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DomainGuard for iPhone and iPad: the five tabs, the Scan tab and App Clip, widgets and the Lock Screen, the Live Activity, share extension, sign-in, and offline use and app settings.
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The app is where alerts arrive, where a domain is checked from a phone, and where plans are bought. It shares one account and one backend with the web dashboard. Compliance records, PDF reports, two-factor setup and API key policy detail open the web dashboard with your session from inside the app (Account, Settings, Web console); everything you use daily is native.
Articles
- The five tabs - Monitoring, Alerts, Scan, Exposure, Account, and the question each answers; deep links and quick actions.
- The Scan tab, the guest check and the App Clip - quick or full scans saved to your account, the free check without an account, and the one-scan App Clip.
- Widgets and the Lock Screen - four Home Screen sizes and three Lock Screen widgets.
- The site-down Live Activity - what starts it, what it shows, and when it ends.
- The share extension - share a link from Safari and the domain is queued to add.
- Signing in - Sign in with Apple, email, QR code from the web, Face ID, two-factor codes.
- Offline, background refresh and app settings - what works without a network, Appearance, App detail, haptics, saved filters.
Requirements
iPhone and iPad (the extra-large widget is iPad-only). The app is free to download; the Free plan shows ads (non-personalised unless you allow tracking when the app asks), and paying anything removes them.
What the app will never do
Sign you out on its own (a failed refresh shows a banner, never a sign-out), change a DNS record, or hand a file to another app. The only outbound action from a finding is Ask NHM.
The rules every screen follows
The answer first, then the evidence, then the next action. Status is a word on a tag (Healthy, Review, Action; High, Medium, Low), never a colour alone. Anything not measured is an em dash. One primary action per screen, on the screen. The app follows your Text Size setting and the system or in-app appearance.
Common questions
Is there an Android app? No. The web dashboard works on any phone's browser, and push is iOS only.
Does the app work on iPad? Yes, including the extra-large widget.
In reading order
Articles in iOS app
- The five tabsMonitoring, Alerts, Scan, Exposure and Account: what each tab answers, what is on it, and the deep links and Home Screen quick actions that open each.Updated
- The Scan tab, the guest check and the App ClipQuick or full scans of any domain from the Scan tab, saved to your account; the free check from the welcome screen without an account; and the App Clip that runs that check.Updated
- Widgets and the Lock ScreenFour Home Screen widget sizes and three Lock Screen widgets: what each shows, how they refresh, how to add one, and what a dash means.Updated
- The site-down Live ActivityWhen a watched domain goes down, the app starts a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, shows the evidence and recent checks, and ends it on recovery.Updated
- The share extensionShare a link from Safari or any app and DomainGuard queues its domain to add. A link, or text that is a single web address; anything else is refused rather than half-parsed.Updated
- Signing inSign in with Apple first, email with show/hide password and reset, the QR code from the web dashboard, Face ID for a saved session, and the two-factor code.Updated
- Offline, background refresh and app settingsWhat the app shows without a network, how the domain cache is kept warm in the background, and the Appearance, App detail, haptics and saved-filter settings.Updated
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