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A family filter for every app.
An encrypted DNS filter blocks adult sites in every app and browser, and forces SafeSearch and YouTube Restricted Mode.
Porn blocker for iPhone
Set up on the phone in a few minutes. No computer needed.
Apple’s adult filter is decent. The trouble is you set the passcode, so you know it. And a weak moment is exactly when you’ll use it.
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An encrypted DNS filter blocks adult sites in every app and browser, and forces SafeSearch and YouTube Restricted Mode.
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It runs on the phone itself, so it still works with a VPN on. It also turns off private browsing in Safari.
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The apps you pick pause a little before your hard hours and come back after. No reason given, nothing to argue with.
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VisionShield makes your Screen Time passcode and shows it once. Seeing it again takes a day.
Blocks adult sites everywhere, all the time.
Also tightens around your hard hours, quietly.
Tightens earlier and longer, and apps can’t be deleted.
Coming down a level takes a day, like everything else that weakens protection.
| Way around it | What VisionShield does |
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| Switching off Screen Time access | Needs the passcode the keeper holds. Seeing it takes a day. |
| Turning off the DNS filter, or a VPN | Apple’s filter still holds in every browser. The live check notices and Today says so. |
| Private browsing | Turned off in Safari by Apple’s adult filter. |
| Deleting the app | Blocked on Strict. Lowering from Strict takes a day. |
| Changing the clock to dodge a pause | With pauses on, date and time must be set automatically. |
| Reddit, X and YouTube | SafeSearch and Restricted Mode are forced. Strict also blocks Reddit’s image and video hosts. |
| Lowering protection | Waits 24 hours and can be cancelled until then. Your ally, if you have one, hears about it when you ask. |
Yes. Apple’s adult website filter runs inside the web engine every iPhone browser uses, so it applies in Safari, Chrome, Firefox and the browsers inside other apps. The DNS filter covers every app on the phone.
No. Everything is set up on the phone in a few minutes. Supervised mode, which needs a Mac and Apple Configurator, is not required.
On Strict, apps can’t be deleted. Lowering from Strict takes a day like every other change that weakens protection. On Balanced the app can be deleted, which takes its protection with it. If you have an ally, they’ll see it stopped checking in.
A VPN switches off the DNS layer while it’s on, and the live check notices. Apple’s adult filter still holds, because it runs on the phone, not on the network. The family filter also blocks many VPN and proxy sites.
You can ask the app to show it again. Like every weakening change, that takes a day. If you gave iOS your Apple Account for passcode recovery, Apple’s “Forgot passcode” also works with that password.
We’re finishing the last pieces now. See what’s ready, or read the guide in the meantime.