StopTheMadness Mobile

5 stars for saving my time clicking ‘no thanks’ to the common digital dictators many times a day. The mentality their CEO’s have puts the time and energy of the common user in jeopardy for cheap profits that do no one any good, so thank you so much for doing what I couldn’t. I tried creating .css and .js files to fix it myself but didn’t work and it was well worth paying someone who knows what they’re doing and updates it amazingly, so all power to the indie developer who helps the common man in the fight against (essentially) the modern war: the digital front waged against the privacy, time and energy of the people Versus nefarious corporate greed, which will stop at nothing to leech off our attention to shove ads, paywalls, cookies and loyalty programs in our faces. The war is on!

There are so many questionable decisions web developers make. Custom video controls with a full screen button that doesn’t actually go full screen… “get the app” nag bars… click and scroll hijacking… The list is endless. StopTheMadness can’t fix everything, but it has a jolly good go at it. It just sits in the background quietly taking little irritations away so that I never have to think about them, making me a happier person.

Update to original review: Jeff has turned this from a great app to an absolutely fantastic app, continuous updates to improve and add features show his commitment to the project. The recent addition of an element blocker is the best implementation of this I’ve seen yet. Far better than how 1Blocker or Adguard do element blocking, and much easier for a non-techy end user to use. Having settings easily transferrable via iCloud is great for those with many Apple products, although maybe a ‘iCloud sync’ option would be an even option. One of the best extensions to bring control back to you. Don’t be out off by the App Store warnings that this app can read passwords, private information and other scary stuff, Apple apply this to all extensions and the simple truth is, it doesn’t do any of the scary stuff that is insinuated!! (I’ve read Jeff’s blog on this, so thought I’d mention it here as it might help him)….. Anyway, take back control over the many idiotic things that some websites try and force you into by downloading this app, it’s an absolute ‘must have’ extension for Safari and you’re missing out by not having it. One final point, to those whining about paying twice for the iOS/iPad and macOS variants, the dev’s time needs paying for and no doubt he’ll have bills to pay and mouths to feed…. Remember, if it’s free, then you and your data are the product, so you’re paying with your privacy. Original review: Great app, allows all manner of things to be turned on, turned off, over-ridden and generally improves iOS safari in many ways! Well worth the initial cost to be able to use a video site in the background alone! We’ve had a few updates recently that have added more functionality as well. Happy user here. Cheers.

This Safari extension fixes so many annoyances I’ve had with Safari on iPadOS/iOS it’s unreal. It really enhances the experience of using Safari on iPad. It’s an impressive little app and it offers excellent value with regard to bang for buck. Regular updates and a simple and clean UI to boot.

Makes Safari so much better to use. Takes back control and stops websites forcing annoying behaviours on your browsing. Superb developer, regularly updated and worth every penny.

Bought this purely to block Facebook tracking URLs that are opened in Safari. Works perfectly. Well worth the money.

No more Mapper, no more Redirect, no more Bannish, this one does it all and more!

Please fix “stop keyboard page zoom” because it does not work. Thank you.

Modern web design is so user-hostile. I want to open a website without being tracked or bombarded with autoplaying videos.

Not going to write an essay here, just going to say that this is one of the best privacy apps I’ve found. Simple to set up and it just works.