# Wipr 2

41 Hacker News commenters recommended Wipr 2 and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 11 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Blocks ads in Safari across Apple devices for one payment, with no setup. The most common caveat is that it cannot hide its own extension icon.

## Why people recommend it

- Blocks ads in Safari (5 comments): "I’ve found Wipr 2.0 has been able to block all ads (even YouTube) but it’s unable to hide itself" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46306154)) "Wipr 2 ad blocker for Safari reduced the transfer size of PC World article to 3,5 MB." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489055)) "Safari + the Content Blocker Wipr works well for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49523023))
- One payment covers Apple devices (4 comments): "You throw $5 at the dev and you never have ads on any iOS device again." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46757637)) "especially as one purchase grants adblocking on both iOS and Mac Safari" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50118523)) "it works on all Apple devices with that one payment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47240016))
- Good value for the price (3 comments): "You throw $5 at the dev and you never have ads on any iOS device again." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46757637)) "Wipr 2 is in the running for the best $5 I’ve ever spent in my life." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46757799)) "Wipr was worth the small $ to me personally" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50092564))
- Respectful, transparent developer (2 comments): "The developer is respectful of privacy, so the blocking is split into regular content blockers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46452995)) "the dev of Wipr seems to be transparent for sure" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322521))

## What people warn about

- Occasional issues tied to Wipr (3 comments): "I can often stuck in tarpits on Safari for iOS with Wipr and iCloud Private Relay." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49610045)) "it seems to be related to the Wipr 2 content blocker" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50063274)) "seems to be related to having Wipr Extra enabled" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50064083))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [uBlock Origin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublock-origin.md): 765 recommend
- [uBlock Origin Lite](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublock-origin-lite.md): 148 recommend
- [AdGuard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/adguard.md): 78 recommend
- [uBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ublock.md): 32 recommend
- [AdBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/adblock.md): 18 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Wipr 2", https://hackerapproved.com/p/wipr/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).