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Are you annoyed by the useless ads that keep popping on your screen when you are using your phone? You might be playing a challenging and exciting game that you are about to win and an ad about detergents pops up.
Most of the time you are not even given the option to remove the ad until you see the entire video of it. The adrenaline rush that was building up as you were playing the game, just dies down.
At other times you might be watching a very emotionally engaging film or listening to your favorite album when an ad about floor tiles appears on your phone. This is sure to put you in an awful mood. Sometimes the ads even go as far as covering the entire screen.
Music on YouTube is on average 3 minutes long. YouTube always used ads on it to generate revenue but recently they have increased the number and duration of ads. Several users have reported nuisance at the new update. If you are listening to a three minutes track and 3 different ads play in the middle of it, it is bound to mar the entire experience.
Today several different companies might be manufacturing Android devices but in the end, Google has the ultimate authority over it. It may allow you to block ads while you use a browser like Chrome but it does not permit blocking ads while using other apps.
There are two main reasons for this. The first is that ads are ultimately how Google generates its revenues. And the second is the security concerns. Allowing one app access over another app can compromise your privacy and risk the security of your system.
Google Play Store vets for the security of the apps on it. Since it does not allow system-wide blocking of ads on phones, it does not have any apps providing that service. Whichever system-wide ad-blocking app you will choose to install will have to be from an outside source.
Therefore you need to be completely sure of the safety of the app before installing it. Remember to never give any app root access, because that allows it full control over your device.
Given below is a list of apps that help remove ads from your Android phones for a better user experience. You can finally say goodbye to those loud noisy ads that keep intruding every time you breathe.
Pure Tuber
This is an application where you can watch YouTube videos without getting interrupted by ads. Pure Tuber has the same database as YouTube but better features for a more user-friendly experience.
It is free of cost and also allows you to customize the application so that you can view the content of your preferred genre. It even has a better interface than YouTube. However, this app does not allow you to upload videos. It makes up for it by being more flexible and easy to interact with.
If you want to watch YouTube without getting bothered by intrusive ads and enjoy the best viewing experience, then Pure Tuber is the app for you. The AI of the app automatically enhances the quality of the videos and also its audio. The app even allows customization of its color and style.
One of the most common complaints people have with YouTube is that when they exit the app the video stops playing. So if you want to listen to music through YouTube you will have to stay on the app the entire time. The moment you exit the app the music will stop playing. This way you cannot do anything else on your phone then.
Pure Tuber has a huge upside in this regard because it allows you to exit the app with the video still playing in the background. So you can listen to your favorite songs while also working on other apps.
Moreover, if you log in to your account you can enjoy other features such as commenting and making playlists. It also syncs with your original YouTube account so your viewing history is saved. So besides blocking ads during videos, Pure Tuber offers a wide range of user-friendly features that provide a better experience.
AdAway
AdAway is a free app that allows you to block ads throughout your device. It is open-source software, therefore, you can always check its code for safety concerns. Bugs are easy to report so they get fixed quickly.
This app also allows some level of customization. You can choose to whitelist or blacklist items according to your preference. However, this app might be slightly difficult to use for people who are not quite tech-savvy.
AdBlock
AdBlock is a comparatively straightforward option to remove ads from Android devices. This can operate within various browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, Opera, etc. It can remove all sorts of ads such as floating ads, videos ads, texts ads, banners, etc for no cost at all. AdBlock can block ads before they load which allows the browser to work faster.
This app however has one major disadvantage that it does not work on other apps besides browsers. In addition, it has been reported to occasionally miss ads in cases where the browser caches the ads.
TrustGo Ad Detector
This app has a slightly indirect approach to blocking ads. Instead of blocking them directly, it scans the entire system and identifies the apps responsible for putting out annoying ads on your screen.
In this way, it points out the root cause of the ads. And then you can choose to uninstall those apps if you want to. This way it provides you with more control over your device. Moreover, the app does not cost you anything.
Furthermore, TrustGo Ad Detector can also help identify malicious software that could pose a threat to your privacy. However, since this app does not directly block the ads, you will need to install another ad blocking app to pair it with.
