Our Story
Built for the Struggle
We built Remain Faithful because the tools for accountability were either expensive, invasive, or ineffective. And because every person struggling deserved something better.
“Peer accountability is one of the best ways to encourage purity. Our system does not depend on self-disclosure but instead provides continuous monitoring set up during your good times to prevent the hard times.”
Jeff Brewer, Founder
The Founder
Why I Built Remain Faithful
My name is Jeff Brewer. I attend Headwaters Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where I serve in youth and high school ministry. While several generations of my family served as pastors, God led me down a different path. Instead of an M.Div., He gave me an MBA and a career building and leading businesses, many of them rooted in technology.
Like many who grew up alongside the internet, I learned firsthand that marriage does not automatically solve struggles with purity. For years, I became skilled at appearing accountable while still hiding parts of the truth. Everything changed when I finally became completely honest with a trusted accountability partner. Real freedom began with real honesty.
As my sons grew older and my oldest prepared to leave for college, I started thinking seriously about the kind of accountability tool I wanted them to have. I wanted something that encouraged deeper relationships, meaningful conversations, and spiritual growth, while also removing the ability to hide. I also knew that many existing accountability tools suffered from two major problems: they were expensive and they were complicated.
Advances in AI and modern software development created an opportunity to build something different. Remain Faithful was designed to be free, simple to use, privacy focused, and effective. I also wanted to eliminate a problem I experienced personally: accountability systems that exposed partners to explicit screenshots or detailed content. In some cases, the accountability process itself became a source of temptation. Remain Faithful alerts accountability partners without exposing them to the content itself.
Today, I personally fund the project and use it myself. The entire codebase is open source because I believe trust is earned through transparency. My hope is simple: that every Christian who desires to walk faithfully with Christ can have access to an accountability tool that strengthens relationships, promotes honesty, and helps believers pursue purity together.
“I built Remain Faithful for myself, my sons, and my brothers and sisters in Christ. If I would not trust it for my own family, I would not ask you to trust it for yours.”
Jeff Brewer
Husband · Father of five · Foster & adoptive parent · Business leader · Follower of Christ
Fort Wayne, Indiana · Headwaters Church
Why We Built This
The existing accountability software market has a few products, but they tend toward one of two failure modes: either they're heavy-handed surveillance tools that damage trust, or they're check-in apps that depend entirely on self-reporting honesty, defeating the point of accountability.
We wanted something that creates automatic, consistent signals, so that disclosure isn't a choice a struggling person has to summon the courage to make in their worst moment, while still preserving dignity and privacy.
The on-device AI model was the key insight. Your screen content never leaves your device. Partners see metadata, not surveillance. That changes everything about what's possible in this space.
Mission & Vision
Mission
To provide every person committed to purity with a free, dignified, and effective accountability tool, regardless of their economic situation.
Vision
A world where no believer faces the struggle alone, where accountability is normalized, technology-assisted, and built on genuine community rather than shame.
What We Stand For
Privacy-First
We designed the privacy model before the first line of code was written. On-device AI is not a feature; it is the architecture. Your content stays on your device. This is non-negotiable.
Radically Free
No one should have to choose between their financial situation and access to accountability. We will never charge for this app. Donations sustain the project; they do not gate it.
Peer-Centered
Accountability must be relational. RF is a tool for people who already have, or are building, relationships of trust. The app facilitates; the people do the real work.
Faith-Grounded
RF is built from a Christian perspective and reflects a biblical view of purity, covenant, and community. That said, the app itself is open to anyone who finds its accountability model valuable.
Open Source Commitment
Remain Faithful is open source. Every line of code (iOS app, Go backend, and this website) is publicly available on GitHub.
For an app that handles intimate personal behavioral data, open source isn't optional. You should be able to verify our privacy claims by reading the code. Anyone who tells you to “just trust us” with this kind of data is asking too much.
Security researchers, privacy advocates, and curious developers are all welcome to inspect, fork, and contribute.
// On-device only. // This data never leaves the device. private func classifyFrame(_ frame: CMSampleBuffer) { let tier1 = URLBlocklist .check(frame) guard !tier1.flagged else { sendAlert(tier1.result) return } let tier2 = OnDeviceClassifier .classify(frame) if tier2.confidence > 0.85 { sendAlert(tier2.result) } }
Why Donations, Not Subscriptions
A subscription model creates a perverse incentive: we benefit when you stay subscribed, not necessarily when you succeed. Donations reverse this. We depend on users who find real value in the app, users who are succeeding. Server costs run approximately $4 per month per participant, so even a small donation goes a long way.
Server costs
~$80/mo
Go backend, PostgreSQL, APNs relay
Stripe fees
2.9% + 30¢
Per donation transaction
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Donations are made through the Woodfield Foundation Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
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