Privacy Guard: Privacy Checkup
In 1 list, ranked #41: below the top 40, which get a tier.
- iPhone
- iPad
What is Privacy Guard?
Privacy Guard is a free Utilities app that gathers Google account privacy controls, such as search, location, and YouTube history and ad personalization, into one checkup. It also covers Facebook privacy settings and gives a privacy score based on how much data is shared. The listing says it is not a VPN, ad blocker, or antivirus, and that every change is made by you in your own account.
Pricing. Privacy Guard: Privacy Checkup is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Reviewing what Google keeps in search, location, and YouTube history
- Checking Google account security settings such as 2-Step Verification
- Re-running a checkup after settings switch back on following updates
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Description
Ever wondered what Google knows about you? Your searches, your location, the YouTube videos you watch, the ads you tap - it's all being collected. Privacy Guard shows you what's collected and takes you straight to the switches that turn it off. Checking your privacy normally means digging through dozens of confusing pages scattered across your Google account. Privacy Guard brings them together in one simple checkup you can finish in minutes. WHAT YOU CAN REVIEW AND CONTROL • Web & App Activity - see and manage your Google search and activity history • Location History & Timeline - decide whether Google keeps a map of everywhere you go • YouTube history - control your watch and search history • Ad personalization - review how your data is used to target ads, and opt out • Gemini & Assistant activity - manage what your AI conversations save • Chrome & Drive - review browser and storage privacy settings • Google Takeout - download a copy of the data Google stores about you • Third-party access - see which apps can read your account data • Security Checkup - passwords, 2-Step Verification, signed-in devices • Facebook privacy settings - review your Meta account's controls in the same
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Where it is listed
Questions about Privacy Guard
Is Privacy Guard free?
The App Store listing shows the price as free.
Does the app change my privacy settings for me?
It takes you to the official Google and Facebook privacy controls, and every change is applied in your own account by you.
Does it make me anonymous or block ads?
No. The listing states Privacy Guard is not a VPN, ad blocker, or antivirus, and that it cannot make you anonymous.
All the facts
- List
- Privacy Protection (#41, beyond the tiered top)
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store rating
- 1.0 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 1
- Current version
- (71 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Utilities
- Good for
- Reviewing what Google keeps in search, location, and YouTube history, Checking Google account security settings such as 2-Step Verification, Re-running a checkup after settings switch back on following updates
- Requires
- iOS 15.6 or later
- Size
- 25 MB
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 1
- Runs on
- iPhone, iPad
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
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