I saw there was a thread about ad blocking on android but I was wondering the best methods for ad blocking that cover the entire phone if possible like in app ads and such as well.

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[–] 25 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Why limit yourself to just your phone, use a pi-hole and block ads for your whole network.

And when I’m out, I have a vpn running on the phone back to my home network and block ads on 4g/5g as well

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It's DNS based ad blocking, isn't it? If so, it doesn't help with all kinds of ads.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    YouTube still slips through the net unfortunately.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    You can't do better than that on iOS. But the PiHole still goes a long way. It made web browsing from my phone tolerable when combined with the content blockers from Firefox Focus.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Sorry but that is false. Ad block pro on safari and yt ads are no more.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    Use either NextDNS or adguard. They are DNS-level ad blockers, so a quick configuration of your DNS settings and ur good to go.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    At system level you can use AdGuard DNS. Search in the settings app for DNS and set custom DNS to dns.adguard-dns.com

    On Safari you can download the AdGuard app and configure it as a content blocker.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Proton VPN does block ads in apps. You'll need to pay for the ad blocking though.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I’ve been using 1Blocker for years. It used to be a one-time purchase, but now it’s free with many features requiring a subscription.

    I do subscribe, though. It’s updated frequently, can block trackers in apps, and syncs settings across all my devices. Its comment block feature has probably kept me sane.

    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id1365531024

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Some VPNs have options for adblocking (dns based)

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    HyperWeb safari extension

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    Lockdown is a blacklist style “vpn” that is run on your device and will help with ads and tracking when browsing and in games. For YouTube, I go about sideloading uyou plus which covers any ads and similar issues within YouTube itself.

    https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/lockdown-privacy-vpn-proxy/id1469783711

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I use adguard and adguard VPN on my phone. I have an adguard home server set up on my home network so I use that when I’m at home instead. I don’t VPN into my network as others have suggested because I have Xfinity and I have limited monthly data.

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  • [+] 1 point 3 years ago