Escape's Safari content blocker, and what it adds beyond Safari

Escape's Safari content blocker is made for one job, blocking porn: it is free, needs no account, and blocks more than 40,000 known adult sites in Safari on iPhone, iPad and Mac the moment you turn it on. Escape never sees what you browse or what was blocked. When you want protection past Safari, Premium carries it into every browser on iPhone and iPad, blocks the apps and searches you choose, and makes you wait before blocking can be switched off.

What the Safari blocker does

Turn it on, and Safari stops loading more than 40,000 known adult sites. The list is curated, so it also catches the mirror and variant addresses of the big sites, not only their main address. It works the same way on iPhone, iPad and Mac, it is free, and you never make an account. Here are the exact setup steps.

Why it cannot see your browsing

Escape hands Safari a list of rules ahead of time, and Safari does the blocking by itself, on your own device. So Escape never sees what you browse or what was blocked. Nothing is sent to anyone: no reports, no screenshots, no activity log. Its App Store privacy label reads Data Not Collected. More on what a Safari content blocker can and cannot see.

What Escape adds beyond Safari

The Safari blocker covers Safari. Premium covers the other ways in:

• Deep Block. Extends blocking to every browser on iPhone and iPad, and to private and incognito tabs. It holds through Safari's "Reload Without Content Blockers", and while it is on, iOS locks the Safari extension toggles. How Deep Block works.
• Blocked Words. A Safari search for a word you choose does not load, so the search that usually starts it goes nowhere. How word blocking works.
• App blocking. Pick apps with Apple's picker, which keeps your choices private. A blocked app does not open and shows Escape's block screen instead. Blocking windows switch it on by themselves: The Late-Night Window (10 PM to 6 AM), The After-Work Lull (5 PM to 8 PM) and The Quiet Morning (5 AM to 8 AM).
• Strict Mode. A wait of 30, 60 or 120 minutes before blocking can be turned off, so a weak moment does not get the last word.
• A protection passcode. Set up inside Strict Mode, it can be held by a partner or trusted friend, so turning protection off needs them, and they still see nothing of your activity.

Which pieces you need

Start with what your hard moments look like.

• If you only browse in Safari, the free blocker is a solid start.
• If you also use another browser, or private tabs, add Deep Block.
• If it usually starts with a search, add Blocked Words.
• If it starts in an app, block that app and pick a blocking window.
• If you know you would switch it all off at midnight, add Strict Mode, and let someone you trust hold its passcode.

Alongside the blocking, Escape keeps a free, private streak counter on your phone and has 28 short recovery courses: the first day of each is free in the app, and you can read every lesson free on this website. With Premium, it adds a panic button and a 90-second urge tool for the moment an urge hits.

Set it up in order

1. Turn on the Safari blocker. Free, with no account. It starts blocking as soon as it is on.
2. Turn on Deep Block. On iPhone and iPad it covers other browsers and private tabs too.
3. Add your Blocked Words and apps. Name the searches and the apps that usually start it.
4. Finish with Strict Mode. The setup you made calmly stays in place.

Escape blocks porn in Safari for free, extends to every browser with Deep Block, and adds a 90-second urge ritual, practice games that retrain how you meet an urge, and 28 short courses on identity and the long arc of recovery. No account, no personal tracking.

Rated 4.8 on the App Store

More on this topic in Choosing a blocker: where Escape fits, or go deeper with the Who you became in private course.

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