Frequently asked questions

B.O.L.D. stands for Brothers Overcoming Lustful Desires. It is a Christian men's accountability ministry, a registered 501(c)(3), that helps men find lasting freedom from pornography and sexual sin through small accountability packs, daily check-ins, scripture, prayer, meetings, and a free 26-week workbook. The ministry builds and runs the Watchman app.

The core community is free — check-ins, your pack, prayer, scripture, and meetings. Watchman+ (on-device content blocking and real-time alerts to your pack) is $14.99/month or $99/year on the web; on the App Store and Google Play the price is $17.99/month or $114.99/year to cover store fees. A church can also sponsor Watchman+ for its whole group.

Yes. URLs and screenshots never leave your device. Only categorical metadata is shared with your accountability team.

Yes. Cancel from the app at any time. Premium ends at the end of your billing period.

A pack is a small group of 4 to 6 men with a leader. Every day each man checks in with one tap (clear or setback) and the pack sees it right away, prays, and reaches out. Packs also share prayer requests, a group chat, and meetings, in person or virtual. Several packs sit under one church.

Yes. The core Watchman app is free and always will be: daily check-ins, your accountability pack and its chat, prayer requests, daily scripture and devotionals, the 26-week workbook, the daily journal, and meetings. Watchman+ is an optional paid upgrade.

Watchman is the free accountability app. Watchman+ adds two protection layers: an on-device content filter that blocks explicit sites in every browser and sends a same-minute alert to your pack when something is blocked, and location sharing with your spouse. Watchman+ is $14.99 a month or $99 a year on boldmen.org ($17.99 a month or $114.99 a year inside the App Store or Google Play), with a 7-day free trial.

Watchman runs on iPhone and iPad (App Store), Android phones (Google Play), Mac (download from boldmen.org/watchman), and Windows. One Watchman+ subscription covers every device you sign in on.

Yes. Watchman+ filters at the device level rather than inside one browser, so it applies to every browser and app on the device, including private and incognito windows.

Only a category and a timestamp. Your pack never sees the URL, the page, a screenshot, or your browsing history. That is enough for a brother to reach out, and nothing more.

No. Watchman never logs keystrokes and never uploads browsing history, URLs, or screenshots. On Android and Mac, Watchman+ can check what is on screen for explicit content, but that check runs entirely on the device and nothing is stored or sent. There is no stealth mode; you always know Watchman is running.

Yes. Watchman+ starts with a 7-day free trial. Cancel before the trial ends and you are never charged.

Create a free account at boldmen.org/join or in the Watchman app. The ministry places you in a pack with a leader. Until you are placed you sit in the New Members group with a direct chat to an intake leader, so you are never on your own.

Yes. A church buys a block of seats and every man redeems a shared code, so Watchman+ is free to him. Self-serve tiers are Small Group (up to 10 men, $75 a month), Small Church (up to 25, $150 a month), Church (up to 100, $450 a month), and Network (up to 500, $1,500 a month). Annual billing is ten months for the year. Larger ministries can contact us for enterprise pricing.

Go to boldmen.org/redeem on the web, sign in, and enter the code your church gave you. Watchman+ unlocks on every device you use. Codes are redeemed on the website, not inside the iPhone app.

Yes. A connected spouse gets her own Watchman spouse experience: alerts when content is blocked on her husband's devices, location sharing when he has Watchman+, and a dedicated workbook written for wives walking this road.

Watchman is built around a pack, not a single accountability partner, so a man is never carrying it alone. It is faith-integrated with daily scripture, devotionals, and prayer. Protection is privacy-first and on-device, and alerts reach the pack the same minute, not in a weekly report. The core app is free because B.O.L.D. is a nonprofit ministry, not a software company.

Yes. B.O.L.D. is a 501(c)(3) ministry. Gifts at boldmen.org/donate are tax-deductible and you receive a receipt by email immediately.

A free, structured 26-week program inside the Watchman app that walks a man through recovery week by week alongside his pack, with a daily journal. It is included at no cost.

Use the form at boldmen.org/contact or email bryan@boldmen.org.