The Method
How Remain Faithful Works
Always-on Family Controls filtering is the credible core. Deep Scan is optional. Built on peer trust, on-device privacy, and the covenant model.
The Accountability Model
Lasting change in purity requires three things: vulnerability, consistent visibility, and a community of trust. Most accountability fails because it operates on the honor system: you report what you choose to report, when you choose to report it.
Remain Faithful creates a consistent, automatic signal that removes the decision to disclose. When your device flags something, your partners know, regardless of whether you would have told them. This isn't surveillance. It's the covenant made real.
The app is a tool, not a replacement for relationship. Alerts are conversation starters, not verdicts.
Vulnerability
Inviting partners to see you clearly requires honest agreement to the covenant upfront.
Consistent Visibility
Automatic alerts remove the shame barrier of self-disclosure without removing personal responsibility.
Community of Trust
Partners accept terms before gaining any access. Relationships must exist before accountability can work.
One-to-One or Group Accountability
RF supports both models. Choose what fits your relationships and community structure.
One-to-One Partnership
- Maximum privacy between two people
- Deep, focused relationship built on mutual trust
- Ideal for close friends, mentors, or spouses
- Each partner can monitor the other (reciprocal) or one direction
Small Group
- Up to 12 members in a single group
- Ideal for men's ministry, discipleship cohorts, or Bible study groups
- All members receive alerts when any member is flagged
- Group admin manages membership and invite codes
How Monitoring Works
Four public layers. Always-on Family Controls filtering is the credible core. Deep Scan is optional.
Family Controls Blocks What You Choose
You select the apps and categories to block. Apple Family Controls keeps them shielded through lock screen, reboot, and app restarts. No screen broadcast permission. Force-quitting the app does not lift the block.
One alert after a minute of use
If a chosen app is used for a minute, your partner can get one alert that day. It includes the category, a severity, a timestamp, and a short summary. It does not name the app. Screenshots and screen text stay on your phone.
Category Events, Not Screen Content
DeviceActivity watches usage as category-level events in the background. It does not capture screen frames, page content, or which specific app was opened. Partners may still receive a short system-generated summary in addition to category, timestamp, and severity.
Chosen apps stay blocked all day
The apps and categories you choose stay blocked from the start of the day through the end. The block holds through the lock screen, reboot, and app restarts.
You Start the Session
Deep Scan is never automatic. You start it intentionally when you want stronger scrutiny — a high-risk period, a travel trip, or a season of struggle. iOS asks for explicit screen broadcast permission each time. You are always in control.
On-Device AI Analyzes Non-DRM Frames
A sandboxed ReplayKit broadcast extension captures screen frames from apps that allow it. Each frame is analyzed by Apple Vision (OCR), SensitiveContentAnalysis (Apple's nudity detector), and a local keyword classifier — all running on your device's Neural Engine. Classification is entirely on-device. Frames are never stored or transmitted.
Deep Scan cannot see DRM-protected video or banking apps. Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV, HBO, and banking apps render as black frames. That is Apple FairPlay / platform DRM — unbypassable, not a Remain Faithful bug. It can analyze browsers, photos, social media, and most non-DRM apps.
Alert Delivered to Partners
When a layer flags something, you receive a notification first. Then a push notification goes to each partner with the alert category, severity level, timestamp, and a short system-generated summary. Partners do not receive which app, a bundle ID, screenshots, OCR text, or raw screen content.
The Foundation
The Covenant Model
Before any partner gains access to your account, they must agree to a covenant. This isn't a terms-of-service checkbox. It's a statement of intent that frames the entire relationship. Read more about the covenant model.
You also agree to it on your end. Accountability is bilateral. The covenant frames both the monitoring and the response to it.
The Covenant
- ✦I will be honest with my partner, even when it is difficult.
- ✦I will not use this app to condemn my partner.
- ✦I will respond to alerts with grace and genuine care.
- ✦I will not share my partner's alerts with others.
- ✦I will pursue my partner's flourishing above my own curiosity.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, always. Remain Faithful has no subscription tier, no premium features, and no advertising. The app is sustained by voluntary donations from users who find it valuable. We have committed to this model indefinitely.
Your chosen accountability partners can see alert metadata: the timestamp, the category (e.g., "adult content"), the severity level, and a short system-generated summary. They do not see which app, a bundle ID, screenshots, browsing history, or raw OCR text. Screenshots, OCR text, and raw screen content are never transmitted off your device.
You choose your display name when you create your account. However, accountability by design requires that your partners know who they are holding accountable. Anonymity defeats the purpose. Your partners see the name you provide, typically your real name.
You choose the apps and categories to block. They stay blocked all day, through the lock screen, reboot, and app restarts. If a chosen app is used for a minute, your partner can get one alert that day with the category and a short summary. Optional Deep Scan uses ReplayKit and on-device AI on non-DRM frames. Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV, HBO, and banking apps render as black frames. Deep Scan cannot see DRM streaming. Screenshots and screen text stay on your phone.
Open Settings → Manage Groups → Leave Group. The other members are notified. Leaving does not delete your alert history. Alerts stay while your account exists and are deleted when you delete the account.
Not yet. The current app requires iOS 17 or later due to its reliance on Apple-specific frameworks (ReplayKit, Vision, SensitiveContentAnalysis). Android support is planned for late 2026 or early 2027 but is not yet available.
The broadcast extension is part of opt-in Deep Scan only. It looks at non-DRM frames on the phone. When something is flagged, the alert that leaves the phone is the category, severity, timestamp, and a short summary. Screenshots and screen text stay on the phone. The all-day block and the one-minute usage alert use Family Controls and DeviceActivity. They do not see the screen. Deep Scan cannot see DRM streaming.
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