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Charles vs TrackerBlock

A side-by-side look at Charles and TrackerBlock. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Charles

Charles

Development

Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers (which contain the cookies and caching information).

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TrackerBlock

TrackerBlock

Security & Privacy

TrackerBlock is an open-source ad blocker and tracking protection browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. It blocks ads, tracking cookies, and cryptominers while browsing to protect privacy and speed up page loading.

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