Try Blokada (https://blokada.org/), it blocks ads system-wide.
Many of these use the VPN subsystem of Android, but are not actually VPNs -- that is, they aren't routing anything off of your device. Using the VPN subsystem is just a way to be able to filter network traffic without having to have rooted your device.
The only downside is that you can't use such an app and a real VPN at the same time.
(PS By looking at their respective GitHub pages, Blockada seems more actively developed though)