One other advantage of Blokada is that it doesn’t require root, Adguard requires installing a root certificate (not rooting your phone) which allows decrypting any traffic either on your phone or remotely (man in the middle attack). There are mixed reports on its effectiveness, so our recommendation is to try it yourself, and see if it works for you but it’s important to mention that it does not work with video ads, Adguard offers a solution too to block youtube ads, by sharing your Youtube video by using a new window. Blocking Youtube ads:īlocking Youtube ads on Blokada and Adguard is not possible, with Blokada you can reduce the number of display ads by running the Blocklist “Goodbye ads”, which was made with the purpose of blocking more ads on YouTube. The two apps are also different in terms of the type of adblocking, and this is also why Blokada cannot technically offer cosmetic filtering, Blokada is using DNS filtering hence it has no access to the website data, and thus cannot remove the frame of the ads from the website, while Adguard is using HTTPS filtering, and by using this method it is possible to offer cosmetic filtering as a feature but it de-encrypts the encrypted traffic using a man-in-the-middle proxy which can be unsafe for your private data.

Yes (Adguard decrypts and reads all website data)īlokada 5 is free, Blokada 6: roughly 1.70€ a month depending on locationģ devices with individual plan/ 9 devices with family planĥ$ for a month-to-month subscription/ 4$ a month for a yearly subscriptionġ1.99$ for a month-to-month subscription/ 3.99$ a month for a yearly subscriptionīlokada 6 has almost zero performance and battery usage overhead and might even improve your battery life, while Adguard, on the other hand, drains your battery quickly as reported by many of its users. No (Blokada has no access to website data and thus is safer to use) Has a feature that allows you to watch Youtube without ads, but some users complain about its reliability

There are certain configurations that can REDUCE the number of ads on youtube (but only display ads, never video ads) No battery impact, it might even improve your battery life

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