One of the most popular alternatives to NextDNS is Portmaster, which is open source with a free version. Other popular alternatives are AdGuard, Adblock Plus, Pi-hole and SponsorBlock. Ad Blockers like NextDNS are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Mac, iPhone, iPad, the web and Windows.
Ad And Stuff Blocker (AASB) is an ad and other stuff content blocker specifically for Safari on Mac OSX and iOS. Its goal is to provide the best "out of the box" experience. There are no fancy statistics or a UI - just a simple UI to whitelist websites, which hopefully...
On-device controls prevent typing or pasting into AI prompt fields across browser pages, while the iPhone and iPad app blocks known AI apps and websites. Detection stays local, so prompt text and browsing activity are not uploaded; managed plans add centralized policies.
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Free self-hosted DNS filtering appliance. Block ads, malware, phishing, and trackers network-wide with 90+ filtering categories. Deploy as a virtual appliance — no account
Trackers follow you everywhere — in apps, browsers, and emails — building profiles that advertisers and data brokers sell, and Al-powered attackers weaponize. PrivacyPro blocks them, encrypts your connections, and gives you total control over what companies get your data.
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Trackers follow you everywhere — in apps, browsers, and emails — building profiles that advertisers and data brokers sell and Al-powered attackers weaponize. IP Protection stops them.
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Harbor Privacy is a managed DNS filtering service that blocks ads, trackers, and malicious domains network-wide, with no logging of browsing activity. Includes Harbor Kids, a family protection layer that filters adult content, gaming, dating apps, gambling, and dangerous sites...
Hosted DNS filter for the whole household: blocks ads, trackers and known phishing and malware sites on phones, tablets and laptops – and, via your router, on smart TVs and game consoles. Servers in Germany.
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CaptainDNS centralizes DNS management, diagnostics, and monitoring for developers and IT teams managing domain infrastructure.
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Encrypted DNS adds an extra security layer on top of regular security measures in network browsing. It will utilize knowledge of known cyber threats by CERT-EE and block at the level of DNS the access to threats.
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The best internet, better than ICANN and openNIC, using vercel's cloud, easy to use, quick to use, and has a good community, top-level security, powered by vercel.
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.
Just as webpages grew bloated with ads, so too have ad blockers grown bloated with little-used filtering rules and features that sap their speed and hog your computer or device’s disk space, CPU cycles, and memory.
