iOS 9 Ad Blocker

[szeli]

Just got invited to a beta version of purify I must say content blocker works really well

sian, I signed up for e beta for both purify n crystal. nothing so far. guess have to wait for release ver liao

 

[PetPet]

sian, I signed up for e beta for both purify n crystal. nothing so far. guess have to wait for release ver liao

few more hours only haha!
just wait it out

 

[oric1]

Other than blocking ads in Safari, does it block ads from other apps too like the Straits Times app in the new Ad Blocker in iOS 9 ?

 

[szeli]

Other than blocking ads in Safari, does it block ads from other apps too like the Straits Times app in the new Ad Blocker in iOS 9 ?

if u want system wide, u have to go e proxy/vpn route as suggested by gkhchay.

 

[szeli]

nice article by techcrunch about 2 more content blockers.
both seem more tuned towards power users.

1. 1Blocker

2. Blockr

full article
Hands On With Three iOS 9 Content Blockers: 1Blocker, Blockr And Crystal

 

[PetPet]

will wait out for reviews haha

 

[kashix]

Currently using crystal, easily the best out of those I've tested! It's like safari Super sped up!

 

[Firestone]

Crystal is free for limited time @ App Store now

 

[otacon]

I felt with adblock, my battery drain much faster than usual so i removed it

 

[Extremme]

So which is the best

 

[szeli]

So which is the best

so far only crystal is free. e rest either paid or can't find on AppStore yet.

 

[toughnut]

1blocker is free and available but with IAP.

 

[athenodorus]

so far only crystal is free. e rest either paid or can't find on AppStore yet.

Crystal is free meh? How come I see it as $1+ on AppStore?

 

[szeli]

Crystal is free meh? How come I see it as $1+ on AppStore?

it was free earlier. so fast promo end liao?

 

[Magickiller9]

does it work with chrome?

 

[athenodorus]

it was free earlier. so fast promo end liao?

description of app still says free for limited period though..but it's not free leh..wa sian so fast the promo ended

 

[szeli]

does it work with chrome?

read that any app that uses e new Safari View Controller will support e content blocker also. not sure what Chrome uses though Google prob just need to update their code to leverage on e content blocker.

 

[szeli]

description of app still says free for limited period though..but it's not free leh..wa sian so fast the promo ended

yah it's a bummer. e dev has updated e official website to indicate free promo over also...

 

[limpe84]

description of app still says free for limited period though..but it's not free leh..wa sian so fast the promo ended

It was free when I got up at 2 am to update to iOS 9. US timings really suck when you are in Asia.

But the creator of Crystal is a married man with 2 kids, so he clearly isn't doing it for free. And he is also facing some pretty stiff competition (Marco Arment, the creator of Overcast, also released his own ad-blocker, running the Ghostery database no less). That's some pretty serious firepower he is packing!

 

[derazor]

able to quickly grabbed Crystal @ 10am in the morning. Cheers