Appworthy

Purify: Block Ads and Tracking

Browse in peace, 4X faster.

Chris Aljoudi
Download on theApp Store
App Store rating3.8★731 ratings
Price$1.99Listed price
Age4+Store age rating
Size25 MBiPhone download
CategoryProductivity
DeveloperChris Aljoudi

What we found

Full report

Too little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.

Money

  • $1.99 to download.

Not yet tested.

The store currently lists version 1.4, updated 2018-09-21.

Preview

Screenshot 1Screenshot 2Screenshot 3Screenshot 4Screenshot 5Screenshot 6Screenshot 7Screenshot 8

Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

Featured & recommended by CNBC, Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed, NY Times, Huffington Post, and many more.

Block ads & tracking with the most efficient blocker on the App Store. Browse 4x faster. Save 50% of your data usage.

Browse in Peace™ with the easiest, most efficient blocker for Safari on iOS — load pages 4X FASTER and protect your privacy.

#1 on the App Store worldwide in the paid apps category.

#1 Productivity app in the U.S. and worldwide.

Trusted and loved by hundreds of thousands of users, Purify is the best-selling blocker on the App Store.

No more ads, tracking, or clutter — Purify is a breeze to install and works right out of the box.

Here's why you'll love Purify:

• Instantly browse an average of 4x FASTER

• Reduce your web data consumption on Cellular & Wi-Fi by an average of 50%

• Browse the web clutter-free — reclaim precious screen space…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

Not yet tested
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.

What reviewers report

No review coverage

No review analysis published for this app.

Measurements

3 measured · 5 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Not assessed
Fewer than 50 reviews scanned — too few to state a rate
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Not yet tested

Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 1.4 · 2018-09-21
Purify is now fully optimized for iOS 12, with better blocking performance than ever. Also in this release: We’ve included a few refinements and bug fixes, and handy new features like contacting the Purify team right from the app. We hope you love your browsing experience even more with this update. If you’re enjoying Purify, please leave us a rating on the App Store — it helps a lot! <3 If you’ve got any thoughts, comments, or questions, don’t hesitate to shoot us an email at [email protected]. With love, The team at Purify

Assessment record

Status
Not yet tested
App identifier
purify
Sources used
None recorded
Reviews read
None recorded
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed
How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

Store facts

App Store

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

App Store

Store rating
3.76 ★ · 731 ratings
Version
1.4
Updated
21 Sep 2018
Price
$1.99
Age rating
4+
Size
25 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
Chris Aljoudi
Category
Productivity
Listing price
$1.99

No itemized purchase list is available for this listing.

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

What a missing label means

Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
Review thresholds Read the methodology For developers

Request a correction

[email protected]

Write to [email protected], or use the form. Name the finding, the app version and the evidence that needs correcting. Factual corrections are free and never depend on buying anything.

Report a factual error — free Email a correction