What is the effect of adblockers on battery life?

All you can do is try them and test them. If you go to Settings > Battery > you should be able to see what is consuming your battery. I would monitor both apps for awhile and see if they tax your battery and if they are justified. No other way that I know of, sorry... 🙂

I would expect that any app running in the background will consume battery life.

True, but they work in the background only when loading new websites. If they stop media-intensive ads and stop background trackers, I would expect a net benefit.

I have not seen any battery test results, but I've read multiple loading-time tests. Some blockers are better than others, and different sites have different amounts of junk, but generally, loading of pages is substantially faster. I would think this translates to less CPU/GPU computation, which in turn should mean better battery life?

elcpu wrote:

Do you use them and have you seen improvements? And if so which ones do you like?

I have used and am satisfied with Crystal, but I have no definitive experience which either confirms or denies battery longevity. I would only say that I have not noticed any detrimental battery consumption issues.

I still keep looking for the "perfect" one on iOS. Just recently I switched from Crystal to Focus and like its unobtrusiveness.

The "perfect" one would work like Ghostery on OS X, i.e., have easy whitelisting of sites.

Makes sense.... This is just a guess but like you I would expect that any app running in the background will consume battery life. Have you noticed any difference since installing Weblock?

Do you use them and have you seen improvements? And if so which ones do you like?

Thanks... feedback appreciated.

Thank you.