Guardian Firewall + VPN
Powerful tracker-blocking VPN
FreeOffers In-App Purchases
2.4.4for iPhone, iPad and more
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Oct 10, 2023
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About Guardian Firewall + VPN
Take back control of your personal data with the protection of Guardian Firewall and VPN.
We believe people should be able to use apps on their digital devices without their data being sold to unknown third parties. Data that you’re not always aware that you’re sharing, such as confidential information, travel patterns, and lifestyle.
Guardian Firewall blocks unauthorized third parties from secretly collecting your personal information while adding an extra layer of security from hackers and insecure websites with our powerful VPN, protecting passwords, search history, and other sensitive data.
Our Guardian Pro subscription service is the protection of Guardian with the following additional features:
• Customized Blocklists: Add individual hosts or IP addresses to be effectively blocked, as well as try our experimental Guardian-curated firewall rules, for a privacy experience tuned to your needs
• Push Notifications: Instant notifications when your device attempts to connect to an unwanted connection to further assist in identifying a culprit app or website. Easily filter notifications by type of Alert
• Generate & Export Credentials: Create additional sets of VPN credentials to secure your other devices capable of establishing IKEv2 or WireGuard connections (includes ability to export preset .mobileconfig or .conf files for IKEv2 or WireGuard respectively)
• Family Sharing of subscriptions is now available to Pro users. Share your subscription to 5 additional family members (5 different Apple IDs) with no additional cost.
Guardian Day Passes are available for $0.99 each in 24 hour increments. Purchase as many Day Passes as you’d like, choose to activate some right away, or share a few with friends and family.
Guardian subscription service is available for $9.99 per month, or $99.99 per year
Guardian Pro subscription service is available for $149.99 per year.
Highlights:
• Firewall: Block unwanted connections to location trackers, mail trackers, generic data trackers, and other online nuisances.
• VPN: All internet activity is sent through a persistent, fast, and secure, IKEv2 or WireGuard based tunnel, keeping internet service providers, hackers, and other unwanted entities from accessing your personal data.
• Privacy: Your VPN connection is authenticated with an automatically generated random identity, enabling access only by using the digital In-App Purchase receipt stored on your mobile device after purchase. (No personal information needed)
• Best In-Class IKEv2 Encryption: Data sent through the VPN tunnel using IKEv2/IPsec is encrypted using AES-256 to protect against interception by unauthorized parties.
• Support For Modern Standards: WireGuard connections are available on every server allowing you to freely choose which transport protocol to use without any compromises.
• Mask your IP: Your IP address and other device identifiers will be masked from third-parties in order to help protect your identity.
• Region Selection: Control your connection by selecting regions such as the United States, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Singapore and many more, that cover our global network of servers.
• Safe Browsing: Aggressive ads and web page hijackers are blocked by the Firewall, giving you an uninterrupted web browsing experience in any browser, without the need for browser extensions with direct access to your web browser.
• Alerts and Alert Filtering: Swipe up on the Alert menu to view all blocked, unwanted connections. Easily filter by type, or tap an Alert for more detailed information.
• Fast Connection: No impact on speed or performance.
• Support up to five iOS devices using the same AppleID
• Contact Technical Support available in-app for any questions or issues
Privacy Policy & Terms of Service: https://guardianapp.com/privacy-policy/
Please contact support@guardianapp.com with any questions, concerns, or reports of potential security issues.
We believe people should be able to use apps on their digital devices without their data being sold to unknown third parties. Data that you’re not always aware that you’re sharing, such as confidential information, travel patterns, and lifestyle.
Guardian Firewall blocks unauthorized third parties from secretly collecting your personal information while adding an extra layer of security from hackers and insecure websites with our powerful VPN, protecting passwords, search history, and other sensitive data.
Our Guardian Pro subscription service is the protection of Guardian with the following additional features:
• Customized Blocklists: Add individual hosts or IP addresses to be effectively blocked, as well as try our experimental Guardian-curated firewall rules, for a privacy experience tuned to your needs
• Push Notifications: Instant notifications when your device attempts to connect to an unwanted connection to further assist in identifying a culprit app or website. Easily filter notifications by type of Alert
• Generate & Export Credentials: Create additional sets of VPN credentials to secure your other devices capable of establishing IKEv2 or WireGuard connections (includes ability to export preset .mobileconfig or .conf files for IKEv2 or WireGuard respectively)
• Family Sharing of subscriptions is now available to Pro users. Share your subscription to 5 additional family members (5 different Apple IDs) with no additional cost.
Guardian Day Passes are available for $0.99 each in 24 hour increments. Purchase as many Day Passes as you’d like, choose to activate some right away, or share a few with friends and family.
Guardian subscription service is available for $9.99 per month, or $99.99 per year
Guardian Pro subscription service is available for $149.99 per year.
Highlights:
• Firewall: Block unwanted connections to location trackers, mail trackers, generic data trackers, and other online nuisances.
• VPN: All internet activity is sent through a persistent, fast, and secure, IKEv2 or WireGuard based tunnel, keeping internet service providers, hackers, and other unwanted entities from accessing your personal data.
• Privacy: Your VPN connection is authenticated with an automatically generated random identity, enabling access only by using the digital In-App Purchase receipt stored on your mobile device after purchase. (No personal information needed)
• Best In-Class IKEv2 Encryption: Data sent through the VPN tunnel using IKEv2/IPsec is encrypted using AES-256 to protect against interception by unauthorized parties.
• Support For Modern Standards: WireGuard connections are available on every server allowing you to freely choose which transport protocol to use without any compromises.
• Mask your IP: Your IP address and other device identifiers will be masked from third-parties in order to help protect your identity.
• Region Selection: Control your connection by selecting regions such as the United States, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Singapore and many more, that cover our global network of servers.
• Safe Browsing: Aggressive ads and web page hijackers are blocked by the Firewall, giving you an uninterrupted web browsing experience in any browser, without the need for browser extensions with direct access to your web browser.
• Alerts and Alert Filtering: Swipe up on the Alert menu to view all blocked, unwanted connections. Easily filter by type, or tap an Alert for more detailed information.
• Fast Connection: No impact on speed or performance.
• Support up to five iOS devices using the same AppleID
• Contact Technical Support available in-app for any questions or issues
Privacy Policy & Terms of Service: https://guardianapp.com/privacy-policy/
Please contact support@guardianapp.com with any questions, concerns, or reports of potential security issues.
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.4
Last updated on Oct 10, 2023
Old Versions
This update includes a few small items to prepare for new feature releases expected in upcoming updates.
FIXED: Blocklist switch at the very top of the interface now properly toggles your chosen blocklist items to ON, instead of enabling all items in all groups
ADDED: Once the blocklist feature is enabled, the total items blocked is shown as well as a per group count
FIXED: The home screen & lock screen widgets that seemingly had issues with iOS 17 are now fixed and working as expected
FIXED: The server region selection list would not properly show the checkmark indicator if the selected region was initially rendered past the bottom edge of the screen
ADDED: The Guardian family has grown a little in recent days. The team congratulates S&D! We are all very excited for the future
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our macOS app (including WireGuard support), please visit our website to download the app and try it out.
Access to the macOS app is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and continued support.
FIXED: Blocklist switch at the very top of the interface now properly toggles your chosen blocklist items to ON, instead of enabling all items in all groups
ADDED: Once the blocklist feature is enabled, the total items blocked is shown as well as a per group count
FIXED: The home screen & lock screen widgets that seemingly had issues with iOS 17 are now fixed and working as expected
FIXED: The server region selection list would not properly show the checkmark indicator if the selected region was initially rendered past the bottom edge of the screen
ADDED: The Guardian family has grown a little in recent days. The team congratulates S&D! We are all very excited for the future
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our macOS app (including WireGuard support), please visit our website to download the app and try it out.
Access to the macOS app is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and continued support.
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Version History
2.4.4
Oct 10, 2023
This update includes a few small items to prepare for new feature releases expected in upcoming updates.
FIXED: Blocklist switch at the very top of the interface now properly toggles your chosen blocklist items to ON, instead of enabling all items in all groups
ADDED: Once the blocklist feature is enabled, the total items blocked is shown as well as a per group count
FIXED: The home screen & lock screen widgets that seemingly had issues with iOS 17 are now fixed and working as expected
FIXED: The server region selection list would not properly show the checkmark indicator if the selected region was initially rendered past the bottom edge of the screen
ADDED: The Guardian family has grown a little in recent days. The team congratulates S&D! We are all very excited for the future
- - -
If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our macOS app (including WireGuard support), please visit our website to download the app and try it out.
Access to the macOS app is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and continued support.
FIXED: Blocklist switch at the very top of the interface now properly toggles your chosen blocklist items to ON, instead of enabling all items in all groups
ADDED: Once the blocklist feature is enabled, the total items blocked is shown as well as a per group count
FIXED: The home screen & lock screen widgets that seemingly had issues with iOS 17 are now fixed and working as expected
FIXED: The server region selection list would not properly show the checkmark indicator if the selected region was initially rendered past the bottom edge of the screen
ADDED: The Guardian family has grown a little in recent days. The team congratulates S&D! We are all very excited for the future
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our macOS app (including WireGuard support), please visit our website to download the app and try it out.
Access to the macOS app is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and continued support.
2.4.3
Aug 16, 2023
This update includes a couple small tweaks/bug fixes for eero customers using our app
FIXED: Prevent persistent logouts experienced by some eero Plus users, as a result of a logic bug related to subscription state.
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our macOS app (including WireGuard support), please visit our website to download the app and try it out.
Access to the macOS app is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support.
FIXED: Prevent persistent logouts experienced by some eero Plus users, as a result of a logic bug related to subscription state.
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our macOS app (including WireGuard support), please visit our website to download the app and try it out.
Access to the macOS app is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support.
2.4.2
Jul 21, 2023
This update includes a couple small tweaks/bug fixes for eero customers using our app
ADDED: Allow eero users to directly enter their login details into the Guardian app
FIXED: Properly reflect the eero Plus subscription type in the settings
FIXED: A typo in the alert notifying users that a background syncing action has failed
FIXED: Background network requests to check on the validity of a subscription connect to the correct environment
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our macOS app (including WireGuard support), please visit our website to download the app and try it out.
Access to the macOS app is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support.
ADDED: Allow eero users to directly enter their login details into the Guardian app
FIXED: Properly reflect the eero Plus subscription type in the settings
FIXED: A typo in the alert notifying users that a background syncing action has failed
FIXED: Background network requests to check on the validity of a subscription connect to the correct environment
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our macOS app (including WireGuard support), please visit our website to download the app and try it out.
Access to the macOS app is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support.
2.4.1
Jun 7, 2023
This update includes a couple small tweaks/bug fixes that made its way into 2.4.
FIXED: The subscription type is now always accurately recognised & formatted in the settings UI
FIXED: Connect API environments are properly associated
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our macOS app (including WireGuard support), please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download the app and try it out.
Access to the beta macOS app is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support.
FIXED: The subscription type is now always accurately recognised & formatted in the settings UI
FIXED: Connect API environments are properly associated
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our macOS app (including WireGuard support), please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download the app and try it out.
Access to the beta macOS app is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support.
2.4
May 30, 2023
This update focuses on addressing a few bothersome crashing issues with the Exceptions feature and reformatting some areas of the app interface for better comprehension of the settings options.
CHANGED:: Reorganized the Advanced menu in Guardian Settings for added ease of understanding the various settings that can be applied
CHANGED: Updated the Contact Technical Support interface to simplify the ability to add device metadata such as the iOS version, app version, network, etc. in a single tap to help provide support with the necessary information to assist in resolving issues
FIXED: Resolved potential crash while attempting to add apps or domains to the Exceptions feature
FIXED: Improved general stability of the process of establishing a VPN connection
ADDED: Support for opening pre-formatted support E-Mails in Proton Mail
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac App (including WireGuard support), please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download the app and try it out.
Access to beta Mac App is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support.
CHANGED:: Reorganized the Advanced menu in Guardian Settings for added ease of understanding the various settings that can be applied
CHANGED: Updated the Contact Technical Support interface to simplify the ability to add device metadata such as the iOS version, app version, network, etc. in a single tap to help provide support with the necessary information to assist in resolving issues
FIXED: Resolved potential crash while attempting to add apps or domains to the Exceptions feature
FIXED: Improved general stability of the process of establishing a VPN connection
ADDED: Support for opening pre-formatted support E-Mails in Proton Mail
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac App (including WireGuard support), please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download the app and try it out.
Access to beta Mac App is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support.
2.3.3
Jan 3, 2023
In this minor update we are pleased to add support for a new lock screen widget design. We made some minor adjustments to the Settings menu which allow easier access to more preferences in fewer taps.
ADDED: iOS 16 lock screen widget - rectangular
FIXED: Placed the transport protocol preferences in the main Guardian Settings interface just below the VPN region to allow for quick toggling between IKEv2 and WireGuard as preferred.
ADDED: You may now choose to include the transport protocol that is currently in use when creating a new technical support request.
ADDED: A general enable/disable switch that toggles all Blocklist items at once
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac App (including WireGuard support), please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download the app and try it out.
Access to beta Mac App is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
ADDED: iOS 16 lock screen widget - rectangular
FIXED: Placed the transport protocol preferences in the main Guardian Settings interface just below the VPN region to allow for quick toggling between IKEv2 and WireGuard as preferred.
ADDED: You may now choose to include the transport protocol that is currently in use when creating a new technical support request.
ADDED: A general enable/disable switch that toggles all Blocklist items at once
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac App (including WireGuard support), please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download the app and try it out.
Access to beta Mac App is already included with your Guardian Pro subscription.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
2.3.2
Oct 24, 2022
In this minor update we are pleased to introduce a VPN kill-switch to Guardian as well as some bug fixes to the home screen widgets & other Guardian features.
ADDED: VPN kill-switch option. To opt-in please navigate into Guardian Settings -> Advanced -> toggle 'VPN Kill Switch'. This will ensure that no traffic will be routed around the VPN connection and will stop any traffic from flowing on the device until the VPN connection is either manually disabled or the connection to the VPN server could be re-established.
FIXED: The large home screen widget now renders alert type images properly
FIXED: Redundant messages were removed from the device diagnostic log
ADDED: Ability to copy & paste the pre-formatted support E-Mail into the device's clipboard to use third party E-Mail applications that do not support deep-linking to open a new support request.
ADDED: Preferred DNS servers are now being exported with the .mobileconfig file to quickly establish VPN connections on macOS or iOS systems without Guardian installed.
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac App which includes experimental WireGuard support, please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and for more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
ADDED: VPN kill-switch option. To opt-in please navigate into Guardian Settings -> Advanced -> toggle 'VPN Kill Switch'. This will ensure that no traffic will be routed around the VPN connection and will stop any traffic from flowing on the device until the VPN connection is either manually disabled or the connection to the VPN server could be re-established.
FIXED: The large home screen widget now renders alert type images properly
FIXED: Redundant messages were removed from the device diagnostic log
ADDED: Ability to copy & paste the pre-formatted support E-Mail into the device's clipboard to use third party E-Mail applications that do not support deep-linking to open a new support request.
ADDED: Preferred DNS servers are now being exported with the .mobileconfig file to quickly establish VPN connections on macOS or iOS systems without Guardian installed.
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac App which includes experimental WireGuard support, please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and for more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
2.3.1
Sep 12, 2022
In this minor update we are releasing two major features which we are very excited about:
- iOS widgets &
- DNS server selection!
We are pleased to add home screen widgets as well as the all new lock screen widget types. Some are configurable as well, so please check them out and let us know what you think about them.
ADDED: Single alert widgets & overview widgets
ADDED: DNS server selection for WireGuard connections. Navigate into Guardian Settings -> Advanced -> DNS Servers -> select DNS servers out of the list provided or tap on "Custom Servers" and enter IP addresses routable from the public internet
FIXED: The app may have crashed while handling background app updates, though the VPN connection was not impacted in any way, this was extremely important to us to fix as soon as possible.
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac App which includes experimental WireGuard support (also coming to our iOS app very soon), please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and for more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
- iOS widgets &
- DNS server selection!
We are pleased to add home screen widgets as well as the all new lock screen widget types. Some are configurable as well, so please check them out and let us know what you think about them.
ADDED: Single alert widgets & overview widgets
ADDED: DNS server selection for WireGuard connections. Navigate into Guardian Settings -> Advanced -> DNS Servers -> select DNS servers out of the list provided or tap on "Custom Servers" and enter IP addresses routable from the public internet
FIXED: The app may have crashed while handling background app updates, though the VPN connection was not impacted in any way, this was extremely important to us to fix as soon as possible.
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac App which includes experimental WireGuard support (also coming to our iOS app very soon), please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and for more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
2.3
Jun 30, 2022
Version 2.3 is a new milestone update that we are very excited about. It introduces official support for the very popular WireGuard transport protocol, potentially speeding up the connection to our VPN nodes greatly. The update also significantly reduces the amount of third party resources included in Guardian while retaining the same looks and functionality.
Due to this new capability we were required to set the minimum compatible iOS version to iOS 13. We are currently not planning to further increase the minimum compatible iOS version.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
ADDED: WireGuard support. To switch to the new transport protocol please navigate into Guardian Settings -> Advanced -> tap onto Transport Protocol -> select WireGuard. You can switch back to IKEv2 which is the default protocol at any point.
FIXED: Updated various deprecated system APIs to maintain best compatibility with all supported iOS versions
FIXED: Properly show interactive alert on iPads in the Advanced menu
FIXED: Added buttons in the "Enable VPN" interface to disable the VPN connection while the attempted connection is getting stuck due to network connectivity issues or server issues which are in process of being addressed.
FIXED: Improved Subscriber Credential expiration validation logic
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac App which includes experimental WireGuard support (also coming to our iOS app very soon), please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
Due to this new capability we were required to set the minimum compatible iOS version to iOS 13. We are currently not planning to further increase the minimum compatible iOS version.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
ADDED: WireGuard support. To switch to the new transport protocol please navigate into Guardian Settings -> Advanced -> tap onto Transport Protocol -> select WireGuard. You can switch back to IKEv2 which is the default protocol at any point.
FIXED: Updated various deprecated system APIs to maintain best compatibility with all supported iOS versions
FIXED: Properly show interactive alert on iPads in the Advanced menu
FIXED: Added buttons in the "Enable VPN" interface to disable the VPN connection while the attempted connection is getting stuck due to network connectivity issues or server issues which are in process of being addressed.
FIXED: Improved Subscriber Credential expiration validation logic
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If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac App which includes experimental WireGuard support (also coming to our iOS app very soon), please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
2.2.12
Apr 25, 2022
This update resolves a few obscure bugs to improve the overall Guardian experience.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
FIXED: Mismatched discount codes for in-app purchases which results in different prices being shown in our UI vs. Apple’s purchase UI.
FIXED: The Shield-G interface now properly describes what the app is doing through various steps to connect the device to one of our VPN gateways.
If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac App which includes experimental WireGuard support (also coming to our iOS app very soon), please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
FIXED: Mismatched discount codes for in-app purchases which results in different prices being shown in our UI vs. Apple’s purchase UI.
FIXED: The Shield-G interface now properly describes what the app is doing through various steps to connect the device to one of our VPN gateways.
If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac App which includes experimental WireGuard support (also coming to our iOS app very soon), please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
2.2.11
Apr 11, 2022
This update fixes a rare crash on launch reported by two customers and includes additional foundation for us to integrate new VPN transport protocols with our upcoming 2.3 update.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
FIXED: Rare crash on launch while obtaining a new Subscriber Credential to verify the validity of the current VPN credentials
IMPROVED: Moved the ‘Select Issue’ option in the Contact Technical Support interface to the top to highlight this option to more customers. Choosing a correct support ticket category enables our awesome support team to more quickly triage incoming tickets which helps resolve problems quickly and efficiently.
If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac app please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
FIXED: Rare crash on launch while obtaining a new Subscriber Credential to verify the validity of the current VPN credentials
IMPROVED: Moved the ‘Select Issue’ option in the Contact Technical Support interface to the top to highlight this option to more customers. Choosing a correct support ticket category enables our awesome support team to more quickly triage incoming tickets which helps resolve problems quickly and efficiently.
If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac app please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
2.2.10
Mar 30, 2022
This update fixes a crash in the region selection interface for additional VPN credentials as well as a few underlying bugs.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
FIXED: All available server regions are now properly fetched from the server and displayed in the region selection picked under Guardian Settings > Advanced > Share VPN Configuration
FIXED: Upon failure to connect, the pending connection animation does not spin indefinitely anymore and instead presents an error message to help communicate an issue more clearly to allow us to provide better support.
FIXED: Regular checks for VPN credential validity have been greatly improved.
If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac app please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
FIXED: All available server regions are now properly fetched from the server and displayed in the region selection picked under Guardian Settings > Advanced > Share VPN Configuration
FIXED: Upon failure to connect, the pending connection animation does not spin indefinitely anymore and instead presents an error message to help communicate an issue more clearly to allow us to provide better support.
FIXED: Regular checks for VPN credential validity have been greatly improved.
If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac app please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
2.2.9
Mar 14, 2022
In this update of Guardian Firewall, we resolved more annoying bugs previously reported to us. We also highlighted server region selection in a more prominent way to streamline workflows.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
IMPROVED: We irregularly received reports that the server selection feature was too hidden and required too many taps to get to. We moved this feature to allow users to switch regions directly from the main Settings interface. Simply tap on Location above the “Reset Configuration” option to choose your preferred location to connect to.
FIXED: A handful of users noted that their in-app purchase subscriptions were being ignored entirely which led to them being unable to enable the firewall by establishing the VPN connection. Possibly old, lingering values are now cleared more thoroughly to prevent this problem.
FIXED: Users may have been notified of a new in-app notification only to discover they were not able to read/view the notification. This problem should now be resolved and new notifications should be marked as read properly.
FIXED: The button to confirm resetting the VPN configuration may have been unresponsive or not visible in the interface at all on certain iPad models in Portrait orientation.
If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac app please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
IMPROVED: We irregularly received reports that the server selection feature was too hidden and required too many taps to get to. We moved this feature to allow users to switch regions directly from the main Settings interface. Simply tap on Location above the “Reset Configuration” option to choose your preferred location to connect to.
FIXED: A handful of users noted that their in-app purchase subscriptions were being ignored entirely which led to them being unable to enable the firewall by establishing the VPN connection. Possibly old, lingering values are now cleared more thoroughly to prevent this problem.
FIXED: Users may have been notified of a new in-app notification only to discover they were not able to read/view the notification. This problem should now be resolved and new notifications should be marked as read properly.
FIXED: The button to confirm resetting the VPN configuration may have been unresponsive or not visible in the interface at all on certain iPad models in Portrait orientation.
If you are a Guardian Pro subscriber and have not yet tried our beta Mac app please visit https://guardianapp.com/pro/ to download it and more information.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
2.2.8
Jan 27, 2022
In this update we focus on improving the foundation on which we are building new capabilities.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
FIXED: The switch for device diagnostic logs would turn the feature off but would not reflect that change in the interface.
FIXED: A few Pro customers subscribed through our website reported logout problems. This is fully resolved and account logins will persist across updates and device restarts.
FIXED: Thank you to those that were able to share crash diagnostics as we were able to quickly resolve two obscure, but still annoying crashes. Even if you don’t share these crash reports automatically with Apple and third party developers, please let us know if you encounter a crash as we want to eliminate all of them to provide the best experience possible.
NEW: We have added Yahoo Mail support in our Contact Technical Support E-Mail template. If you have other E-Mail clients you’d like us to support in the same way, please send us an email to let us know.
NEW: This update also includes two new beautiful icons; one for our Pro customers and one for our monthly or yearly customers. They were created by our own Twinkle Soni and are called Amethyst and Vivid, respectively. If you are in need of a colorful icon on your homescreen, give them a try. We are very happy about how they look.
We are excited to release new features and capabilities this year and are laser focused on improving our service. Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
FIXED: The switch for device diagnostic logs would turn the feature off but would not reflect that change in the interface.
FIXED: A few Pro customers subscribed through our website reported logout problems. This is fully resolved and account logins will persist across updates and device restarts.
FIXED: Thank you to those that were able to share crash diagnostics as we were able to quickly resolve two obscure, but still annoying crashes. Even if you don’t share these crash reports automatically with Apple and third party developers, please let us know if you encounter a crash as we want to eliminate all of them to provide the best experience possible.
NEW: We have added Yahoo Mail support in our Contact Technical Support E-Mail template. If you have other E-Mail clients you’d like us to support in the same way, please send us an email to let us know.
NEW: This update also includes two new beautiful icons; one for our Pro customers and one for our monthly or yearly customers. They were created by our own Twinkle Soni and are called Amethyst and Vivid, respectively. If you are in need of a colorful icon on your homescreen, give them a try. We are very happy about how they look.
We are excited to release new features and capabilities this year and are laser focused on improving our service. Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
2.2.7
Dec 2, 2021
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
FIXED: Contact Tech Support form creates properly formatted E-Mail
FIXED: Bypass Firewall Rules are now syncing correctly in all possible scenarios
FIXED: Reselecting the same region in the Region Selection interface no longer reconnects the device if a connection already exists
FIXED: The app no longer asks to confirm the push preferences every time the connection is reset
ADDED: Domains as well as Apps added to the Exceptions are now displayed and sorted alphabetically
ADDED: More than 5 additional EAP credentials can be created and kept in the app if previously created credentials have since expired
FIXED: Contact Tech Support form creates properly formatted E-Mail
FIXED: Bypass Firewall Rules are now syncing correctly in all possible scenarios
FIXED: Reselecting the same region in the Region Selection interface no longer reconnects the device if a connection already exists
FIXED: The app no longer asks to confirm the push preferences every time the connection is reset
ADDED: Domains as well as Apps added to the Exceptions are now displayed and sorted alphabetically
ADDED: More than 5 additional EAP credentials can be created and kept in the app if previously created credentials have since expired
2.2.6
Nov 29, 2021
We are pleased to introduce new features in this minor update to Guardian Firewall + VPN.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
NEW: Access to Experimental Features - Pro subscribers may now access upcoming features prior to general availability. We have added a new experimental toggle to the Advanced menu of Guardian’s in-app Settings (Tap the Gear icon in the top right to access). By enabling the option, your device will connect to Guardian gateways running updated revisions of our infrastructure software. All existing features should always work and continue to be reliable, but optimizations may be completed server side to enable early access to new features. We are currently working on many feature additions to our cloud firewall and hope to roll these out to our Pro customers frequently.
NEW: Bypass Firewall Rules - The first addition of new features for Pro subscribers, Bypass Firewall Rules, can be found in the Advanced menu of Guardian’s in-app Settings. Enabling this feature will route your connection through Guardian’s secure tunnel, without enforcement of our standard firewall rule sets. This can be useful when accessing apps and websites which do not function properly if tracking/advertising software is blocked.
To enable this capability please navigate into Guardian Settings > Advanced > Enable Experimental Features (Pro Only) and then enable Bypass Firewall Rules.
ENHANCEMENT: To continue improving our support team’s ability to resolve issues for users, we have introduced a persistent log feature. No personally identifiable information is ever logged, nor do the contents of the log ever leave your device unless specifically enabled in our Contact Technical Support form. The log is never longer than 200 lines to be respectful of your device's disk space and always stored in plain text to be easily accessible and reviewable by any customer.
It is recommended to keep this setting enabled, but we understand and respect if some customers prefer to disable it. If you prefer to disable it, please navigate to Guardian Settings > Advanced and disable Persistent Debug Logs in the Local Data Management section.
We also resolved a few minor bugs, including a bug which would immediately ask to setup the Guardian Configuration VPN profile after initially downloading and opening the app. Fully resolved, the tunnel configuration is only installed if the Exceptions feature is enabled. We sincerely apologize to any new users who encountered this bug.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world to provide the best possible quality of service to as many subscribers as possible.
NEW: Access to Experimental Features - Pro subscribers may now access upcoming features prior to general availability. We have added a new experimental toggle to the Advanced menu of Guardian’s in-app Settings (Tap the Gear icon in the top right to access). By enabling the option, your device will connect to Guardian gateways running updated revisions of our infrastructure software. All existing features should always work and continue to be reliable, but optimizations may be completed server side to enable early access to new features. We are currently working on many feature additions to our cloud firewall and hope to roll these out to our Pro customers frequently.
NEW: Bypass Firewall Rules - The first addition of new features for Pro subscribers, Bypass Firewall Rules, can be found in the Advanced menu of Guardian’s in-app Settings. Enabling this feature will route your connection through Guardian’s secure tunnel, without enforcement of our standard firewall rule sets. This can be useful when accessing apps and websites which do not function properly if tracking/advertising software is blocked.
To enable this capability please navigate into Guardian Settings > Advanced > Enable Experimental Features (Pro Only) and then enable Bypass Firewall Rules.
ENHANCEMENT: To continue improving our support team’s ability to resolve issues for users, we have introduced a persistent log feature. No personally identifiable information is ever logged, nor do the contents of the log ever leave your device unless specifically enabled in our Contact Technical Support form. The log is never longer than 200 lines to be respectful of your device's disk space and always stored in plain text to be easily accessible and reviewable by any customer.
It is recommended to keep this setting enabled, but we understand and respect if some customers prefer to disable it. If you prefer to disable it, please navigate to Guardian Settings > Advanced and disable Persistent Debug Logs in the Local Data Management section.
We also resolved a few minor bugs, including a bug which would immediately ask to setup the Guardian Configuration VPN profile after initially downloading and opening the app. Fully resolved, the tunnel configuration is only installed if the Exceptions feature is enabled. We sincerely apologize to any new users who encountered this bug.
Thank you very much for your feedback and sustained support. It means the world to our little team!
2.2.5
Oct 5, 2021
We have assembled yet another release for you to further minimize bugs and expand on new features to make it easier to use Guardian Firewall on all available platforms.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world in new and existing regions to provide the best possible connection to as many people as possible.
After some very helpful reports from a few users with lots of screenshots we were able to hunt down a state disconnect in the Exceptions feature. Sometimes it would be off when it shouldn't be and sometimes it would end up being enabled when it shouldn't be, but no more! Once enabled, the Exceptions feature should now be turned on and off with the VPN connection automatically. If the VPN connection to our secure nodes is enabled and you setup Exceptions for your device, the feature should always be enabled, unless manually disabled of course.
We added a new feature for our Pro users that subscribed via the in-app purchase to cross authenticate in our new Mac app. Instead of copying a long scrambled piece of text into the Mac app you now only have to tap the button "Generate macOS Access Code" in Guardian Settings > Advanced and then type the 6 character string into our app on your Mac. We hope that this significantly streamlines the process for our customers interested in trying our new Mac app.
This update also addresses a couple of crashes, especially in our Notification menu which should no longer happen.
If you encounter any problems please feel free to reach out to us via the "Contact Technical Support" button. We are always aiming to provide a great experience to everybody but sometimes problems surface or bugs show their ugly faces. If you encounter anything please reach out to us, we are always happy to provide assistance!
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world in new and existing regions to provide the best possible connection to as many people as possible.
After some very helpful reports from a few users with lots of screenshots we were able to hunt down a state disconnect in the Exceptions feature. Sometimes it would be off when it shouldn't be and sometimes it would end up being enabled when it shouldn't be, but no more! Once enabled, the Exceptions feature should now be turned on and off with the VPN connection automatically. If the VPN connection to our secure nodes is enabled and you setup Exceptions for your device, the feature should always be enabled, unless manually disabled of course.
We added a new feature for our Pro users that subscribed via the in-app purchase to cross authenticate in our new Mac app. Instead of copying a long scrambled piece of text into the Mac app you now only have to tap the button "Generate macOS Access Code" in Guardian Settings > Advanced and then type the 6 character string into our app on your Mac. We hope that this significantly streamlines the process for our customers interested in trying our new Mac app.
This update also addresses a couple of crashes, especially in our Notification menu which should no longer happen.
If you encounter any problems please feel free to reach out to us via the "Contact Technical Support" button. We are always aiming to provide a great experience to everybody but sometimes problems surface or bugs show their ugly faces. If you encounter anything please reach out to us, we are always happy to provide assistance!
2.2.4
Sep 7, 2021
This version resolves a minor issue with the promotional trial on-boarding mechanism, as well as lays the ground work for new features coming soon.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our ap
p in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world in new and existing regions to provide the best possible connection to as many people as possible.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our ap
p in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world in new and existing regions to provide the best possible connection to as many people as possible.
2.2.3
Jul 28, 2021
This update contains a small fix to the Contact Technical Support logic
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world in new and existing regions to provide the best possible connection to as many people as possible.
New in the previous update, 2.2.2:
Improving Guardian to suit you, is what we do, and in this update we fixed a couple of bugs that were cramping our style.
The list of VPN credentials created to share to other devices now easily indicates it can be tapped to copy the generated VPN login information.
A few app images in the Exceptions search were shifting the layout of the interface due to their sizing. The interface layout now compensates for app icons of all sizes. A very obscure crash in the Exceptions search interface is resolved.
If you are still experiencing trouble with the selected Exceptions, you are now able to provide our technical support with a snapshot in time of the underlying stack which provides the Exceptions capabilities, if you chose to send it to us in order to help us resolve the issue.
Tapping on a notification about the expiration of an active Day Pass will no longer lead to an empty single Alert interface.
New in the previous update, 2.2:
It’s finally here! Introducing Exceptions; a powerful feature we are proud to bring to the Guardian Firewall experience.
Exceptions: This feature provides even more configuration of our Firewall + VPN service to cater to your specific needs. Can’t re-watch Mandalorian episodes because Disney + doesn’t play well with Guardian? Now, with exceptions, you can!
The Exceptions feature was created to allow users to precisely define what traffic should be excluded from being filtered by our firewall servers while still providing firewall and VPN protection to all other traffic. If you have noticed a website or application on your iOS device is acting up or simply won't load while Guardian is connected, this new feature solves this issue by allowing you to simply add the website URL or application to the Exceptions list. Once added, these specific apps or websites will be excluded from being routed through our firewall to create an uninterrupted experience all while continuing to protect and filter all other traffic as you use your device.
Enter any hostname you wish to exclude or search for the name of an iOS app in our database with over 14,000 analyzed applications. Our app database continues to be regularly updated to ensure the best possible compatibility.
For Pro users, we have completely overhauled the interface to generate additional VPN credentials, and added more sharing capability to share VPN credentials to other mobile OS using a .sswan StrongSwan compatible file.
This update also includes the ability to reset the Alerts menu counts to zero. It is like a day trip odometer for your app allowing you to quickly reset everything, as if you had just downloaded our app for the first time.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world in new and existing regions to provide the best possible connection to as many people as possible.
New in the previous update, 2.2.2:
Improving Guardian to suit you, is what we do, and in this update we fixed a couple of bugs that were cramping our style.
The list of VPN credentials created to share to other devices now easily indicates it can be tapped to copy the generated VPN login information.
A few app images in the Exceptions search were shifting the layout of the interface due to their sizing. The interface layout now compensates for app icons of all sizes. A very obscure crash in the Exceptions search interface is resolved.
If you are still experiencing trouble with the selected Exceptions, you are now able to provide our technical support with a snapshot in time of the underlying stack which provides the Exceptions capabilities, if you chose to send it to us in order to help us resolve the issue.
Tapping on a notification about the expiration of an active Day Pass will no longer lead to an empty single Alert interface.
New in the previous update, 2.2:
It’s finally here! Introducing Exceptions; a powerful feature we are proud to bring to the Guardian Firewall experience.
Exceptions: This feature provides even more configuration of our Firewall + VPN service to cater to your specific needs. Can’t re-watch Mandalorian episodes because Disney + doesn’t play well with Guardian? Now, with exceptions, you can!
The Exceptions feature was created to allow users to precisely define what traffic should be excluded from being filtered by our firewall servers while still providing firewall and VPN protection to all other traffic. If you have noticed a website or application on your iOS device is acting up or simply won't load while Guardian is connected, this new feature solves this issue by allowing you to simply add the website URL or application to the Exceptions list. Once added, these specific apps or websites will be excluded from being routed through our firewall to create an uninterrupted experience all while continuing to protect and filter all other traffic as you use your device.
Enter any hostname you wish to exclude or search for the name of an iOS app in our database with over 14,000 analyzed applications. Our app database continues to be regularly updated to ensure the best possible compatibility.
For Pro users, we have completely overhauled the interface to generate additional VPN credentials, and added more sharing capability to share VPN credentials to other mobile OS using a .sswan StrongSwan compatible file.
This update also includes the ability to reset the Alerts menu counts to zero. It is like a day trip odometer for your app allowing you to quickly reset everything, as if you had just downloaded our app for the first time.
2.2.2
Jul 19, 2021
Improving Guardian to suit you, is what we do, and in this update we fixed a couple of bugs that were cramping our style.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our ap
p in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world in new and existing regions to provide the best possible connection to as many people as possible.
The list of VPN credentials created to share to other devices now easily indicates it can be tapped to copy the generated VPN login information.
A few app images in the Exceptions search were shifting the layout of the interface due to their sizing. The interface layout now compensates for app icons of all sizes. A very obscure crash in the Exceptions search interface is resolved.
If you are still experiencing trouble with the selected Exceptions, you are now able to provide our technical support with a snapshot in time of the underlying stack which provides the Exceptions capabilities, if you chose to send it to us in order to help us resolve the issue.
Tapping on a notification about the expiration of an active Day Pass will no longer lead to an empty single Alert interface.
New in the previous update, 2.2:
It’s finally here! Introducing Exceptions; a powerful feature we are proud to bring to the Guardian Firewall experience.
Exceptions: This feature provides even more configuration of our Firewall + VPN service to cater to your specific needs. Can’t re-watch Mandalorian episodes because Disney + doesn’t play well with Guardian? Now, with exceptions, you can!
The Exceptions feature was created to allow users to precisely define what traffic should be excluded from being filtered by our firewall servers while still providing firewall and VPN protection to all other traffic. If you have noticed a website or application on your iOS device is acting up or simply won't load while Guardian is connected, this new feature solves this issue by allowing you to simply add the website URL or application to the Exceptions list. Once added, these specific apps or websites will be excluded from being routed through our firewall to create an uninterrupted experience all while continuing to protect and filter all other traffic as you use your device.
Enter any hostname you wish to exclude or search for the name of an iOS app in our database with over 14,000 analyzed applications. Our app database continues to be regularly updated to ensure the best possible compatibility.
For Pro users, we have completely overhauled the interface to generate additional VPN credentials, and added more sharing capability to share VPN credentials to other mobile OS using a .sswan StrongSwan compatible file.
This update also includes the ability to reset the Alerts menu counts to zero. It is like a day trip odometer for your app allowing you to quickly reset everything, as if you had just downloaded our app for the first time.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our ap
p in the App Store. We continue to deploy new servers for you around the world in new and existing regions to provide the best possible connection to as many people as possible.
The list of VPN credentials created to share to other devices now easily indicates it can be tapped to copy the generated VPN login information.
A few app images in the Exceptions search were shifting the layout of the interface due to their sizing. The interface layout now compensates for app icons of all sizes. A very obscure crash in the Exceptions search interface is resolved.
If you are still experiencing trouble with the selected Exceptions, you are now able to provide our technical support with a snapshot in time of the underlying stack which provides the Exceptions capabilities, if you chose to send it to us in order to help us resolve the issue.
Tapping on a notification about the expiration of an active Day Pass will no longer lead to an empty single Alert interface.
New in the previous update, 2.2:
It’s finally here! Introducing Exceptions; a powerful feature we are proud to bring to the Guardian Firewall experience.
Exceptions: This feature provides even more configuration of our Firewall + VPN service to cater to your specific needs. Can’t re-watch Mandalorian episodes because Disney + doesn’t play well with Guardian? Now, with exceptions, you can!
The Exceptions feature was created to allow users to precisely define what traffic should be excluded from being filtered by our firewall servers while still providing firewall and VPN protection to all other traffic. If you have noticed a website or application on your iOS device is acting up or simply won't load while Guardian is connected, this new feature solves this issue by allowing you to simply add the website URL or application to the Exceptions list. Once added, these specific apps or websites will be excluded from being routed through our firewall to create an uninterrupted experience all while continuing to protect and filter all other traffic as you use your device.
Enter any hostname you wish to exclude or search for the name of an iOS app in our database with over 14,000 analyzed applications. Our app database continues to be regularly updated to ensure the best possible compatibility.
For Pro users, we have completely overhauled the interface to generate additional VPN credentials, and added more sharing capability to share VPN credentials to other mobile OS using a .sswan StrongSwan compatible file.
This update also includes the ability to reset the Alerts menu counts to zero. It is like a day trip odometer for your app allowing you to quickly reset everything, as if you had just downloaded our app for the first time.
2.2.1
May 26, 2021
A minor update that fixes a bug that snuck past final testing when trying to export a .mobileconfig or .sswan configuration file.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store.
New in 2.2:
It’s finally here! Introducing Exceptions; a powerful feature we are proud to bring to the Guardian Firewall experience.
Exceptions: This feature provides even more configuration of our Firewall + VPN service to cater to your specific needs. Can’t re-watch Mandalorian episodes because Disney + doesn’t play well with Guardian? Now, with exceptions, you can!
The Exceptions feature was created to allow users to precisely define what traffic should be excluded from being filtered by our firewall servers while still providing firewall and VPN protection to all other traffic. If you have noticed a website or application on your iOS device is acting up or simply won't load while Guardian is connected, this new feature solves this issue by allowing you to simply add the website URL or application to the Exceptions list. Once added, these specific apps or websites will be excluded from being routed through our firewall to create an uninterrupted experience all while continuing to protect and filter all other traffic as you use your device.
Enter any hostname you wish to exclude or search for the name of an iOS app in our database with over 14,000 analyzed applications. Our app database continues to be regularly updated to ensure the best possible compatibility.
For Pro users, we have completely overhauled the interface to generate additional VPN credentials, and added more sharing capability to share VPN credentials to other mobile OS using a .sswan StrongSwan compatible file.
This update also includes the ability to reset the Alerts menu counts to zero. It is like a day trip odometer for your app allowing you to quickly reset everything, as if you had just downloaded our app for the first time.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store.
New in 2.2:
It’s finally here! Introducing Exceptions; a powerful feature we are proud to bring to the Guardian Firewall experience.
Exceptions: This feature provides even more configuration of our Firewall + VPN service to cater to your specific needs. Can’t re-watch Mandalorian episodes because Disney + doesn’t play well with Guardian? Now, with exceptions, you can!
The Exceptions feature was created to allow users to precisely define what traffic should be excluded from being filtered by our firewall servers while still providing firewall and VPN protection to all other traffic. If you have noticed a website or application on your iOS device is acting up or simply won't load while Guardian is connected, this new feature solves this issue by allowing you to simply add the website URL or application to the Exceptions list. Once added, these specific apps or websites will be excluded from being routed through our firewall to create an uninterrupted experience all while continuing to protect and filter all other traffic as you use your device.
Enter any hostname you wish to exclude or search for the name of an iOS app in our database with over 14,000 analyzed applications. Our app database continues to be regularly updated to ensure the best possible compatibility.
For Pro users, we have completely overhauled the interface to generate additional VPN credentials, and added more sharing capability to share VPN credentials to other mobile OS using a .sswan StrongSwan compatible file.
This update also includes the ability to reset the Alerts menu counts to zero. It is like a day trip odometer for your app allowing you to quickly reset everything, as if you had just downloaded our app for the first time.
2.2
May 24, 2021
It’s finally here! Introducing Exceptions; a powerful feature we are proud to bring to the Guardian Firewall experience.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store.
Exceptions: This feature provides even more configuration of our Firewall + VPN service to cater to your specific needs. Can’t re-watch Mandalorian episodes because Disney + doesn’t play well with Guardian? Now, with exceptions, you can!
The Exceptions feature was created to allow users to precisely define what traffic should be excluded from being filtered by our firewall servers while still providing firewall and VPN protection to all other traffic. If you have noticed a website or application on your iOS device is acting up or simply won't load while Guardian is connected, this new feature solves this issue by allowing you to simply add the website URL or application to the Exceptions list. Once added, these specific apps or websites will be excluded from being routed through our firewall to create an uninterrupted experience all while continuing to protect and filter all other traffic as you use your device.
Enter any hostname you wish to exclude or search for the name of an iOS app in our database with over 14,000 analyzed applications. Our app database continues to be regularly updated to ensure the best possible compatibility.
For Pro users, we have completely overhauled the interface to generate additional VPN credentials, and added more sharing capability to share VPN credentials to other mobile OS using a .sswan StrongSwan compatible file.
This update also includes the ability to reset the Alerts menu counts to zero. It is like a day trip odometer for your app allowing you to quickly reset everything, as if you had just downloaded our app for the first time.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store.
Exceptions: This feature provides even more configuration of our Firewall + VPN service to cater to your specific needs. Can’t re-watch Mandalorian episodes because Disney + doesn’t play well with Guardian? Now, with exceptions, you can!
The Exceptions feature was created to allow users to precisely define what traffic should be excluded from being filtered by our firewall servers while still providing firewall and VPN protection to all other traffic. If you have noticed a website or application on your iOS device is acting up or simply won't load while Guardian is connected, this new feature solves this issue by allowing you to simply add the website URL or application to the Exceptions list. Once added, these specific apps or websites will be excluded from being routed through our firewall to create an uninterrupted experience all while continuing to protect and filter all other traffic as you use your device.
Enter any hostname you wish to exclude or search for the name of an iOS app in our database with over 14,000 analyzed applications. Our app database continues to be regularly updated to ensure the best possible compatibility.
For Pro users, we have completely overhauled the interface to generate additional VPN credentials, and added more sharing capability to share VPN credentials to other mobile OS using a .sswan StrongSwan compatible file.
This update also includes the ability to reset the Alerts menu counts to zero. It is like a day trip odometer for your app allowing you to quickly reset everything, as if you had just downloaded our app for the first time.
2.1.6
Apr 15, 2021
In this update we made an improvement to our new user onboarding flow to better handle the introductory Day Pass lifecycle. We thank you for bearing with us as we work to improve all aspects of Guardian Firewall.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store.
2.1.5
Mar 19, 2021
A minor update to improve new user experience from purchasing to activating Guardian Firewall.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store.
- Day Passes interface now shows ability to activate 1 Day Pass by default instead of the maximum amount of Day Passes available.
- New users are now directly forwarded to the Enable VPN interface after purchasing a Day Pass eliminating any guesswork to getting connected.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store.
- Day Passes interface now shows ability to activate 1 Day Pass by default instead of the maximum amount of Day Passes available.
- New users are now directly forwarded to the Enable VPN interface after purchasing a Day Pass eliminating any guesswork to getting connected.
2.1.4
Mar 16, 2021
In this minor update we focused on improving overall usability by requiring less taps for certain actions and guiding new users more effectively through the onboarding process.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store.
- A little notification menu now lives on the top left of the Protect interface. This menu will function, for those users that choose to opt-in, to inform you of future offers and announcements in a privacy respecting way. Unlike other business models, we will never auto opt-in to any settings or notifications in our app. We respect all users’ right to choose if you’d like to be notified by us.
- We eliminated a sneaky bug that affected some users that were prompted to either buy a Day Pass or subscribe even though they still had Day Passes which they could activate to re-establish their secure connection with our service.
If you are enjoying Guardian Firewall + VPN, we’d like to encourage you to rate or review our app in the App Store.
- A little notification menu now lives on the top left of the Protect interface. This menu will function, for those users that choose to opt-in, to inform you of future offers and announcements in a privacy respecting way. Unlike other business models, we will never auto opt-in to any settings or notifications in our app. We respect all users’ right to choose if you’d like to be notified by us.
- We eliminated a sneaky bug that affected some users that were prompted to either buy a Day Pass or subscribe even though they still had Day Passes which they could activate to re-establish their secure connection with our service.
Guardian Firewall + VPN FAQ
Guardian Firewall + VPN is available in regions other than the following restricted countries:
China
Guardian Firewall + VPN supports English, German
Guardian Firewall + VPN contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Guardian Firewall (Monthly)
$9.99
Guardian Firewall (Day Pass)
$0.99
Introductory Offer
$0.99
Guardian Firewall (Annual)
$99.99
Quarterly
$26.99
Guardian Pro (Annual)
$149.99
Guardian Day Pass (Multiple)
$0.99
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Guardian Firewall + VPN.
iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
