DO NOT UPDATE! – Legacy 1Blocker Review

DO NOT UPDATE to Version 1.4.5. According to mitorez and others, the version dropped almost 10K rules. Most likely this is another shady attempt by the developers to force you into buying their new version. DO NOT buy the in-app purchase or buy their new app! They claim this is "The one blocker you'll ever need", at least until they want more funding and create the same app, with a new name, and supposedly more rules, as a paid app. They will not support the old app, in hopes to force you to buy this new app. When they need more money, they'll repeat this process with another newly named app. AVOID!!! I would recommend using Firefox Focus (it is available as a Safari Content Blocker after download) or AdGuard as Safari ad/tracker blockers, instead, or in addition to this app, and avoid paying these dishonest developers, again. We all know Firefox is a real company that will continue to support their products. Support the non-profit, rather than the greedy nickel and dimer! Just look at some of the real reviews for the new app, that aren't the developers' friends and family: "...a but slow when opening and making a settings change." "App doesn't even block pop up ads right! Seriously, pop up ads still bother by opening in different tabs. That's so annoying. And try to reply to users more often." "A bit slower than 1Blocker legacy." "Can't open in settings. The app shows up in safari settings but the buttons won't toggle to open. So it's installed but basically useless." "Crashing still not fixed. As others mentioned, the device freezes and crashes when opened. This is after the devices' 'crash' update." "All in all, seems like this app took 2 steps back...Why are you removing features that made 1Blocker so appealing?" "Doesn't work. At all. Beware. I get the welcome screen. Then the screen with instructions on going into settings, safari, content blockers. This is where you're supposed to turn on the ad blockers. Unfortunately, all of the sliders are disabled. I've loaded the app on iPad and two iPhones, all running iOS 11.3 with the same results. The app will not work unless the ad blockers are enabled and there is no way to enable them." "Needs work, needs another option, besides Twitter, to contact... For me, the X app is blocking access to normal websites. It is also blocking the search function on some of the websites I can access. Because of this I turned this off and reinstalled the Legacy version." "Slow when opening, UX issues." "Safari is processing rules.... Do anything in the app and "safari is processing rules" loading spinner appears. Makes using the app slow and cumbersome." Do not fall for their sob story! They could have easily updated the app, and offered a discounted in-app purchase to unlock new features for the people that have supported and recommended their app. You know, the customers that should be the lifeblood of the company. They could have not misrepresented their product to those that recently upgraded. They could not have a banner trying to sell their new app. Yes, this is called an advertisement...in their ad blocking app. Talk about ironic! And they added this ad, while providing a misrepresentative description of the updates. This should tell you everything you need to know about these developers.
Review by AriaLHM on Legacy 1Blocker.