2.0.11
2024-03-03
Minor bug fixes and improvements
2.0.10
2024-02-12
Minor bug fixes and improvements
2.0.9
2024-02-01
Minor bug fixes and improvements.
2.0.6
2023-07-26
Lockdown 2.0.6 has the following updates:
UI improvement - screens are now scrollable when accessibility settings for zoom is enabled
UX improvement - improved management of firewall and VPN from within phone settings
Bug Fixes - fixed bug upon app open for some users experiencing a crash
2.0.5
2023-07-20
Lockdown 2.0.5 has the following updates:
Performance improvement - updated connectivity checking logic for issue of users switching between wifi and cellular data
Performance improvement - updated connection logic when adding configuration profile for first time
Diagnostic file - added subscription level to diagnostic file for improved error checking
2.0.4
2023-07-03
Lockdown 2.0.4 has the following updates:
Performance Improvement - updated connectivity checking logic for issue of users switching between wifi and cellular data
Bug reporting - new in app form to assist with bug reporting
Custom lists - fixed bugs related to editing domain lists and deleting specific domains
Import lists - empty lists are no longer created when cancelling an import
2.0.3
2023-06-14
Lockdown 2.0.3 has the following updates:
Blog Log - We have fix the delay in the block log updating
Firewall Configuration - the loop for don’t allow configuration has been fixed
Custom Domains - minor UI issues related to selection and movement of domains to new lists
Please email us at team@lockdownhq.com with any issues!
2.0.2
2023-06-09
Lockdown 2.0.2 has the following updates:
Curated Blocking: Updated UI grouping of free and premium block lists
Custom Blocking: Updated logic of moving custom domains to custom lists
What's new page: Updated the what's new page
Home Page: Updated see plans button
2.0.1
2023-06-04
Lockdown 2.0.1 has the following fixes: VPN support for IPv6 that was causing issues on international cellular networks. The CTA at the top of each page is now dismissible. The import function has been updated to instruct users that the import file should be a .csv file with a column of domains to be added. The export file has been udpated to match the import file structure. Finally, a what's new page has been added to the account section to provide greater detail on changes in the app. We appreciate the feedback from our users who helped point out areas of improvement.
2.0.0
2023-05-25
We are excited to announce Lockdown 2.0 that brings you a more powerful firewall blocking engine. With a more efficient, encrypted, and efficient blocking engine we are able to bring you new features like importing and exporting block lists, creating custom groups from your added domains, and more advanced curated block lists. You can find app specific block lists like TikTok, iFunny, Junes Journey and more! Advance your protection immediately and take back control. Please reach out to team@lockdownhq.com with any questions and feedback.
1.6.1
2022-12-27
Transparency is key for us! We are updating the onboarding process so that the new users can understand the value of the product better before actually getting the paid version. Additionally, we have added a few new localisations. Thank you for your continued support and comments! Do not hesitate to share your feedback with us via team@lockdownprivacy.com.
1.4.1
2022-10-07
- Fixes a bug from the previous update that affected some existing users
1.4.0
2022-10-06
Who said there is no room for improvement? Your favourite VPN & Proxy app has just gotten better! In this version we’ve worked on some bug fixes and performance improvements. Also to help us continue making this app better, we are releasing our new firewall subscription.
Thank you for your continued support and comments! Do not hesitate to share your feedback with us via team@lockdownprivacy.com.
1.3.4
2022-07-05
Updating deploy process
1.3.3
2022-02-24
*** NEW AUDIT - FEBRUARY 2022 ***
Lockdown Privacy passed audits for the fourth time to confirm its security and privacy claims. Over 750 source code references were verified by independent engineers and experts.
View the full OpenAudit report @ https://openaudit.com/lockdownprivacy
1.3.2
2022-01-10
Happy New Year!
- BLOCKLISTS: Added new trackers to block
- COMPATIBILITY: Updated whitelist to maintain compatibility with some services
- BUGFIX: Whitelist should now be processed correctly when in conflict with blocklist
1.2.5
2021-09-28
- BLOCKLIST: Added new blocked Marketing and Game Marketing trackers
- BUGFIX: Fixes an issue where sometimes the Firewall would turn off unexpectedly
1.2.0
2021-01-20
- ENHANCEMENT: Fixed widget behavior (no longer toggles when tapping to open the app)
- LOCALIZATION: Updates to Spanish, Japanese
1.1.9
2021-01-02
- PERFORMANCE: Automatically repair the firewall if it encounters an error
1.1.8
2020-12-03
- BLOCKLIST: Enhanced blocking of trackers
- COMPATIBILITY: Greatly improved compatibility with streaming services and other apps
1.1.7
2020-11-25
- ENHANCEMENT: "Clear Block Log" will also now clear the number of blocked tracking attempts for today only
- BLOCKLISTS: Block newly discovered trackers
- COMPATIBILITY: Update whitelists to increase compatibility with some commonly used apps
1.1.6
2020-11-15
- BUGFIX: Fixes an issue where the Firewall widget status could be inaccurate
- BUGFIX: Don't restart the Firewall every time the app launches, unless app was updated
- LOCALIZATION: English should be the fallback language if system language is not supported
1.1.5
2020-11-05
- BUGFIX: Resolves an issue where sometimes too many authentication dialogs would appear
- LOCALIZATION: Updates and fixes to French localization
1.1.3
2020-10-27
- LOCALIZATION: French, Spanish, Japanese - currently 85% coverage
- UI: Block List page refresh - now separated into two sections: Block Lists and Custom Blocked Domains
- UI: "Add New Blocked Domain" field now stays at the top of the screen - no need to scroll down to add
- UI: Add direct link to FAQs
- BUGFIX: Fixes an issue where new users might get an additional unnecessary dialog during onboarding
- SUPPORT: Uses the user's default email app on iOS 14 if Apple Mail is not configured
- CLEANUP: Remove some unused code
Feedback? Questions? Email us: team@lockdownprivacy.com
1.1.2
2020-10-20
Big Release! (Reverts a bugfix which caused an issue with WiFi connections)
- FEATURE: iPad Support - Optimized for landscape mode, portrait mode, dark mode, light mode - whatever mode you can think of, it's optimized.
- FEATURE: Live Block Log - Use SlideOver on your iPad to watch trackers being blocked in real time while you use another app.
- UI: New Icon - Goodbye cloudy background, hello clean, modern design. The lock also no longer looks like a shopping bag with a hole in it.
- UI: Tabbed Navigation - Our thumbs couldn't reach the top left menu button, so we moved to using tabbed navigation at the bottom.
- UI: Power Buttons - Buttons are now retina, more centered-looking, and look way better in dark mode.
- BUGFIX: Widget - Fixed some bugs from the new widgets and refreshed the UI.
- COMPATIBILITY: Improved compatibility with specific apps
1.1.0
2020-10-10
Big Release!
- FEATURE: iPad Support - Optimized for landscape mode, portrait mode, dark mode, light mode - whatever mode you can think of, it's optimized.
- FEATURE: Live Block Log - Use SlideOver on your iPad to watch trackers being blocked in real time while you use another app.
- UI: New Icon - Goodbye cloudy background, hello clean, modern design. The lock also no longer looks like a shopping bag with a hole in it.
- UI: Tabbed Navigation - Our thumbs couldn't reach the top left menu button, so we moved to using tabbed navigation at the bottom.
- UI: Power Buttons - Buttons are now retina, more centered-looking, and look way better in dark mode.
- BUGFIX: Widget - Fixed some bugs from the new widgets and refreshed the UI.
- COMPATIBILITY: Improved compatibility with specific apps
1.0.2
2020-10-01
- RELIABILITY: Secure Tunnel should still activate even if there are any backend outages
- PERFORMANCE: Automatically default to France region if system locale is France or Spain
- COMPATIBILITY: Update whitelists for compatibility
1.0.0
2020-09-30
- FEATURE: iOS 14 Widgets - Three types: Small Firewall Widget, Small VPN Widget, and Medium Combination Widget. Optimized for both Dark and Light mode.
- UI: "Block Log" page now also shows number of tracking attempts blocked today.
- COMPATIBILITY: Updated blocklist, whitelist for increased compatibility.
0.4.6
2020-09-22
- ENHANCEMENT: Added France region for Secure Tunnel
0.4.5
2020-09-15
- BUGFIX: Compatibility fixes for some users, specifically during upgrade.
0.4.4
2020-08-31
- BUGFIX: Fixed a few critical compatibility issues when using Firewall
0.4.3
2020-08-12
- BLOCK LISTS: Enhanced blocking for "General Ads" and stricter default block lists
- WHITELIST: Improved compatibility with Tweetbot, various other apps
0.4.2
2020-07-10
Hope you're all staying safe. What's new in this minor update:
- BLOCK LIST: Block BlueKai tracker (recently implicated in massive tracker data leak) - additional update to ensure existing users get this updated list
- BUGFIX: Fixed a rare issue which would cause whitelist to not behave correctly
0.4.1
2020-07-03
Hope you're all staying safe. What's new in this minor update:
- BLOCK LIST: Block BlueKai tracker (recently implicated in massive tracker data leak)
- BUGFIX: Fixed a rare issue which would cause whitelist to not behave correctly
0.4.0
2020-06-16
Hope everyone is staying safe. What's new:
- FEATURE: Weekly summary notification of trackers blocked and reminder to update block lists
- FEATURE: Blocked Tracker Info - Tap the "i" next to a blocked entry in Block Log to see more information about the blocked tracker
- UX: Enhanced onboarding - inform users to check Block Log after initial blocked attempts
0.3.9
2020-06-01
Hope everyone is staying safe. What's new:
- FEATURE (opt-in only): Weekly summary notification of trackers blocked and reminder to update block lists
- BLOCK LIST: New lists to improve blocking of ads and other trackers (turned off by default for now)
- UI: Various UI tweaks, including dark mode updates for block lists
- UI: Improve whitelist add domain hint text
- UX: Make the entire area of activation buttons tappable, not just the center
- BUGFIX: Some text labels were not showing up correctly
0.3.8
2020-05-27
Hope everyone's staying safe. What's new:
- FEATURE: Disable block log and manually clear block log
- ENHANCEMENT: Better error checking when adding custom blocked and whitelist domains
- UI: Increased clarity on "Add Domain" text field
- BUGFIX: Metric counter should immediately check for a reset on app launch if it's a new day
- BLOCK LIST: Warning and clarification for enabling certain block lists
- BLOCK LIST: Enable blocking of "Marketing Trackers II" by default
- COMPATIBILITY: Improved whitelist for some commonly accessed sites
- ACCESSIBILITY: Fixed activation label toggle
0.3.7
2020-04-28
Hope everyone is staying safe. What's new in this version:
- BLOCK LISTS: Reduced duplicate, redundant, and outdated entries for increased stability
- BUGFIX: Fixed an issue where updating the app may not reload the Firewall automatically
0.3.6
2020-04-20
Hope everyone is staying safe. What's new in this version:
- BLOCK LISTS: Enhanced blocking of clickbait and marketing tracker lists
- COMPATIBILITY: Improved compatibility with Twitter, streaming services, and chat apps
- BUGFIX: Don't always show account signup page after tutorial is complete
- ACCESSIBILITY: Improvements for VoiceOver users, specifically activation, onboarding/signup
0.3.4
2020-04-08
Hope everyone is staying safe. What's new in this version:
- BLOCK LISTS: Enhanced blocking of clickbait and marketing tracker lists
- COMPATIBILITY: Improved compatibility with Twitter, streaming services, and chat apps
- BUGFIX: Don't always show account signup page after tutorial is complete
0.3.3
2020-04-06
Hope everyone is staying safe. What's new in this version:
- BLOCK LISTS: Enhanced blocking of clickbait and marketing tracker lists
- COMPATIBILITY: Improved compatibility with streaming services and chat apps
- BUGFIX: Don't always show account signup page after tutorial is complete
0.3.2
2020-02-27
Happy new year to everyone except invasive tracking and data-mining companies! What's new:
- FEATURE: Lockdown Mac/Desktop - create an account to enable compatibility with the new Lockdown Apps for Mac (available now in the Mac App Store)
- ENHANCEMENT: Improved reliability by using cellular fallback on weak wi-fi signals (iOS 13 and later)
- ENHANCEMENT: Updated marketing blocklist to block popular trackers as requested by users
- BUGFIX: Allow signing out on mistyped emails
- BUGFIX: Better error handling on failure to start firewall
- BUGFIX: Issue with some users login not working
0.3.1
2020-02-19
Happy new year to everyone except invasive tracking and data-mining companies! What's new:
- FEATURE: Lockdown Mac/Desktop - create an account to enable compatibility with the new Lockdown Apps for Mac (available now in the Mac App Store)
- ENHANCEMENT: Improved reliability by using cellular fallback on weak wi-fi signals (iOS 13 and later)
- ENHANCEMENT: Updated marketing blocklist to block popular trackers as requested by users
- BUGFIX: Allow signing out on mistyped emails
- BUGFIX: Better error handling on failure to start firewall
0.3.0
2020-02-13
Happy new year to everyone except invasive tracking and data-mining companies! What's new:
- FEATURE: Lockdown Mac/Desktop - create an account to enable compatibility with the new Lockdown Mac (available soon in the Mac App Store)
- ENHANCEMENT: Improved reliability by using cellular fallback on weak wi-fi signals (iOS 13 and later)
- ENHANCEMENT: Updated marketing blocklist to block popular trackers as requested by users
0.2.9
2019-10-30
- BUGFIX: App would crash when user tried to save their share metric image
- ENHANCEMENT: Better explanation of share metrics feature
0.2.8
2019-10-29
We update Lockdown to ensure the highest level of security, performance, and usability. Here's what's new:
- FEATURE: Easily share your anonymized block metrics by tapping the share icon at the top right. How many trackers have *you* blocked?
- UI: Cleaner and more consistent UI by using SF Symbols instead of custom icons
- UI: Fix icon regression for users on iOS 12 and iOS 11
- UI: Dark mode tweaks for better readability
- BUGFIX: Fixed a rare issue that caused activation to delay
- BUGFIX/LOCALIZATION: Fixed an issue where users in specific regions might see a crash on start
- LOCALIZATION: Scaffolding for localization in five languages (translations in progress)
0.2.7
2019-10-10
We update Lockdown to ensure the highest level of security, performance, and usability. Here's what's new:
- FEATURE: Easily share your anonymized block metrics by tapping the share icon at the top right. How many trackers have *you* blocked?
- UI: Cleaner and more consistent UI by using SF Symbols instead of custom icons
- UI: Dark mode tweaks for better readability
- BUGFIX: Fixed a rare issue that caused activation to delay
- BUGFIX/LOCALIZATION: Fixed an issue where users in specific regions might see a crash on start
- LOCALIZATION: Scaffolding for localization in five languages (translations in progress)
0.2.5
2019-10-08
We update Lockdown to ensure the highest level of security, performance, and usability. Here's what's new:
- BUGFIX: Fixed a rare issue that caused activation to delay
- LOCALIZATION: Scaffolding for localization in five languages (translations in progress)
Next version: Localization, UI fixes+updates, and one new feature/enhancement.
0.2.4
2019-09-27
- FEATURE: Dark Mode - Automatically adjusts app and widget theme based on your iPhone/iPad's dark mode setting. Available on iOS 13.
- ENHANCEMENT: Optimized for iOS 13's new UI and performance improvements.
- BUGFIX: Sometimes the widget would not show the correct status of the Firewall.
- BUGFIX: Periodically check if Firewall is working, and if not, restarts the firewall. This requires Background App Refresh to be on.
0.2.3
2019-09-17
- UI: Minor update to text and layout
COMING NEXT WEEK: iOS 13 Dark Mode Support
0.2.2
2019-09-15
- UI: Minor update to text and layout
COMING NEXT WEEK: iOS 13 Dark Mode Support
0.2.1
2019-08-28
- NEW FEATURE: Game Ads Blocklist
- NEW FEATURE: Snapchat Analytics Blocklist
- ENHANCEMENT: India VPN Region
- BUGFIX: Crash on certain tap gestures
- UI: Improved explanation of VPN & Privacy
0.2.0
2019-08-21
- FEATURE: Widget Control - you'll need to launch the new version of the main app at least once first
- FEATURE: Optional VPN service for enhanced privacy
- PERFORMANCE: Don't reload firewall if no changes were made to block lists
- PERFORMANCE: Automatically restarts firewall in the background if it's not working correctly
- UI: Use expanding cards to allow for adding more future features (content blocker, etc)
- UI: Fix compatibility with smaller iPhone SE
- UI: New onboarding tutorial
- LICENSE: Settings now shows acknowledgements for open source code (previously only displayed in code)
0.1.6
2019-08-06
It looks like we were a bit aggressive in pushing out the performance update. We're reverting that change until we can ensure full compatibility with all apps.
0.1.5
2019-08-05
This is a minor update with a *huge* performance boost. Enjoy!
- PERFORMANCE: Up to 28x (wao!) faster activation and deactivation
- BUGFIX: In some cases, the firewall would stop blocking
- BUGFIX: Some apps would incorrectly show "no connection" even though they're working properly
COMING SOON: A *major* update with awesome, highly requested features.
Follow @lockdown_hq for news, including opportunities to join the TestFlight beta.
0.1.4
2019-08-04
This is a minor update with a *huge* performance boost. Enjoy!
- PERFORMANCE: Up to 28x (wao!) faster activation and deactivation
- BUGFIX: In some cases, the firewall would stop blocking
COMING SOON: A *major* update with awesome, highly requested features.
Follow @lockdown_hq for news, including opportunities to join the TestFlight beta.
0.1.3
2019-07-30
Please join us in welcoming the much-requested "View Block Log" feature!
This version should also be more stable when changing blocking configs.
- FEATURE: View Block Log - See all the bad stuff Lockdown is stopping.
- NEW LIST: Ransomware
- NEW LIST: Clickbait
- UPDATE LISTS: Cleanup lists for performance & accuracy
- ENHANCEMENT: Don't try to load favicon for blocked sites
- BUGFIX: Glitches in reactivating when changing block configurations
COMING SOON: A *major* update with awesome, highly requested features.
Follow @lockdown_hq for news, including opportunities to join the TestFlight beta.
0.1.2
2019-07-25
Bug Fixes