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Banish - Block 'Open in App' is #110 in Utilities Paid in Germany and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperBig Pineapple LLC
CategoryUtilities
Price2.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 3.8 (263)
Version1.48
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)10k+ worldwide
Banish - Block 'Open in App' update history & changes
Last change · 31 events since 8 Jul 2022Full timeline ↓⭐Passed 100 ratings📈Entered the top 100⭐Passed 100 ratings📈Entered the top 100🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 30 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · CA
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · RU
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' charting in a new countryRussia
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' charting in a new countryCanada
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' entered the top 10Top Paid · Utilities · AE
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' new best rank in the overall chart: #65Top Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · JP
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' charting in a new countryPhilippines
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · GB
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · FR
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' charting in a new countryFrance
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · BR
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' charting in a new countryBrazil
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' charting in a new countrySpain
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · IN
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' charting in a new countryIndia
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' entered the top 100Top Paid · Utilities · AE
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' charting in a new countryUnited Arab Emirates
- 📈Banish - Block 'Open in App' entered the top 10Top Paid · Utilities · AU
- 🆕Banish - Block 'Open in App' first spotted by AppInsider#38 in Top Paid · Utilities · United States
- 🆕Banish - Block 'Open in App' released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
3.8 ★
263 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#110
Utilities PaidMeasured
Banish - Block 'Open in App' on the App Store
App details
App ID
1632848430
Publisher
Big Pineapple LLC
On the store since
Jul 2022
4 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
3 MB
Also listed in
Productivity
Banish - Block 'Open in App' downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Banish - Block 'Open in App''s downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | UtilitiesPaid | #110 |
Apps near Banish - Block 'Open in App' on the chart
Utilities Paid, around #110.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
3.8 ★
263 ratings
Measured
Ratings
263
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
3.8★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
51/100
faster than 52% of Utilities apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Banish - Block 'Open in App'
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mostly negative (22% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being useful, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and price and subscriptions.
What people like
- Useful: “Edit: Works perfectly again!”
- Ease of use: “For you myself and our family it’s easy to set up and use!”
- Design: “Unique Outstanding Design App!”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Doesn’t work with youtube”
- Price & subscription: “Waste of money, does not work”
- Updates: “Latest update hasn’t helped”
- Ads: “It might block ads, but it usually does so by making the page itself break”
About Banish - Block 'Open in App'
BANISH. The #1 Safari Extension to block annoying 'Open in App' popups & other dark patterns on the web.
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— John Gruber, Daring Fireball
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— Sarah Perez, TechCrunch
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Banish does not collect or store any of your data - nothing leaves your device.
BUY ONCE
Just a one-time purchase and Banish is yours. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads, no nonsense.
FAST
The app performs the minimal, necessary changes to block popups and free up screen space.
SIMPLE
It's as easy as downloading the app and enabling it in Safari settings. No maintenance needed.
MODERN
Banish is written in Apple's latest programming paradigm Swift UI and Safari Extension functionality.
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NOTE: Even with Banish, Smart Banners can still appear at the top for apps you have installed. They can't be removed because they're built into Safari.
Need Help? Contact us at [email protected]
“Banish does one thing and does it well: it nukes dickpanels in Safari on iPhone and iPad”
— John Gruber, Daring Fireball
"The app proved incredibly useful. For instance, when on Quora, clicking a link to another Quora page would normally pop up a blocker that requires you to log in to continue navigating the website. With Banish, this pop-up was gone and you could use the site normally"
— Sarah Perez, TechCrunch
PRIVATE
Banish does not collect or store any of your data - nothing leaves your device.
BUY ONCE
Just a one-time purchase and Banish is yours. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads, no nonsense.
FAST
The app performs the minimal, necessary changes to block popups and free up screen space.
SIMPLE
It's as easy as downloading the app and enabling it in Safari settings. No maintenance needed.
MODERN
Banish is written in Apple's latest programming paradigm Swift UI and Safari Extension functionality.
---
NOTE: Even with Banish, Smart Banners can still appear at the top for apps you have installed. They can't be removed because they're built into Safari.
Need Help? Contact us at [email protected]
Latest updates
1.48
