Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox



AdAway is described as 'An ad blocker that uses the hosts file. The hosts file contains a list of mappings between hostnames and IP addresses. When an app requests an ad, that request is directed to 127.0.0.1 which does nothing' and is a very popular Ad Blocker in the web browsers category. There are more than 50 alternatives to AdAway for a variety of platforms, including Mac, iPhone, iPad, Google Chrome and Windows apps. The best AdAway alternative is uBlock Origin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AdAway are Adblock Plus, AdGuard, NextDNS and Pi-hole.





Skip sponsor segments in YouTube videos playing on a YouTube TV device (see below for compatibility details).
Ads Killer is easy to use and powerful ad blocker for Google Chrome, Opera and Chromium based browsers.




Browse in Peace™ with the simplest, fastest premium native blocker for Safari on iOS. No ads, no tracking. Purify works seamlessly with Safari — right out of the box.




Ethical Adblock is the first undetectable and ethical adblock. Indeed it has been coded so as to be undetectable by AntiAdblocks. Some ads that support content creators are left on purpose so that they can get fair compensation.



Ultimate blocker which says no to every network packet until you explicitly allow it. It's AdBlock the other way around, completely.



The best way to block advertisements and third-party tracking scripts, protecting your privacy and web browsing performance.





