Lockdown Privacy Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience33.1% of reviews
Neutral8.8% of reviews
Negative experience58.1% of reviews

~ Based on 635 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Lockdown Privacy

Is Lockdown Privacy Safe?

Lockdown Privacy: AdBlock VPN appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Lockdown Privacy is 86/100.

This assessment is based on 9,820 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3/5.

Safety Analysis

80.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
4.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
14.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 9,794 App Store ratings for Lockdown Privacy.

Is Lockdown Privacy Legit?

Lockdown Privacy: AdBlock VPN appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Lockdown Privacy is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Great app

Great Adblocker but the app freezes up a lot and usually requires a reinstall. The Adblock doesn’t work sometimes though

Fix this

I use this app all the time but recently it has not been working at all and it will say the ad blocker is active but i will still see ads that usually are blocked by the app. Please fix this

T soprano

Great value for money, VPN. Not affecting performance & firewall has blocked over 1.2 Million attempts to either takeover my phone or TRACKERS.

Bugging

I now had been using it by a month and year, and for some reason it stops blocking ads until you uninstall it and reinstall it again. It been doing it when a month passes, and I can’t get it to work properly.

Needs update

This doesn’t work with ios27 update. The screen is frozen and it’s not blocking in game ads

Switch to NextDNS App - this is broken

10/26 - developer has abandoned app, not responding to emails

9/8 - 2.4.7 update does not fix issue. App does not work. Do not install.

8/29 - issue still not resolved with update.

Do not try this app until they have fixed this!

Long time user. As others have noted, app breaks iCloud private relay. Reinstalling VPN configuration does not fix.

Fix needs to be pushed ASAP!
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App No Longer Works

I've used this app for over 5 years now and it used to work beautifully. Several weeks ago it stopped blocking ads entirely. Now, the app is completely frozen on the main screen. The app is completely unresponsive.

I'm extremely disappointed at the lack of updates or maintenance of this app. For now I am giving it one star like many others. This app's reviews will continue to decline until something is done about it.
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New iOS

Used for years, was absolutely perfect for so long. But the new iOS is giving me ads even though I just turned on the ad blocking.

Private relay

Lockdown for some reason, now blocks Private Relay, so no internet access until Lockdown is turned off, which is a waste of time. Please put it back to how it was, as I don’t have Private Relay or iCloud as part of any block list. Oh, and the contact button on your website doesn’t work. Very very poor.

Update; looks like the devs have stopped responding.
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A little bit of issues

It used to work perfectly to where my games had zero ads but then it started to give me ads and I don’t know how to fix it so please help me figure out how to fix it

Good but..

This app has been working for me for a while but Ive recently updated to ios 27.0.1 and now its not working. It says connected but no ads are being blocked. It was good while it lasted though.

Absolutely no tech support

I’ve been a paying customer for almost six years and customer support has become horribly non-existent. I emailed them about a serious issue I’m having over a week ago and have received no response at all. None, not even an automated “we’ve received your email” response. Years ago, I had a different issue and they replied the same day. So I’m dropping this from 4.5 stars all the way down to 1
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App isn’t working

I reinstated my subscription but the app will not allow me to Restore. It used to work great but now I paid for an app that doesn’t allow me to use the full service. I don’t recommend until they can get their bugs fixed. Apple won’t allow for a refund either.

No go with iCloud relay

Doesn’t work with iCloud’s private relay function…

Deleting given new ownership

I have used this for many years. Leaving this review as I am deleting the app. I noticed some shifts in the app behavior, and while exploring them noticed this app was in the hands of a new developer. I can’t confirm how they hand my data, and given the extensive access this app has, I don’t want to risk it.

Oh, I have another device that is on the old side (not this one) and the app simply stopped working on it. Another reason to explore other providers.
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Crashing

I’ve had the app for a while now but lately it’s been crashing and freezing up a lot which causes it to need to be reinstalled and causes unnecessary hassle,otherwise its great for it’s actual use just the crashing is a big deal breaker

Private relay

Lockdown for some reason, now blocks Private Relay, so no internet access until Lockdown is turned off, which is a waste of time. Please put it back to how it was, as I don’t have Private Relay or iCloud as part of any block list. Oh, and the contact button on your website doesn’t work. Very very poor.
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Broken

Frozen on the main page. Can’t do anything to change it or use the app at all as of 10/3/26.

Time to let go after several years.

I LOVED Lockdown in its early years. It worked very well! Then it became paid ($30/yr). It was tough but it worked well at blocking ads/trackers so I paid for it. In the past year or so, it’s gotten extremely inconsistent at blocking ads. I shrugged it off. Now with the latest releases, the devs introduced and still have not resolved the Apple Private Relay compatibility issue even after 1 or 2 releases after introduction of the bug. This was the last straw for me. I now moved to AdGaurd after exporting and importing my lists. It’s $8/yr. It is much more stable and consistent at blocking ads and trackers AND it doesn’t interfere with Private Relay. It’s been a great run Lockdown. It’s time to move on. Thank you.
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No longer working

Since the last update the Lockdown app is no longer effectively blocking ads.