# Ad and tracker blockers privacy ratings

Browser extensions, apps and network tools that block ads and trackers.

**Our picks:** [uBlock Origin](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/ublock-origin/): The most effective blocker available, with no data collection, no home server, no acceptable-ads deals and not even a donation page. Install it through the links on its GitHub page to avoid look-alike extensions. [uBlock Origin Lite](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/ublock-origin-lite/): For browsers that only allow Manifest V3 extensions, such as Chrome and Edge: uBlock Origin's filter lists with no data collection and no background process.

| Name | Grade | Jurisdiction | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [uBlock Origin](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/ublock-origin/) (our pick) | B (88/100) | Unknown | Free, open-source content blocker for ads, trackers and malware sites. Efficient, with no "acceptable ads" program. |
| [uBlock Origin Lite](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/ublock-origin-lite/) (our pick) | B (88/100) | Unknown | Manifest V3 content blocker from the uBlock Origin developer that filters ads and trackers through declarative browser rules, with no background process. |
| [AdGuard Home](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/adguard-home/) | B (88/100) | Cyprus | Self-hosted DNS server that blocks ads and trackers for every device on a network. Includes a web dashboard, encrypted DNS support and parental controls. |
| [hBlock](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/hblock/) | B (88/100) | Unknown | POSIX shell script for Unix-like systems that builds a hosts file blocking domains that serve ads, tracking scripts and malware, using several public blocklists. |
| [Diversion](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/diversion/) | B (79/100) | Unknown | Shell script ad blocker for routers running Asuswrt-Merlin firmware. Blocks ad and tracker domains through dnsmasq and can manage Entware and pixelserv-tls. |
| [Ghostery](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/ghostery/) | C (65/100) | Germany (Fourteen Eyes) | Browser extension from Ghostery that blocks ads, trackers and cookie pop-ups and shows which trackers each site uses. |
| [Wipr](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/wipr/) | C (65/100) | Spain (Fourteen Eyes) | Paid Safari content blocker for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro that blocks ads, trackers, cookie notices and annoyances with no configuration. |
| [AdGuard](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/adguard/) | C (62/100) | Cyprus | Ad and tracker blocker from AdGuard, available as a free browser extension and Safari content blocker and as paid system-wide apps for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. |
| [1Blocker](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/1blocker/) | D (53/100) | Unknown | Safari content blocker for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro with filters for ads, trackers, annoyances and adult content, plus custom rules and an in-app tracker filter. |
| [AdBlock](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/adblock/) | F (24/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Ad blocker for browsers and mobile, owned by eyeo, which shows ads approved under the Acceptable Ads program by default on desktop. |
| [Adblock Plus](https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/adblock-plus/) | F (24/100) | Germany (Fourteen Eyes) | Ad blocker from eyeo for browsers and mobile, which shows ads approved under the Acceptable Ads program by default. |

## Criteria

- **Open source** (weight 3): Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
- **No trackers or telemetry** (weight 3): Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
- **No ads or data sales** (weight 2): Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
- **Independent audit** (weight 2): Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
- **Effective by default** (weight 3): Does it block ads and trackers with its default settings, without paid tiers?
- **No browsing data collected** (weight 3): Does it work without sending browsing data to the developer?
- **Custom filters** (weight 1): Can users add their own filter lists and rules?

Source: https://privacyratings.com/ad-blockers/