Shield Porn Blocker 4+

Let me preface this by saying I’m a female who struggles with porn. That being said, the app works well. Maybe a little TOO well. There are some blocked search terms that seem rather ridiculous. If you search for female celebrities (such as Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus) this app will block them. Male celebrities, on the other hand? I’ve not had any problem searching them up. I mean, come on now. I know there are some scantily clad female celebrities out there, but the same can be said of men. Also, “anime” is blocked, which also seems silly. Not all anime is porn. But as I said, the app does what it’s designed to do, so I can’t fault it too much.

I love love love this app, it’s a great way to keep your self pure. I love that it will block any explicit picture or porn sight you try to search. With that being said there is one major flaw in the app. It blocks a lot of stuff that isn’t explicit. Usually it’s because the word “Women” is in the search bar. For instance if you search anything with the word women, you’ll see that the app for the most part will block a lot of the non explicit searches. I understand this app is made for the intent of blocking porn fully and completely from your phone. I’m all for that, and the 24 dollars a year is worth it, but I would suggest for the developers to see this and maybe make some updates that won’t block all searches that are non explicit. Till then I would suggest you get covenant eyes and have accountability.

This app has been a lifesaver in helping me overcome porn addiction, along with ditching social media and other apps that might be a source for explicit content (These other steps are necessary for this app to be effective). Some people have called this app overly effective since it blocks Google searches that some may not consider inappropriate. However, I would argue this is necessary to eliminate as many avenues as possible for accessing porn. There are still explicit sites out there that the app hasn’t caught (most of which aren’t explicitly porn sites but have pornographic content), so to help all benefiting from this app, please let the developer know if you find any of these that should be blocked.