A private alternative to Covenant Eyes

If you want a private alternative to Covenant Eyes, Escape blocks porn on your own iPhone, iPad and Mac with no account, and nothing about what you browse is sent to anyone. The blocking happens on your device, so Escape never sees what you visit or what was blocked. The Safari blocker is free and starts working the moment you turn it on. And if you want a person involved, someone you trust can hold the passcode needed to turn protection off, without seeing a thing.

What stays on your phone

Escape needs no name, no email and no account. You download it and turn it on. Its App Store privacy label reads Data Not Collected, and that is meant literally: no reports, no screenshots and no activity log shared with anyone. Here is what that label means.

The personal parts stay with you too. Your streak counter lives on your phone. When you choose apps to block, Apple's picker keeps your choices private, so Escape never learns which apps you picked.

What Escape blocks

The free Safari blocker covers 40,000+ known adult sites on iPhone, iPad and Mac. It is a curated list, so it also catches the mirror and variant addresses of the big sites.

Premium adds the rest of the wall:

• Deep Block carries blocking into every browser on iPhone and iPad, and into private and incognito tabs. It holds through Safari's "Reload Without Content Blockers", and while it is on, iOS locks the Safari extension toggles. How Deep Block works.
• App blocking keeps the apps you pick from opening. Blocking windows switch it on by themselves, like The Late-Night Window, 10 PM to 6 AM.
• Blocked Words stops a Safari search for a word you choose from loading.
• Strict Mode adds a wait of 30, 60 or 120 minutes before blocking can be turned off, so a weak moment does not get the last word.

If you want someone involved

Some people do better with a person in this with them. Escape does that with the protection passcode, part of Premium. Let a partner or trusted friend hold it, and turning protection off needs them. On the free version, start with Escape's PIN Protection: let them set the PIN, and Escape will not open without it.

They hold a key, nothing more. They never see what you browse or what was blocked, because Escape never sees it either. That puts a real person at the one moment that matters, the moment you reach for the off switch, and leaves the rest of your life your own. There is more on this in anonymous accountability.

For the moment an urge hits

A wall stops the sites. The urge still shows up. Escape's panic button and 90-second urge tool are built for that moment. The free streak counter shows how far you have come, and it can sit on your Home Screen as a widget. There are also 28 short recovery courses, and you can read the lessons free on this website.

Set it up tonight

1. Turn on the Safari blocker. It is free, with no account, on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
2. Cover every browser. On iPhone and iPad, turn on Deep Block for the other browsers and private tabs.
3. Pick a blocking window. Choose the apps that pull you in, and the window that matches your hardest hours.
4. Add the wait. Turn on Strict Mode, so switching off takes time.
5. Hand over the passcode, if you want a person in it. Give the protection passcode to someone you trust.

You can start with the first step today. Get Escape.

Escape blocks porn in Safari for free, extends to every browser with Deep Block, and adds a 90-second urge ritual, practice games that retrain how you meet an urge, and 28 short courses on identity and the long arc of recovery. No account, no personal tracking.

Rated 4.8 on the App Store

More on this topic in Privacy in recovery apps, or go deeper with the Who you became in private course.

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