paid app in Utilities in Finland #7 Top-Paid app in Utilities in Spain ***** Surpasses Crystal, Peace and 1Blocker when it comes to ad blocking on polish websites. ***** The app is great, and the dev's support is fantastic (quick & proper)! ◉ "The highest score. Our new choice for Content Blocker" - AppleYra.se (Oct 2015) ◉ "Ad Block-Multi is a great buy. It offers a lot of features for the casual user who wants to focus on being able to use the internet as he or she would like, without having to worry about fine-tuning each site" - Community review on MacRumors.com (Sep 2015) ◉ "Second Fastest iOS Content Blocker" - Content Blocker Test by BrooksReview.net (Sep 2015) ◉ "One of the first apps taking advantage of the new iOS 9 features. 5/5" - ANTYapps.pl (Sep 2015) ◉ "Number 1 among 5 of iOS 9 ad blockers" - ActualidadiPhone.com (Sep 2015)

Screenshots

Scrollit 2X3 screens
Ad Block Multi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ad Block Multi at $0.99 against Scrollit 2X's $9.99. Ad Block Multi also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Scrollit 2X's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 67%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Scrollit 2X costs $9.99 and Ad Block Multi $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ad Block Multi holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 454 and 840 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Scrollit 2X's written reviews are positive against 67% of Ad Block Multi's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scrollit 2X ships an update every 4 months, Ad Block Multi every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Scrollit 2X versus Ad Block Multi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollit 2XAd Block Multi
Price$9.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.3 (454 ratings)4.5 (840 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews — better66.8% of reviews
Number of ratings454840 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAMAXIM APPS, INCRoman Shevtsov

Customer experience

Scrollit 2X

All ratings454 ratings
Positive81.9%
Neutral7.9%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews281 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral10.7%
Negative7.8%

Ad Block Multi

All ratings840 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral5.7%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive66.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative26.8%

User reviews

Scrollit 2X

From 454 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Useful for getting attention
  • 😊 Fun and entertaining
  • 👍 Colorful and visually appealing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns
  • 💰 Paywall for basic features
  • 🔋 High battery consumption

Ad Block Multi

From 840 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Blocks ads effectively
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🔒 Protects against malware
  • 🚀 Improves browsing speed
  • 👍 Customizable settings

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Doesn't work on some websites
  • 🐛 Fails to block certain ads
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with older devices

Bugs and requests

Scrollit 2X

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Scrolling does not work as intended
  • Keyboard issues (wrong characters, unresponsive)
  • App crashes or fails to open
  • Forced advertisement cannot be removed

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options
  • Ability to sync dual lines
  • Export/share created messages
  • Improved keyboard functionality

Ad Block Multi

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Fails to update blocklist
  • Causes app crashes on some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more regional blocklist options
  • Improve YouTube ad blocking
  • Ability to whitelist certain websites

In-app purchases

None

Scrollit 2X

No in-app purchases

None

Ad Block Multi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scrollit 2X free?
Scrollit 2X costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ad Block Multi free?
Ad Block Multi costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scrollit 2X or Ad Block Multi?
Ad Block Multi is rated higher. Scrollit 2X averages 4.3 out of 5 from 454 ratings, while Ad Block Multi averages 4.5 from 840 ratings.
Do Scrollit 2X or Ad Block Multi have ads?
Neither Scrollit 2X nor Ad Block Multi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scrollit 2X or Ad Block Multi?
Scrollit 2X ships an update every 4 months, and Ad Block Multi every 7 months. Most recently, Scrollit 2X was updated on October 12, 2026 and Ad Block Multi on October 11, 2026.

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