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About AdGuard Ad Blocker
AdGuard Ad Blocker is AdGuard's family of standalone apps for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. The desktop and Android apps block ads and trackers in browsers and in other apps, and also warn about phishing and malware sites. The Android app does this without root access. The iOS app blocks ads in browsers and supports DNS filtering.
It suits people who want one filter covering a whole device rather than a single browser. AdGuard also makes separate browser extensions, a VPN and the self-hosted AdGuard Home, which are distinct products.
Strengths
- Filters ads and trackers in apps as well as browsers
- Android app works without root access
- Phishing and malware site protection included
- Apps for all major desktop and mobile systems
Limitations
- Features differ between the platform versions
- Licensing details are not stated on the overview page
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumThe iOS app has a free edition and a paid Pro edition; prices for other apps are not given in the research.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- AdGuard
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Blocking ads and trackers across every app on a computer or phone
- Categories
- Browser tools, DNS filtering, Privacy tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to AdGuard Ad Blocker
Compare allSoftware that can replace AdGuard Ad Blocker for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Blokada
Mobile ad blocker with a local filter and an optional VPN tier.
Blokada covers only Android and iOS but is open source, with free local filtering and an optional paid VPN tier.
AdAway
System-wide Android ad blocker using hosts files or a local VPN.
AdAway is free and GPL-3.0 licensed but Android only, blocking through hosts files with root or a local VPN without it.
Rethink DNS
Android firewall and encrypted DNS client with per-app rules.
Rethink DNS is a free, open-source Android app adding a per-app firewall and encrypted DNS, with no desktop or iOS versions.
personalDNSfilter
Lightweight Java DNS filter proxy that blocks ad and malware domains on Android and desktops.
personalDNSfilter is free and open source for Android and Java-enabled desktops, filtering by domain only with DNS over HTTPS and DNS over TLS support.
DNSNet
An Android app that filters DNS requests through a local VPN to block ad and tracker domains.
DNSNet is a free Android-only app that blocks ad and tracker domains through a local VPN without root.
Maza
A Bash script that blocks ads system-wide by filtering DNS through the hosts file or dnsmasq.
Maza is a free open source Bash script that blocks ads on a single Mac or Linux machine from the command line, with no graphical interface.
AdGuard Ad Blocker as an alternative
Listings that name AdGuard Ad Blocker as an alternative.
uBlock Origin
A free, open-source content blocker for browsers that blocks ads, trackers and malware domains with a small footprint.
AdGuard Ad Blocker is a set of freemium apps for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS that filter ads and trackers system-wide, including outside the browser.
1Blocker
Safari content blocker that strips ads, trackers, and cookie popups on-device.
AdGuard Ad Blocker filters ads and trackers across all apps on macOS and iOS, and also runs on Windows and Android, rather than working only inside Safari.
AdBlock
A browser extension that blocks ads, pop-ups and third-party trackers, with a paid Premium tier.
AdGuard Ad Blocker moves filtering from a browser extension to system-wide apps for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, covering ads in other apps as well.
Adblock Plus
An ad-blocking browser extension with customizable filter lists for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera and Safari.
AdGuard Ad Blocker replaces the extension with freemium closed-source apps that filter ads system-wide on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.
AdGuard Browser Extension
A browser extension that blocks ads, pop-ups and trackers, with cosmetic filtering of page elements.
AdGuard Ad Blocker extends the same company's filtering to all apps on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, but it is freemium and not open source.
Intra
An Android app from Jigsaw that encrypts DNS lookups to get around DNS manipulation and blocking.
AdGuard Ad Blocker is a freemium, closed source app on Android and other systems that combines DNS filtering with ad and tracker blocking.
Lockdown Privacy
Open-source on-device firewall that blocks trackers and badware, showing what it blocked.
AdGuard Ad Blocker filters ads and trackers across apps on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, but it is closed source and features differ per platform.
Malwarebytes Browser Guard
A free browser extension from Malwarebytes that blocks malicious sites, scams, trackers and unwanted ads.
AdGuard Ad Blocker is a freemium app for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS that filters ads and phishing sites across all apps, not only the browser.
Privoxy
A non-caching web proxy that filters HTTP headers and page content to remove ads and trackers.
AdGuard Ad Blocker filters ads and trackers across all apps on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, but is not open source and offers a freemium model.
TrackerControl
Monitor and restrict Android application tracking connections.
AdGuard Ad Blocker is a freemium, closed-source app blocking ads and trackers across apps on Android, iOS, Windows and macOS, with phishing protection.
uBlock Origin Lite
A Manifest V3 content blocker from the uBlock Origin project that filters ads and trackers.
AdGuard Ad Blocker moves filtering out of the browser into freemium apps for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS that block ads and trackers system-wide.
YogaDNS
A Windows DNS client that intercepts system DNS requests and sends them over encrypted protocols by rule.
AdGuard Ad Blocker is a freemium system-wide blocker for Windows and other platforms with DNS filtering and phishing protection, focused on ads rather than DNS routing.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
AdGuard DNS
Public filtering DNS resolver with encrypted transports.
AdGuard Home
Network-wide ad and tracker blocking in a single binary, with encrypted DNS built in rather than bolted on.
NextDNS
Cloud DNS filtering with per-device profiles and detailed logs.
Pi-hole
A DNS server for your home network that refuses to look up ad and tracker domains, for every device at once.
Control D
Customisable DNS filtering service with per-device profiles.
