I’ve finally picked up an iPhone about a month ago, and have been loving the experience.
However I’m now thrown into an ad-full world again (I used to have a browser blocking many if not most ads on the android), so I’m wondering, what adblockers do you use (may it be safari extension or entirely new browser for my fellow Europeans)?
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PiHole with a VPN on the phone that connects to the LAN with the pihole, so far fewer ads.
How does that go battery wise?
AdGuard DNS is free and super simple to setup, no app required. It’s my favorite no-fuss solution I found when I switched from Android a few years ago.
https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html
Go to that link, scroll down to method 2, and download an iOS profile. You’ll need to be using Safari for the download to work properly.
You get more customization and features through AdGuard’s app but then you have to pay a subscription for DNS blocking features. While it’s super cheap, I’ve personally been perfectly satisfied with this free solution. It blocks ads system-wide, not just in the browser. For example, in my shopping list app there’s usually a banner ad but it doesn’t load with the adguard DNS enabled. I’m 99% sure it won’t block ads in YouTube though (I sub to premium so I’ve never tried it.)
A DNS ad filter on your home network to black hole the requests to ad servers is the only thing I’ve found to be effective on iOS. I tried the ad guard extension in safari but there were just way too many ads that didn’t get blocked
I paid for 1Blocker (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id1365531024) since it runs locally on my phone to block ads as well as trackers from other installed Apps, whether on my home WiFi, other WiFi, or cellular data. There’s a whitelist feature and the filtering can be tailored. I’ve been using it for years (before I got my current phone) so I can’t comment on battery life but I’ve never noticed it to be bad.
It does break some apps if they’re not whitelisted but that just gives me more reason to decide if I really need the app. It’s also possible to temporarily disable the blocking (5 minutes, 30 minutes, etc) which helps with logging in (since so many login services involve trackers).
Redundant PiHoles on my home network and the iOS devices always run a WireGuard tunnel back to home.
I really like Orion browser. Allows you to use Firefox extensions(and chrome), so you can use ublock origin and enjoy ad free browsing again.
Blokada - works without VPN.
AdGuard Pro. Blocks everything.
AdGuard Pro
What’s the difference between the pro and non-pro version?
Does it work for other browsers like Firefox?
Sadly no.
Same, very happy with it, blocks everything, and also includes VPN.
Youtube ads are a bit tricky, but can also be blocked by opening videos through the AdGuard app.
AdGuard + Vinegar blocks YouTube ada quite well most of the time.
I use a combination of PiHole via a VPN to my home server and Orion browser.
Its greatly improved my experience.
Pi-hole. Kind of annoying that you have to disable Private Relay for it to work but well worth not ever seeing ads again.
Pi-Hole via VPN and Firefox Focus
Don’t know if it’s better, but for free, Firefox Focus includes an ad-blocker for Safari.
Pihole and tailscale.
