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title: "Watchman+: A Guard on Every Device"
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updated: 2026-10-29T08:18:41.814121+00:00
description: "Watchman+ blocks explicit content on your phone and computer and tells your accountability pack when you may need support, without showing them what you saw."
publisher: "B.O.L.D. (Brothers Overcoming Lustful Desires)"
organization: "B.O.L.D. (Brothers Overcoming Lustful Desires)"
organizationUrl: https://www.boldmen.org/
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# Watchman+: A Guard on Every Device

## Why a guard matters

You can mean every word of "never again" at noon and still be one tap away at midnight. Pornography is built to catch a man in his weakest moment: tired, alone, bored, hurting. Brothers can't be in the room at 1 a.m. A guard on your devices can.

That is what Watchman+ is for. It is not the heart of recovery — repentance, brotherhood and the daily work are. But it closes the door you keep promising yourself you'll stop opening, and it makes sure you are not alone when something slips through.

> *"Make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires."* — Romans 13:14

## How it fits with B.O.L.D.

- **B.O.L.D.** is the ministry: a pack of four to six men with a leader, weekly meetings, the workbook, discipleship.
- **Watchman** is the free app that holds it together: daily check-ins, pack chat, prayer, scripture, devotionals, meetings.
- **Watchman+** is the optional protection layer on your devices.

## What Watchman+ does

- **Blocks explicit content on your devices.** The filter runs on the device itself and covers your browsers and apps, with SafeSearch enforced on major search engines and YouTube.
- **Tells your pack when you may need support.** When something is blocked, your brothers get a discreet notification — "may need your support" — so someone reaches out. They see when it happened and a general category, never the site or the content.
- **Speaks up if protection goes off.** If you turn the filter off, uninstall the app or disable a protection, your pack is told. Turning the filter off in the app takes a passcode.
- **Brings your wife in, if you choose.** You can connect your wife so she is told too, and share your location with her alone. See [what a wife sees](/what-a-wife-sees-in-watchman).
- **Checks Safari on iPhone and iPad**, including private tabs once you allow it, for explicit images that get past a website block.

## Set it up on your device

- [Block porn on iPhone and iPad](/block-porn-on-iphone)
- [Block porn on Android](/block-porn-on-android)
- [Block porn on Mac](/block-porn-on-mac)
- [Block porn on Windows](/block-porn-on-windows)

One Watchman+ subscription covers every device you sign in on.

## What stays private

Watchman+ is built so a man can trust it with his worst night. Your browsing history is never uploaded. Your pack, your leader and your wife never see the website, the page or a screenshot. There is no keystroke logging and no stealth mode — you always know Watchman is running. Your data is never sold. Read [what your accountability partner sees](/what-does-my-accountability-partner-see).

## What it can't do

No filter is perfect, and no app changes a heart. Watchman+ makes it harder to fall and impossible to fall in secret. The change comes from what you do with your brothers, day after day.

## Getting Watchman+

Download the free Watchman app, join a pack at [/join](/join), and start Watchman+ from the app or at boldmen.org with a 7-day free trial. Many churches sponsor Watchman+ for their men. Current plans are on [/watchman](/watchman).

## What is Watchman+?

Watchman+ is the optional protection layer of B.O.L.D.'s free Watchman accountability app. It blocks explicit content on your devices, notifies your accountability pack when you may need support, tells them if protection is turned off, and lets you connect your wife.

## What does my pack see when Watchman+ blocks something?

A discreet notification that you may need support. In the app they see when it happened and a general category, never the website, the content or a screenshot.

## Does Watchman+ work in private or incognito browsing?

The filter works at the device level across browsers. On iPhone and iPad, Safari private tabs are checked once you turn on Allow in Private Browsing for the Watchman Safari extension, and turning that off alerts your pack.

## What happens if I turn Watchman+ off?

Turning the filter off in the app takes a passcode, and your pack (and your wife, if connected) is told. Uninstalling the app or disabling protections also notifies them.

## Can my church pay for Watchman+?

Yes. Many churches sponsor Watchman+ for their men; each man redeems the church's code at boldmen.org/redeem.

Source: https://www.boldmen.org/watchman-plus