Focus by Firefox is a content blocker for Safari users on iOS 9

Ever since Apple allowed adblockers on iOS 9, we’ve seen a steady influx of these types of apps appearing in the App Store. Today, yet another one arrives, but this new release has an interesting pedigree, coming as it does from Mozilla.

Focus by Firefox is a free content blocker for Safari users on iOS 9 that gives users greater control over their privacy by allowing them to block categories of trackers such as those used for ads, analytics and social media.

The app will block the same trackers that are targeted by Private Browsing with Tracking Protection in Firefox for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android, based on Disconnect’s open source blocklist.

To install the app you’ll need to download it from the App Store (it's not there at the time of writing, but should be available soon) and then open it to complete the configuration.

What’s quite amusing is Focus by Firefox only works on Safari in iOS 9, not Firefox, since Apple doesn’t allow ad blockers on third-party browsers. Mozilla is hoping to make it available for its own browser in the future, however.