Looks like this might be the first app out of the blocks utilising Apple’s new technology. Interested to see what others think, from a layman’s perspective this looks great.
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And trying (both ways) to report via the Wipr app gets me here
Be interested to see if anyone else experiences the same Filtr Server Issue error.
That’s annoying. Not that it helps you, but just for info, it worked ok for me earlier.
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Interestingly, I just changed DNS settings and when not using NextDNS it’s now working…
I can’t see anything from the logs denying it when it’s activated. Strange.
EDIT: Now I’m going through the Wipr app, it would be good to know what it is actually blocking?
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Thank you for the heads up on this!
I’m a long time Wipr user and didn’t know this was now active. I just turned it on while using Private Relay and NextDNS with no issues.
Hi @Quantum
This is good news. Must be something with my set up as it doesn’t work with NextDNS on for me. That said, I don’t use private relay due to the conflict between the two. Well, actually, more to the point: Private Relay isn’t available to me as I don’t have iCloud+ because I don’t back up my phone and absolutely nothing is switched on under ‘Saved to iCloud’, so no need for me.
I’ll do some more investigating but it’s good to know it’s working for you @Quantum!
Side question: When you say “no issues”, do you know what it is actually blocking or are you simply trusting that it is doing something?
I am on version 2.30.1 of Wipr. Are you on an older version?
As for working, I tested it by disabling my NextDNS profile and then opening Apple News. No ads visible in that app. Additionally under “VPNs, DNS & Device Management” in settings the URL filter is showing as “running” with Wipr 2 as the source.
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I am on the same version (34024)
Interestingly, when trying to activate Filtr it does go to the installation page and you think it’s ‘done’ but it isn’t and the app says “Deactivated - 1 Issue” (per above).
Yes, this for me doesn’t work.
Thanks for your update on this. Really appreciate as helping me troubleshoot.
EDIT: Disabling the custom DNS server in Mullvad allows it to work:
In fairness, given the app dev’s admissions around apps own DNS resolvers (I think?), I don’t know why one would need Filtr and NextDNS?
This has essentially been my reservation with Wipr since the beginning. I know it works because I’ve compared websites with it enabled and disabled, but its set-n-forget nature makes it a tad too simplistic and opaque for my liking.
To Wipr’s credit, this lack of granularity means it’s not as clunky as something like wBlock[1] or AdGuard. It just works without fuss, although you’ll need to augment Safari with other extensions[2] as soon as you realize Wipr’s limits.
I’d assume the same with Filtr. You’re probably just getting the same filterlists Wipr relies on, just extended system-wide now. Probably good enough for most people, but not quite at the level of NextDNS with HaGeZi Multi Pro/Ultimate.
Won’t lie, Filtr does seem appealing for my particular use case. I currently have Mullvad set up on the router for this particular iPad, so in theory I could enable Private Relay (included with my Apple One sub) which would effectively give me randomized oDoH queries for each Safari tab while Filtr does the filtering (something Private Relay lacked) for everything outside Safari, all whilst being inside a Mullvad tunnel.
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