AdGuard vs uBlock Origin Lite

AdGuard is a family of apps and services for filtering content across desktop and mobile devices. Its tools include custom filter lists, an element picker and cookie-popup blocking. The listed apps cover Windows, Mac, Android, Android TV, iOS, browsers and Linux, while AdGuard Home can extend coverage across a home network when installed on a router. Security features block phishing, malware, dangerous and malicious sites, and inappropriate content. AdGuard Content Blocker and AdGuard DNS are free products; Content Blocker works in Samsung Internet and Yandex Browser, with fewer features than the Android version. Personal licenses cover three devices and Family licenses cover nine. Licenses are available for one year or a lifetime, with annual billing or a one-time payment, but no prices are listed. Trials last 14 days for Windows, Mac, Android and Android TV, and seven days for iOS Premium. Purchases have a 30-day money-back guarantee for requests within 30 days. Support is available by email 24/7.

uBlock Origin Lite is a free, open-source content-blocking extension built on the Manifest V3 API. It blocks ads, trackers, miners, and other content after installation. Its default rules include uBlock Origin lists, EasyList, EasyPrivacy, and Peter Lowe’s ad and tracking server list. Users can add rulesets, custom filters, and filter lists, and use an element picker and cookie-popup blocking. Filtering is declarative, so no permanent process is required; the project says the browser performs CSS and JavaScript injection and the extension itself uses no CPU or memory while blocking. The project says it collects no data, has no analytics or telemetry hooks, and makes no remote requests except for filter lists users explicitly subscribe to. Users can allow all-site filtering or reduce host permissions. It warns Lite is not an automatic uBlock Origin replacement and may be less effective against anti-blocker sites or breakage.