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Victory Shield
Covenant Eyes · 11,599 ratings · ★ 4.4
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Top complaints - extracted from 33 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"update"
6 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "after the 4/28/26 update there are multiple normal websites and apps being blocked. I can't even log into my WaWa rewards app. and your app just quits for no reason. I used one such occasions to test apps that seemed like they were being bl…" - Patrick Sullivan
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"phone"
5 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "this is one of the worst apps you can get on your phone. I understand there are people who need stuff like this to be able to break free from pornographic material or whatever, but it's not an excuse for them to hijack your phone and not le…" - Glenn Osborne
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"being"
4 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "after the 4/28/26 update there are multiple normal websites and apps being blocked. I can't even log into my WaWa rewards app. and your app just quits for no reason. I used one such occasions to test apps that seemed like they were being bl…" - Patrick Sullivan
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"work"
4 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "after the 4/28/26 update there are multiple normal websites and apps being blocked. I can't even log into my WaWa rewards app. and your app just quits for no reason. I used one such occasions to test apps that seemed like they were being bl…" - Patrick Sullivan
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"images"
4 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Their algorithms send false "concerned" messages without a human being screening their screenshot images. In reality, I had watched wrestling matches or videos of police arrests that were marked as "concerning" sexual images. When you email…" - akastevegrant
📋 All 33 negative reviews
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throttled my data had to quit using
had to verify my email 4 times, because switching from the app to my email app made the registration process have to start all over. then I couldn't even look at it try the app without a $20 per month subscription
I keep getting a Private DNS notification, even after I turned it off. Very annoying, I'd give 0 stars if that were possible
it's annoying always having a notification that it's scanning activity.
Ever Accountable is easier to use and has fewer loopholes.
this is one of the worst apps you can get on your phone. I understand there are people who need stuff like this to be able to break free from pornographic material or whatever, but it's not an excuse for them to hijack your phone and not let you use it if you don't put a setting the way they want it. I am steering everyone away from this app. I've complained to them on multiple times and they still have not done anything about it. pray that you don't have to use 911 services with this app.
there's been a few different issues but right now it's not even signing in. it says I've been signed out and when I put my log in information in it still won't sign in. but I can still sign in with my thumb print to the accountability app. but it says i have no protection. update. almost a year later and doing the exact same thing. signed me out for no reason. ( update part 2) I've now been signed out AGAIN for 2 months. I've reached out to support with no help at all. a waste of $20 per month.
been a user for a while and feel like this app keeps getting more temperamental. the VPN cycles almost constantly some days and eats the battery and makes my phone almost unusable at times. I have complained about this before and it still is going on. please fix this issue otherwise im canceling my subscription because I cannot have my phone being unusable some days.
Apparently, it doesn't work anymore. Whether it's down or it's unsupported, it says it needs an update when I j have JUST installed it! I was looking forward to using this app, but apparently, it's unusable!
your doesn't work is an error. Goodbye
Their algorithms send false "concerned" messages without a human being screening their screenshot images. In reality, I had watched wrestling matches or videos of police arrests that were marked as "concerning" sexual images. When you email the company about their errors, asking them to admit their guilt, no one responds. I seriously doubt this review will ever cause them to apologize in writing.
The app never actually opens for me to use it. I have to go to a web browser to get on my account at all
vpn service built into the app can be glitchy sometimes, have to keep refreshing on phone.
this app is a scam. I was added to help a friend monitor and they payed for everything. it didn't send me full reviews of everything. it didn't flag inappropriate images. And the images it would send (4 a day) were so blurry I couldn't tell what they were. I researched to see if the app was compatible with my device and it supposedly is. Dont waste your money.
300+ dollars to limit your phone access is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. this company is evil
it's showing humans in wholesome situations as explicit pictures then tell me it's concerning behaviors
uses up all the storage on my phone with the the images it takes and NEVER deletes them. I can't remove them all you have to remove them 1 at a time and there are thousands and thousands of them. use a different app or start deleting the images immediately so they don't build up on you.
I have to pay
Garbage!!!! I can't even create an account. Keeps sending me codes but none of them work. All these porn blocker apps are horrible. They never work. I bet if you spend money though, they'll work like clockwork
costs too much
Update: No response from development team Community connections is an absolute joke. It's all pre determined canned remarks. Nothing says work through and talk about something with other people like canned remarks and responses. and don't forget the constant nuisance notification I believe mine was at 185 notifications in a day.
Please Block Manga Apps and sites because anime Manga has a lot of sexual, fan service, and lewd images of women on there. Biggest loop holes for those who struggle with Henti or any other forms of that. I also found out that if the other person on the app messages anyone threw regular messages (like very sensitive sexual words) nothing pops up in the alert activity. This is a big loop hole in itself because the images are blurred outso you cant see who they're texting and what they're texting.
If zero stars were an option, that's what I would rate it at. I installed this app to give my wife some peace of mind. She has been up for three nights straight. Why? Who can explain a fuzzy screen shot that you can't even decipher. What brilliant mind thought this up? Who would have thought a squid eating a dead fish would be flagged as explicit. I have spent the last three days trying to explain screen shots that are so fuzzy you can't even tell what they are. Huge headache.
i can't even set up an account. every time i exit the app to check my email for a verification code, i go back and get an error loading the page I'm supposed to enter the code into. Unfortunately very unhelpful...
Constantly glitches, VPN is garbage! Constantly lose service in the middle of working, that never happened with my old VPN
after the 4/28/26 update there are multiple normal websites and apps being blocked. I can't even log into my WaWa rewards app. and your app just quits for no reason. I used one such occasions to test apps that seemed like they were being blocked by you and the worked as long as Victory Shield was not running. As soon as I relaunched VS, those apps stopped working again.
useless without someone else to monitor you. it basically just tells you it's detected concerning activity. the restrictions are easy to bypass. honestly it's a waste of money
APP KEEPS CRASHING because every time you try to login it would immediately crash. the update needs to be performed as soon as possible
Probably good for teens and some adults. but my husband is really good with tech stuff and finds a way around it and easily uninstall it. Also why does the victory shield have a uninstall button anyways its supposed to block being uninstalled but it allows you to uninstall from the app.
Overall, a beatable program when it comes to content blocking, and endlessly frustrating for many normal tasks.
Good in theory, glitchy in practice
need to update app to not allow users to be their own filter guardian. Also on iPad not to be able to cutoff extension where pornographic websites can be accessed
Easily bypassable by setting Chrome on Android to use a secure OpenDNS. This will conflicts with the DNS settings of Covenant Eyes and allow you to view porn anyways. They need to fix this because all it takes is about 10 seconds of clicking buttons in Chrome settings to disable its usefulness.
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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