What is the Alternative to Covenant Eyes for iPhone?
Covenant Eyes can monitor some content on iPhones, but adults who are looking for another alternative that reliably monitors activity should consider a screen monitoring app.
If you’re looking for an accountability app for iPhones that can accurately track activity, you might have considered Covenant Eyes. While Covenant Eyes can monitor some activity on iPhones, it has several notable limitations that make it somewhat unreliable for adults who have full ownership over their own devices. For example, on iPhones or iPads, screenshot monitoring is limited to the Safari app and requires a browser extension. There are alternatives for iOS devices that monitor all app activity by default (including non-Safari web browsing) and are significantly more difficult to disable for adults.
The most reliable alternatives to Covenant Eyes monitor the entire screen of the iPhone (or iPad), which is a far more comprehensive approach that can monitor Safari, Google Chrome, or even social media apps. Social media apps in particular are becoming more flooded with explicit or racy content, so automatic nudity protection is also considered a plus.
Additionally, adults may want to strike a balance between comprehensive accountability and privacy.
Covenant Eyes may not capture all activity on iPhones
Covenant Eyes struggles on iPhone devices in two major areas.
First, Covenant Eyes has a limited ability to capture screenshots on iPhones, and is limited to only capturing screenshot activity of the Safari app. There is currently no support for other web browsers, like Google Chrome. Accountability partners are also required to rely on an extension being installed on Safari, which is technically possible to turn off.
Second, there is no built-in mechanism that prevents Covenant Eyes from being uninstalled or disabled. Especially if you own your own iPhone, it’s fairly simple to delete like any regular app.
While accountability partners do see a notification when Covenant Eyes is first enabled on an iPhone, they don’t receive a notification when Covenant Eyes is uninstalled on iOS.
In our comprehensive review of Covenant Eyes for iPhone and iPad users , we dig into the technical reasons why the app has these limitations.
Alternatives to Covenant Eyes that monitor an iPhone effectively
Adults can consider a few accountability apps for iPhones , and the most effective options can monitor the entire screen on an iPhone and are difficult for adults to disable.
If you're using a screen monitoring app like LivingRoom for Families , you can see all activity on the iPhone, including private messages from social media apps, friend requests sent to your child or teen, and much more.
