Victory Shield vs ScreenKin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Screen Accountability™
- Explicit Domain Reporting
- Porn Blocking
- Customizable Block/Allow Lists
- YouTube Restricted Mode
- SafeSearch Enforcement
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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/
ScreenKin
Gain insight into your child's online activity with automatically captured screenshots. This app focuses on teaching digital responsibility rather than just imposing restrictions, offering adjustable privacy features as your child matures.
- Randomly captured screenshots for visibility
- Tamper-resistant design
- Adjustable privacy settings (redaction/blurring)
- Detects inappropriate content
- Monitors cyberbullying and harassment
- Helps manage screen time patterns
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ScreenKin - Parental Controls That Actually Work ScreenKin gives parents the insight they need to raise digitally responsible kids. Why ScreenKin is Different Two key differentiators set ScreenKin apart: 1. Real visibility over artificial barriers Unlike complicated filters and restrictions that tech-savvy kids can easily bypass, ScreenKin takes a smarter approach. We don't rely on systems they can outsmart – we simply show you what they're actually doing online, via randomly captured screenshots. 2. Teaching responsibility, not creating dependency ScreenKin helps you teach your kids to use their devices responsibly. Most apps just try to bubble wrap your kids, but that only creates a false sense of security. Your end goal isn't to bubble wrap your child – it's to raise them so they can responsibly use technology on their own. ScreenKin is simple yet incredibly effective. Key Features Random Screenshots - See exactly how devices are being used with automatically captured screenshots Tamper-Resistant - Designed to prevent kids from disabling or bypassing monitoring without parental consent Adjustable privacy - As your child matures, you can enable text redaction or image blurring to grant them greater privacy. What ScreenKin Helps You Detect - Inappropriate content and pornography - Cyberbullying and online harassment - Excessive screen time patterns - Self-harm or dangerous content - Online predator interactions - Academic dishonesty - Scam websites and phishing attempts - Sexting and inappropriate communications - Violent or disturbing content This is the kids app and should be installed on the child's device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScreenKin at none against Victory Shield's 7. ScreenKin also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Victory Shield's advantage is review sentiment (27% vs 0%) and ratings volume (60K vs 4). 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
Both are free to download. Victory Shield sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. ScreenKin asks for nothing beyond the download.
Victory Shield holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Victory Shield has 60K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Victory Shield's written reviews are positive against 0% of ScreenKin's.
Victory Shield ships an update every 5 weeks, ScreenKin every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Victory Shield | ScreenKin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (60K ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 60K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #40 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Covenant Eyes, Inc. | ScreenKin LLC |
Customer experience
Victory Shield
ScreenKin
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
ScreenKin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Victory Shield
- Covenant Eyes Plan7 Days trial3 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
ScreenKin
No in-app purchases
Questions
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