Comparison

Victory Shield vs Borning

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Victory Shield

This app provides accountability and blocking features to help users overcome pornography. It offers screen accountability, explicit domain reporting, and customizable porn blocking to support a journey towards freedom from temptation.

Highlights
  • Screen Accountability™
  • Explicit Domain Reporting
  • Porn Blocking
  • Customizable Block/Allow Lists
  • YouTube Restricted Mode
  • SafeSearch Enforcement
Features
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Victory Shield™ is a core part of Victory by Covenant Eyes®, the best solution for Christians looking to break free from the temptation of explicit content. Over the last 25 years, we’ve walked with more than 1.7 million people on their journey. CLAIM VICTORY IN YOUR FIGHT TODAY Victory by Covenant Eyes is the relationship-first solution to shield your heart from temptation, defeat explicit content, and reclaim your life. Victory offers both free features to help anyone get started, as well as powerful accountability and protection tools exclusively for subscribers. ABOUT VICTORY SHIELD This app—Victory Shield—is a crucial addition for subscribers of Victory by Covenant Eyes, enabling powerful features like: * Screen Accountability™: Find freedom through transparency. With your permission, Victory Shield discreetly captures screenshots from your Safari browser and makes them available to your chosen ally through our Victory® app. We use fully encrypted data transfers and 256-bit AES-encrypted data storage to ensure your privacy. * Explicit Domain Reporting: Covenant Eyes reports explicit domains from any app on the device. This helps you stay accountable, even with hidden browsers. * Blocking: Protect your devices from explicit domains in any app. Customize your protection with a block and allow list. Optionally enforce YouTube Restricted Mode and device-wide Google and Bing SafeSearch. ABOUT VICTORY BY COVENANT EYES While the Victory Shield app is designed as a powerful subscriber-exclusive tool for people looking to overcome temptation, we have an additional app—the Victory app—that is designed for anyone to use and is the home base for free and paid features like: * Activity Feed & Check-ins: Stay accountable with device usage tracking and accountability prompts. * Learning + Mini Courses: Increase awareness of your triggers and the path toward healing with counselor-reviewed mini courses for men, women, spouses, allies, parents, and pastors. * Community Connection: The Community feature connects you to a supportive community where you can interact with like-minded individuals on your journey. Share about your journey or offer prayers and encouragement to others. The Victory App is free to use and can be found by searching for “Victory by Covenant Eyes” in the App Store. ACCOUNT REQUIRED This App—Victory Shield—requires a Victory Account. Don't yet have an account? No problem. Simply follow the onscreen prompts in the app to begin your free 7-day trial subscription. ABOUT US Covenant Eyes is the pioneer in accountability software. Since 2000, we've dedicated ourselves to helping people on their journey to overcome lust and temptation. Learn more about how Covenant Eyes helps save relationships and transform lives at https://www.covenanteyes.com. Terms of Use: https://www.covenanteyes.com/legal/end-user-license-agreement/ Privacy Policy: https://www.covenanteyes.com/legal/privacy-policy/

About

Borning

This app offers a daily scripture reading and reflection experience designed for quiet devotion. It focuses on a single verse each morning, providing context and a private journal for personal insights. The goal is to foster a deeper connection with scripture without distractions.

Highlights
  • Daily single verse readings
  • Reflections rooted in Reformed tradition
  • Cross-reference navigation
  • Private journaling
  • Home screen widget
  • Daily reminders
Features
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There is a hunger that other things don't satisfy. Man does not live by bread alone (Matt. 4:4), but most days we try. We pick up the phone. We refresh. We start working. The Word stays closed. Borning is small on purpose. One verse each morning. Five minutes. The Word, set before you, with nothing else competing for your attention. This isn't entertainment or a wellness ritual. It's the old shape of devotion in a quieter form: read slowly, sit with one verse, let it light the way through the day ahead. "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." (Psalm 119:105) What's inside: - Verses moving through the gospel, the person of Christ, the Word of God, sanctification, prayer, discipleship, and hope — and continuing on. The reading doesn't end. There's too much Scripture for that. - Reflections rooted in the historic Reformed tradition: Christ centered, faithful to the text, written from the conviction that Jesus is God in the flesh (John 1:14), that He died for sinners and was raised (1 Cor. 15:3-4), and that His Word is sufficient for everything He calls us to (2 Tim. 3:16-17). - Cross references in parentheses. Tap any of them to read the full passage without leaving the page. - A private journal for sitting with what God shows you. - A widget so today's verse is always one glance away. - Daily reminders, when you want them. What you won't find: We didn't add the things other apps lean on. No streaks designed to make you feel guilty when you miss a day. No gamified rewards. No ads, trackers, or data sold to anyone. No engagement metrics dressed up as spiritual progress. The Word doesn't need gimmicks. It is enough on its own. Privacy: your reflections are yours. We don't read them. We don't analyze them. We don't sell your data. Account deletion is one tap in Settings, and it means it. Borning is for the believer who knows the desire to be in the Word is itself from God (Phil. 2:13), and needs a quiet, faithful place to begin again — and again, and again, until the day we see Him face to face. Built on the English Standard Version (ESV), used by permission from Crossway. Made with love, J

Screenshots

Victory Shield4 screens
Borning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Borning at 5.0 against Victory Shield's 4.3. Borning also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8). Victory Shield's advantage is ratings volume (59K vs 1) and chart position (#37 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Victory Shield sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Borning asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Borning holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Victory Shield has 59K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Victory Shield versus Borning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVictory ShieldBorning
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (59K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings59K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#37 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCovenant Eyes, Inc.Jacob Sola

Customer experience

Victory Shield

All ratings59,365 ratings
Positive82.9%
Neutral4.6%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews520 reviews
Positive27.5%
Neutral13.8%
Negative58.7%

Borning

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Victory Shield

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • VPN connection issues causing internet disconnection
  • Browser freezes and crashes
  • Inconsistent performance and loading times
  • Inability to open links from other apps
  • Incorrect or missing activity reporting

Requested features

5 requests
  • Seamless integration with iOS system
  • Improved browser functionality and customization
  • Better compatibility with other apps and websites
  • Ability to selectively block or monitor apps
  • Easier cancellation and subscription management

Borning

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Victory Shield

Subscriptions4
  • Covenant Eyes Plan7 Days trial4 variants$19.991 Month
  • Covenant Eyes Plan7 Days trial$22.491 Month
  • Covenant Eyes Plan7 Days trial$23.991 Month
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  • Covenant Eyes Plan7 Days trial2 variants$219.991 Year
None

Borning

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Victory Shield free?
Victory Shield is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Borning free?
Borning is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Victory Shield or Borning?
Borning is rated higher. Victory Shield averages 4.3 out of 5 from 59K ratings, while Borning averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Victory Shield or Borning have ads?
Neither Victory Shield nor Borning shows ads.

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