# TrackerControl

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/trackercontrol/

5 people recommended TrackerControl in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free app that uses a local VPN to block trackers and ads per app. Works well for apps that should never be connected.

Summary written by Claude from 5 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Blocks trackers and ads per app (3 comments in the sample): "It's basically meant to run as an always on VPN (it isn't one) which allows it to block ads, social media, trackers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47665870)) "it is a local vpn which sees which application is making a request and blocks it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45913961)) "It works great for apps that absolutely should not be connected" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45968003))

## Other ad blockers people recommend

- [uBlock Origin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublock-origin/): 679 recommend, 55 mixed, 56 criticize
- [uBlock Origin Lite](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublock-origin-lite/): 121 recommend, 19 mixed, 54 criticize
- [AdGuard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/adguard/): 71 recommend, 7 mixed, 7 criticize
- [Wipr 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wipr/): 37 recommend, 4 mixed, 6 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "TrackerControl", https://hackerapproved.com/p/trackercontrol/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.