AdBlockTubePrivacy policy
AdBlockTube is a browser. What you watch, search and sign in to stays between your iPhone and the sites you open.
AdBlockTube is made by Shidin (“we”). This policy covers the AdBlockTube iPhone app and this website, which uses no cookies or analytics.
What stays on your iPhone
- Your browsing, search and watch history
- Cookies and sign-ins for the sites you open, kept in the app’s own web storage
- Your Up Next queue, saved queues, settings and the blocked-ads count
We do not run servers that receive this data, and we never sell personal data.
Who receives data, and why
| Service | What it receives | Why |
|---|---|---|
| The sites you open (YouTube, Twitch, Reddit and others) | Whatever you would send them in Safari, including requests made by the app to play their streams | To show and play their content |
| Google AdMob | Device and ad identifiers, if you allow tracking; otherwise non-personalised ad requests | The banner in the free version. Not shown with Pro. See how Google uses this data |
| Adapty | An anonymous user id and your purchase status | Pro purchases and restoring them |
| Firebase Crashlytics and Analytics | Crash reports, device model, iOS version and anonymous app events | Fixing crashes and seeing which features are used |
| Sponsor segment service | A short hash prefix of the video id | Finding sponsor segments to skip |
| Dislike count service | The video id | Showing dislike counts |
| Apple (Siri) | Requests like “play … on AdBlockTube”, if you allow Siri | Voice commands |
| GitHub | A standard download request | Downloading filter updates |
Your choices
- When the app first asks, choose whether ads may be personalised and whether apps may track you. Change it later in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
- Turn off sponsor skipping or dislike counts in the app’s Settings.
- Delete the app to remove everything it stored on the device.
- Pro removes the ad banner and its ad requests.
Children
AdBlockTube is rated 17+ because it can open any website. It is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect their data.
Changes and contact
We will post changes on this page with a new effective date. Questions go to shidin@shidin.com.