Outstanding protection
Canopy has provided outstanding protection for my own device & my kids…very happy with the app. Also satisfied with the usability of the app…great work!!! 🔥
Response from developer
Thank you for your kind words!
5 stars but still room for improvements
As others have said. The app doesn’t work perfectly for social media and it does block things that may not necessarily need to be blocked, even with the settings tuned to block just pornography.
That being said this company is doing things that are way better than any of the other options out there. Restrictive DNS servers are good, but still let a lot of explicit content through. The fact that we are reduced to relying on this app, which is a small company doing its best to accurately censor the entire internet speaks more about our society than anything else.
I would like to see some improvements in the functionality and smoothness, but to me this is a small price to pay for the benefits canopy provides. We live in a world that seems to not care at all about the issue that canopy is trying to solve. As far as I understand, this is the best option there is for blocking pornography. For that it gets 5 stars.
That being said this company is doing things that are way better than any of the other options out there. Restrictive DNS servers are good, but still let a lot of explicit content through. The fact that we are reduced to relying on this app, which is a small company doing its best to accurately censor the entire internet speaks more about our society than anything else.
I would like to see some improvements in the functionality and smoothness, but to me this is a small price to pay for the benefits canopy provides. We live in a world that seems to not care at all about the issue that canopy is trying to solve. As far as I understand, this is the best option there is for blocking pornography. For that it gets 5 stars.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your kind words! We are always looking to improve, and certainly agree that there is not nearly enough awareness of this issue.
DO NOT BUY!!!!
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT purchase this absolute-trash, overpriced piece-of-garbage app on ANY of your devices. Its slow, unintuitive and VERY difficult to remove once installed. On top of the low-quality design and function of the app itself, I was immediately charged the full price which was supposed to be on a 7 day free trial. Save yourself some time and money and find something more reputable! Move along here…
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Advanced Filtering empty
Hi, Since the last app update, the advanced filtering tab doesn’t display anything, it’s blank, I can’t block/allow access to apps anymore. Ive deleted and reinstalled but reproduces the problem. Can you help? Thanks!
Response from developer
Hi there, please email me at hello@canopy.us and I will be happy to help!
Good app, satisfactory review
Have you ever experienced a certain degree of insecurity in your relationship? I used to be in a relationship with a person who was always jealous and too controlling. She once told me that she was always bothered whenever I hung out with my friends. In the last days of our relationship, she stopped texting or calling as often as she used to. She would not return my calls for hours. I tried to have conversations with her several times on what was going on between us but she seemed so uninterested. My intuition told me she was probably seeing someone else. I saw a referral on the internet about a vastly experienced phone/tech expert. Many thanks to Dustin from smartspy001@ gmailcom' for helping me out with court admissible evidence. I sent a mail to his email address explaining how my girl's recent behavior has raised suspicion. We agreed on an affordable fee, with a money back guarantee if I wasn't pleased with the service. He then proceeded to clone her phone within few hours. I saw everything I wanted to see. It was unbelievable because I never saw her as one who could indulge another man, let alone cheat. Nonetheless, I am thankful that I found out the truth. Why don't you stop wondering if it's happening, find out for sure, and move on with your life? Simply reach out to dustin if you ever find yourself in this sort of quagmire.
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Blocks content, but too much
I am an adult using Canopy to block content from myself as I combat addiction. It does a good job blocking adult content online, and for that reason it is satisfactory. However, it also gets in the way of normal internet usage. Connecting to public WiFi in which a pop-up sign-in is required often doesn’t work. All kinds of non-explicit images, videos, and websites are either censored or block for reasons that I cannot decipher. Allowing certain URL’s doesn’t always work. The Reddit app is only half-functional as the search function is completely broken, and I often cannot vote, comment, or sometimes even open a post (pressing anywhere on certain posts does literally nothing, while other posts are fine). Canopy does not block content on the actual Twitter and Instagram apps—they instead have a proprietary version of these apps which don’t work smoothly. Many streaming services won’t work while connected to Canopy on the computer, including both Netflix and Paramount+. If I did not have the power through the Parent app to turn off Canopy for myself when I need to do a normal life task on the internet, I would have gotten too frustrated to continue using it. But for children up to teenage years, this does indeed block what it’s supposed to.
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Response from developer
Hi there, thank you for your constructive feedback! We are working on making Canopy more comfortable to use for those suffering from addiction, and will be sure to incorporate your suggestions into our own notes.
Great app
We have had great success with this app for protecting our kids on their phones. I love that I can see and select which apps they are using, and that all apps are monitored, not only safari. You can choose levels of protection so the app can “mature” as kids grow and can have more freedom depending on their maturity. It also shows their location and can give alerts when they leave or arrive at a location, which we love for accountability with the freedom that comes with driving. Unlike other apps of this nature, you can also set it up so your child cannot remove it from their phone. We have had success removing it as a child grew up and left the nest. The only downside to me is that it doesn’t alert you if your child sees something inappropriate— it gives them a choice to delete it or alert the parents. However, I do feel that this builds their ability to self regulate in this area too.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your kind words! We are working on improving notification and hope to update you on this shortly.
Overall Positive
We installed this almost a year ago. There were a few glitches at first. I contacted customer service and worked through them. Customer service was prompt with their response and advice. The app use is straightforward and fairly easy to navigate. I like that it will track what apps my son uses and for how long. There are some things it should allow but doesn’t but it’s not a deal breaker. My son tried to look up Dave’s Hot Chicken menu and it was blocked. I looked it up and texted it to him which solved the problem. I would rather the app block too much than not enough.
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Response from developer
Thank you! We are working on overblocking issues, but we agree that better to err on the side of caution.
Do NOT use
Genuinely one of the worse apps I’ve ever experienced. This app works as a control center for all of the “shield” apps. It is completely unresponsive. You will try to change pages or scroll, and the app literally won’t respond. I’ve never seen an app so poorly made before. Now on to the product itself. The shield apps can’t be removed. The only way to delete the shield app is through the shield app - but nothing happens when you try to remove it. Literally nothing. A loading icon will appear for a few seconds, and then the app is still there. You literally can’t delete it. My laptop is experiencing a similar fate - I go to uninstall, it tells me I have to get permission from the control center app, I grant permission, and then nothing. I don’t know if this is actually spyware or some form of scam, or if this is simply the result of some of the most inadequate developers that exist on this planet, but avoid Canopy like the plague.
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Good app
We found this app helpful for our family. We delayed giving our son an iPhone but once we did this app was a help and a reassurance.
Response from developer
Thank you for your kindwords!
