Blokada vs Disconnect

Blokada is an open-source privacy app suite with tools for blocking ads, managing family access, and using a VPN. Blokada 5 blocks ads, trackers, and malware across apps and browsers without root or jailbreak; its listed free plan is free for Android 5 or newer. Blokada 6 adds cloud-based ad blocking, encrypted private DNS, multi-device management, and web monitoring. Blokada Family offers customizable device access, activity monitoring, safe search, malware protection, and blocking for social media and trackers. Blokada Plus uses WireGuard to encrypt network activity and hide the user's IP address, with up to five active devices at a time. It works on platforms where the WireGuard app is available, using a VPN profile generated in the web dashboard. Plus costs €5 a month, charged monthly in advance by credit card. Listed platforms include Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, web, and browser extensions.

Disconnect exposes and blocks trackers, data brokers and surveillance networks across websites, apps and email. Its Basic Extension displays and blocks trackers on visited websites. On iOS and Android, Tracker Protection uses encrypted DNS to block trackers across apps and browsers without a VPN. Privacy Pro for iOS adds Smart VPN, custom blocking rules and activity logs. Disconnect Premium can encrypt internet activity and mask the user's IP address in encrypted mode, using AES 256-bit encryption and 2048-bit Diffie-Hellman key exchange. Users can choose Blocking mode, focused on privacy and performance, or Encrypted mode, which may slow connections. Its ad blocking targets privacy-invasive ads that track users or may distribute malvertising, rather than every advertisement. A free plan is available, and the pricing note lists paid plans from $50/yr; Premium is also listed at $5 a month. Website subscriptions cover three unique devices. App Store subscriptions are limited to the purchasing iTunes user and their iPhone or iPad devices.