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Wow Crystal does make TechCrunch run smoothly! Runs much faster too.

I had to close Safari from the task switcher (double click home button) to clear out Safari and get the blocker to work. After that smooth sailing
 
crystal is working fine & its free, does blockr have any advantages over crystal that justifies the $1.20 for it.? looking at it on app store isnt enough
It's a little more configurable. And most importantly, it allows you to whitelist sites. I find that crucial. I think Crystal takes the "set it and forget it" approach a bit too far.

Still waiting for 1Blocker (which looks like it will have the most detailed configuration options). I'd also like to try Purify, but I think it's too expensive to blind-buy, so I'll wait for some more feedback from others.
 
It's a little more configurable. And most importantly, it allows you to whitelist sites. I find that crucial. I think Crystal takes the "set it and forget it" approach a bit too far.

Still waiting for 1Blocker (which looks like it will have the most detailed configuration options). I'd also like to try Purify, but I think it's too expensive to blind-buy, so I'll wait for some more feedback from others.
I am interested in trying 1Blocker as well. I like the idea of being able to create rules on the fly, along with the other features. Still hasn't hit the U.S. store yet.
 
I popped the $ for purify. It's rating is 4+ so I could install it on my kids iPhone and keep safari restricted (crystal is rated 17+ and Safari seems to check this)

It has a whitelist extension for safari and works fantastic overall.

I wish I could whitelist ads only and keep trackers blocked. Otherwise it works great.
 
Marco Arment's Peace is out, which many reviewers are calling it the best content blocker out. It's a $2.99 paid app.
 
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Is anyone having problems viewing the gawker.com family of websites. I'm running blockr on my iPad Air 2. Nothing loads at all. Even if I load with content blocker. Is gawker trying to punish ad block users?
 
Marco Arment has been solid developer IMHO - Overcast runs fantastic and I am sure that Peace will be the same! Glad he decided to go with Ghostery as that it is a solid extension and dbase overall.
 
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I’m also having this issue on 9.1 PB ... there is no “content blocker” option in my preferences. Am I doing it wrong?

EDIT:

yep, you have to download one first, then the setting magically appears in Preferences > Safari > Content Blockers.
This is pretty confusing, I had the same problem. And it's weird because if you use the new Settings Search, it even comes up with Safari > Content Blockers, but when you tap it, it brings you to nothing (just the Safari settings page where it's missing). At the least it should take you to the CB page telling you you need to download one, with a link to the App Store.

A shame they don't run on older devices, ironically the ones that should benefit most from the reduction in resource usage and increased speed.
 
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Crystal did not work even if I turn on the switch until I opened up the app itself for the first time. Do we have to open the app everytime we reboot our phone or just once and its good?
 
Crystal did not work even if I turn on the switch until I opened up the app itself for the first time. Do we have to open the app everytime we reboot our phone or just once and its good?

just tried it, its still working without opening the app again. i have background refresh off for everything as well which means i have to open the app to check for block list updates
 
just tried it, its still working without opening the app again. i have background refresh off for everything as well

With background refresh off (and if you don't leave it always in the app switcher) you will have to open the app for it occasionally to get any new versions of the block list. Just as a note.
 
Crystal did not work even if I turn on the switch until I opened up the app itself for the first time. Do we have to open the app everytime we reboot our phone or just once and its good?
You need to open it once to give it an opportunity to download the filter list. From then on, I think it uses background refresh to update automatically if you have that enabled in the settings. Otherwise you should open it from time to time.

This will be similar for all blocker apps that can update their filter list without an app update.
 
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