User Reviews for AdBlock for Safari

0 out of 5

0 Ratings

1 year ago, Lazer Keyboard

Stopped Working

I've been using this specific adblock for years and although it works on some of the other machines I own it has stopped working as intended recently. Every now and then an ad would slip by which a quick refresh would fix but now ads still pop up but are blacked out with audio still coming from the ads. I don't think this recent behaviour is deserving of anything less than 3 stars but imo is no longer that 5 star product I used to love.

3 months ago, Lord Jessemort

Be prepared to be locked down for life

Adblock is just absolutely insane. It takes the liberty of putting itself front and center when you're in the middle of something to require some sort of action. "Hey look at me I'm adblock, I'm on your computer! I need to be updated every day!" It's as if it needs me to be reminded that it's installed on my computer EVERY DAY by stopping everything I'm doing and putting itself on a new tab for me to look at or pop up as an app for some sort of notification. And what's worse is when you try to delete it, it WON'T Delete. It'll tell you something like "The app can't be installed because it's still being used." And even though i turn off the eextension, it still says that and will refuse to be installed. This app is awful, please do yourself a favor and do NOT install this.

1 year ago, Vixyswillie

Good - but needs status indicator

EDIT: Developer indicated that Apple does not allow the AdBlock icon to change color when Active vs Inactive. That's frustrating but I'm grateful for the Developer's feedback. FYI Apple - a bit more Developer leniency would be helpful in cases like these to enhance the user experience. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Works well for me - but why doesn't the icon gray out when I pause ad blocking? If I forget to turn it back on, the icon just remains blue and I forget that it's still paused. Please fix.

10 months ago, PrincessPeash

Adblock

Adblock has been an amazing app to skip ads and prevent one in every video. I listen to music a lot and using adblock has helped me listen to music without and interuptions and have on repeat whenever I want. the only thing I dont like is that I have to pay to get 100% coverage. I cannot afford premuim so I am only getting the basic coverage which does work but i would like more than half without having to pay for it.

4 months ago, Brimation

Adblock will bother you for a review

It's limited on iOS and I don't need reminders for reviews of my semi legal stuff. Make sure you support an open source one or a one time fee one or one that doesnt beg for reviews. The begging definetly showed some character. There is no longer an original rating. Only this 1 star for a company that can't resist subscriptions, emails, and whining for reviews. POSSIBLY RUSSIAN OWNED. The capitals are just for scrollers. Dont ask me for this stuff. It's part of your product. This makes your "AD" blocking trash. How you gonna advertise to people who hate ads? Leave us alone big business. Subscriptions. No roms. Tell me I cant put my hands in my pants if I have an iWatch on

12 months ago, GoManBuster

Ad Block forever

Ad Block customer (forever). My MacBook and I - as an internet user(s) can never be without Ad Block. My daily 16 hours internet viewing and/or usage would not be as enjoyable, time efficient or educational - if I was constantly distracted with solitations, promotional items and marketing of products sent to me that I never need or will never purchase - I would not own a computer.

5 months ago, kibort546

Blocks ads and then some

Does an amazing job at blocking ads but also tends to block more than I want to using the Safari browser. This is not necessarily an issue but it does such a good job blocking ads that sometimes it blocks any and all pop-ups (not ad-related), or political ads that a news site is analyzing that I need to use a different browser to access content. Thank you for your over-the-top service!

9 months ago, paulrm

Less functionality, pop-up ad for itself

Lately, more and more websites are not letting me in with AdBlock running. It's becoming less and less useful. Also in this version, it leaves a pop-up window which mainly advertises their VPN service. It's always there when the app starts up. An ad-block app which shows it's own ads. What's wrong with this picture?

4 months ago, princess peach "carcinogen"

good but not THAT good

My experience with the adblocker was somewhere in the middle, for popup ads, they open up a different site but dont load and the reason is "site blocked by a content blocker" which is my problem, another problem is that sometimes it just won't work most the the time I'll gets for bad sites and for movies and just malware in general, blocks ads well but not well enough.

4 months ago, The honest reviewer 999

Very good but has a big on mac

Amazing ad block I hae bene using for years on my windows PC. I primarily use it to block youtbe ads howeer on my recent macbook it doesnt do so (or seemingly block any ads). I am using the free erison so maybe thats the issue but I use the free one on my PC and it works great. I don't know if its fixable but if it could be that would be awesome.

4 months ago, Mak95ayla

I'm loving Ad & Tracker blocking

This app saves lots of time and lowers my anxiety when watching videos online. When watching video's, blocking the ad's that I'll never click on or visit streamlines the videos while keeping me intune to what i'm watching without distractions Thatks to everyone who contributes to making this app and keeping it updated to continue blocking YT Ads!

4 months ago, Jaunty_Al_Louetta

I fell for it EDITED

Just paid another 9.99 extra in AdBlock Pro for a year of ... What exactly? Here is the EDIT: OOPS! Apparently I had confused this product with an unrelated paid version which I had purchased. I apologize for the bad review. I have changed the rating to 5 stars because someone at Apple took the time to contact me and to set me straight. That was nice.

7 months ago, EarthToAccess

Mediocre at best, only on Mac

AdBlock works on just about every browser *except* Safari, it appears. While I'm willing to concede and say some of it is likely Apple's fault... maybe it's best to skip AdBlock for Mac. It fails to block ads on 95% of ads even after restarting Mac itself, let alone Safari. The Fandom domain as a whole is still nigh untraversable because of the ads, which AdBlock would normally do fine with on browsers like Chrome and Firefox.

1 year ago, vetusvates

A great app for many years

Adblock has been a great app for many years. I have it on all of my computers. It has performed an excellent task, that it was designed so well to do, without interfering with my computers' smooth functioning, which is not something I can say for other similar paid, but less than ideal, products.

5 months ago, LMF1957

Ads are NOT being blocked

While using the free trial of AdBlock it worked perfectly and I did not see any ads. But as soon as I upgraded to premium all ads stopped being blocked. I got a discount offer to upgrade for $19, so I went ahead and paid for the upgrade. I'm not only was charged $19, but I got four more charges to my credit card. One for $29 and three for $39. I am still working with my credit card company to get those additional charges removed from my account. At this point Adblocker is totally useless to me

3 months ago, ZeroFuxx

AdBlock stops annoying ads except from AdBlock!

Stops all ads except from AdBlock! Really annoying ad from AdBlock, at every reboot or start up of your computer. There is no way to turn it off. UPDATE: Developer emailed me and instructed on how to disable the popup ad. Thanks! Review changed to 5 stars!

8 months ago, The Harassment-free Man

AdBlock Success

I was barraged with flashing/moving ads which drove me crazy. I couldn't concentrate on my subject matter. Now, harmony, peace and no constantly disturbing ads. Now why don't you folks design something that will stop the harassing calls on my phone? Thanks for your help. great job!

2 months ago, BigDisneyKid

Used to work

The extension use to work good. About two weeks ago it started playing "startup ads" befor your desired video started. I thought there would be an update or something in the settings was off. It seems to still block once the video plays, but the startup adds have gotten longer and you can't skip them.

7 months ago, SNorbertoM

So far, its been amazing!

I can actually get through a news article or a reading without being blocked by vidoes and advertisements that constantly appear over the webpage. Its beyond annoying. Its intrusive. So glad to have this product!

12 months ago, KatherineAWilson

Thank you, Adblock!

I've been using Adblock. It says 5 ads blocked today and about 13,000 ads blocked since I downloaded it. I'm happy with it, and grateful I have it. Thank you Adblock! <3. I got my recommendation from my computer-obsessed sibling, so I feel like that is good enough for me. :).

1 year ago, Novenator

Like the functionality, but...

There's a bit of 'feature creep' going on. And I like things to run quietly in the background, not shoving notifications in my face. Still a quality free product, just want it to stay that way.

7 months ago, Yac305

Best AdBlocker on the Market

Ive tried all the leading competitors including ones with better ratings and this app surpases all those. For the primary reason of how small the actaul file size is and how it doesnt slow down browsing compared to other apps.

11 months ago, cavenewt

Not working for me in Monterey

Having used this for years, I recently installed it when I got a new MacBook Pro with Monterey. Not only does it not seem to be blocking many, or any, ads, but it interferes with opening links clicked on in Mail that have embedded tracking (notably on substack, because that's where I spend most of my time.) The page will stall partway through loading. I guess I'll try AdBlock Plus.

1 year ago, David Steuber

It's working again!

After suffering through midroll ads on YT videos and seeing annoying ads on other sites do to a complete breakage of AdBlock's last upgrade, I got another upgrade. It's doing its job better than ever! Thanks, dev team!

7 months ago, Stealthnot

Blockage

As you know many sites detect the AdBlock software and you must then agree to turn it off in order to gain access to their site. It somewhat defeats the purpose of trying to block their over abundance of ads.

1 year ago, Thehiltyfamily

This app crashes occasionally

If you read this review, you should know that other content blockers (uBlock origin at the forefront) are faster, more comprehensive, and more reliable, but not made for macOS Safari. If you want ads to mostly go away on some days on most websites, you can install this and enable the Safari button that goes with this extension. If you want the best speed and convenience from a content blocker in your life you should install uBlock Origin with Google Chrome! If you want the most privacy, you should choose a VPN, set that up on your Mac, and then install uBlock origin and Privacy Badger on Mozilla Firefox.

10 months ago, jbp_FL

Doesn't work very well

The ad blocking is very spotty. It is far inferior to something like Brave browser, but that browser has other issues. I am keeping subscription for now, but unimpressed and do not feel like I am getting good value. That said, most Safari ad blockers are terrible. Soem accept money to allow ads, maybe that is why this one doesn't work well.

10 months ago, Pezwell

It gets 5 because it does what it says.

I hate "free" apps that don't work. It's free and it works all the time and does what the developer says it does. If I get a job, I will buy the full versions, but for now, the free version is great.

9 months ago, Samir rev

Best Tool for blocking nonsense

This is one of the best tools that i have used to block anything that I don't want to see while i am doing productive work. Thank u so much AdBlock team for all the hard work that u r doing. Awesome product!!!

1 year ago, Kjolo

Blocking a little too much I think

I can not get into some of my memberships order sites. Not sure if it is this app blocking my access. Need to get a return label and not able to get in!

1 year ago, januspro

AdBlock

Hi all I've been using AdBlock since 2011 when Michael Gundlach wrote me an email (which I still have) thanking me for supporting his new venture. I have never stopped using it and it's worth his asking and more. Again, thanks for creating this. Janus

5 months ago, grumblemo

too in my face now

I insists on putting this menu in my menubar that I don't want. I'm seeing ads that I feel should be blocked. I feel it's losing track of what it's supposed to do and how it should do it. Instead of ad blocking, it's real purpose seems to be selling a VPN subscription now that it thinks also requires a fancy menu. Corporate nonsense getting in the way.

7 months ago, muisbthig

First Time User

Just found out about this. I could not progress on some web sites because of the ads. Loaded this and my ad problems disappeared. Great program. :D

1 year ago, ARTONYTONY

Love Ad Block

I've been using Ad Block for years now and I'm very happy with it's performance. I just switched to a Mac and Ad Guard didn't perform up to task so I installed my trusty Ad Block and all is well again.

4 months ago, Beye$

Works Great!

Downloaded adblocker because I was annoyed with Ads on articles and websites that I enjoyed browsing on. This Ad Blocker works great and was free, no purchase was needed for it to work perfectly fine! Best extension I have!!

3 months ago, RB0226

Works great

While a very limited number of ads still show up the vast majority are blocked. Simple to install and very effective. I highly recommend this app.

3 weeks ago, Abs071

seemless

Haven't had to worry about abundant fluff since i downloaded this savvy tool. It works so silently in the background that i don't even remember that i have it most of the time.

1 year ago, Apollo_413

Free and it works well

I use this app only to block ads and pop-ups. It does it's job well. It's probably a 4 star rating but being free of charge makes this 5 stars.

1 year ago, Bjstuhl

Used to work great

AdBlock has been my go-to for many years, and it has been pretty reliable, saving so much time not having to listen to or see annoying commercials. Then, suddenly, it stopped working effectively when they updated recently. Now, I still hear ads even though the window for them in a browser is blank.

12 months ago, XanMonster

Killed mario

I went onto a website. There was only mario. The adds only showed mario. I couldn't quiet mario. he just kept talkin. i wanted him gone. this app assasinated mario for me. i appreciate it. 10 stars on yelp

5 months ago, Jashue67

Nags me to purchase a VPN

I'm deleting this in favor of something else. Everytime I start a new session, I'm treated to a pop-up designed to entice me to purchase a VPN from the developer. I already have a VPN, and I'm fine with it. I downloaded an ad-blocker to avoide having to deal with my attention being hijacked by someone trying to sell me something.

8 months ago, Drokk 67

weak program, but at least apple provides something with their computers. i guess thats a plus

the app is pretty useless. plenty of unwanted ads etc still come through. the whitlisting feature is a pain to utilize, should be much more simple. Come on apple, this should be easy for you to fix, unless for some reason you don't want to.

9 months ago, SlothTheHero

Need a way to turn off the menu bar icon

I hate when my menu bar is cluttered with icons that are not needed. Please add a way to remove the menu bar. They replied to me on this review telling me how to remove the icon from the address bar of Safari. they have no way to remove it from the Menu bar of the Mac.

6 months ago, Jlfinkels30022

Excellent product but for constant pressure to buy VPN

I have used Adblock for years and it has worked well. The latest upgrade is excellent as always, but the constant popups pushing to buy the VPN produt is an unnecessry annoyance. Pop-up once, then stop, not every time I start the app.

7 months ago, omtdoc

Thank you!!!

Appreciate how well AdBlocker works and for a free app, this is incredible!! Thank you for helping keep the browsing experience fun. This product is INCREDIBLE as a free app, and is definitley worth paying for!!

7 months ago, Ululate24

thanks for the tranquility

Ad Block is the Gold Standard. I appreciate not having to sort through the unwelcomed intrusion into my space.

1 year ago, Writer Sue

great ad blocker

I hate those popups and other types of ads so this works in the background and very easily and automatically.

1 year ago, SlashFredo

OK, but new version has issues

I've used AdBlock for many years and its been great. But since the new version with the UI update its been more unstable and it is less consistent blocking ads.

3 months ago, Barely satifisied

How does this work?

Not easy to adjust to allow some site's adds and then continue to block others

4 months ago, ktodeg

why I love Adblock

Ads are obnoxious and intrusive and I never want them, so I love this app because it keeps them from invading my screen.

Description

AdBlock has been downloaded more than 350 million times and is used by more than 65 million people worldwide. Now, AdBlock has created a powerful ad blocker that’s available as a Mac app. AdBlock for Safari is a powerful and simple-to-use ad blocker. It stops annoying pop-ups, removes autoplay video ads, and blocks obnoxious audio ads. It also gives you control over which ads you see and what websites you support. You can tell AdBlock to stop working on certain websites, allow ads on sites you want to support, and get easy access to a comprehensive library of customer support information to help you get the most out of your AdBlock app. It’s easy to install and free to use. Give it a try! KEY FEATURES Block ads on the websites you visit, including Facebook, YouTube, and millions of others sites. This protects you from annoying and intrusive ads that distract you from the stories you are trying to read Speed up your browsing by filtering out unwanted content with Apple’s powerful Content Blocking API. Enjoy a modern and easy to use interface with dark mode. Access AdBlock VPN straight from the AdBlock for Safari app when you use both products. CONTROL OVER HOW AND WHERE YOU SEE ADS One-click Pause allows you to stop AdBlock if a website prompts you to turn off your ad blocker. Create custom allow lists to allow ads on specific sites of your choice, giving you more control over your browsing experience. This previously paid-for feature is now free! Allow non-intrusive ads like Google search ads that aren’t annoying and help you find the items you’re looking for. Get access to a library of hundreds of knowledge base articles that help you understand how ad blocking works, how to get the most out of AdBlock, and provides answers to commonly asked questions. Email AdBlock’s help desk to get quick answers to problems you are facing. We value your feedback and look forward to making the AdBlock Mac app the best ad blocker in Apple’s app store. If you have any questions or feedback, please reach out to our team at [email protected] or leave us a review here in the app store.