Holdfast and Steadfast

Terms of use

These terms cover the Holdfast and Steadfast Android apps provided by Holdfast LLC. By installing or using either app, you agree to these terms and to the privacy policy. Effective date: November 10, 2026.

The apps

Holdfast is an on-device DNS filter and accountability tool. Steadfast is a Bible reader that can limit apps you select. Neither app promises to block every site, image, or app. Lists are incomplete, and Android still allows force-stop, some private DNS setups, and other limits described in the apps. You are responsible for how you use what gets through.

Holdfast asks you to confirm that you are 18 or older. Do not use Holdfast if you are under 18.

Your phone and your partner

Install the app on a phone you are allowed to configure. A partner is a person you invite. Do not pair someone else's phone, or turn on Accessibility, device admin, or a screen check, in order to watch a person who did not choose that. The partner you add can approve pauses and can receive the summaries the app is built to send. Read the privacy policy before you turn sharing on.

One-time pairing invites and unlock codes are secrets. Do not post them. Deleting the message after your partner links is part of using Holdfast as designed.

Accounts

Sign-in is an email and password. You are responsible for that password and for the device where the session is stored. One account should be used by the person who created it. You can delete it from inside the app or by the steps on the delete-account page.

Permissions

VPN, Accessibility, usage access, display over other apps, device admin, notifications, the camera (to scan a code in Holdfast), and the microphone (when you tap a Steadfast check-in microphone) are requested for the purposes in the privacy policy. You can decline a permission the operating system lets you decline. Some protections do not run without the permission they need.

Plus subscriptions

Holdfast Plus and Steadfast Plus are optional subscriptions sold by Google Play. The price you see is the price Play returns. Billing, trials, and cancellation are handled in Google Play under Google's terms. Deleting your Holdfast LLC account does not by itself cancel a Play subscription. Cancel that in Play.

Scripture and speech

Some Bible text is stored in Steadfast. New Living Translation, New King James, and Christian Standard text is loaded from API.Bible and remains under the publishers' copyrights shown in the app. Narration and neural speech are for personal listening in the app. Do not redistribute that audio or text except as the publisher allows.

Acceptable use

Do not misuse the pairing service, attempt to approve a grant for a phone you are not linked to, or break the filter in order to harm someone else. Do not upload anything to a reading group that you do not have a right to share.

Disclaimer

The apps are provided as they are offered on Google Play. Holdfast LLC does not warrant that protection will be uninterrupted or that every harmful site or image will be blocked. To the extent the law allows, Holdfast LLC is not liable for indirect or consequential damages, or for a partner's decision to approve or refuse a request.

Changes

Holdfast LLC may update these terms by replacing this page. The effective date at the top will change with the text.

Contact

Holdfast LLC
30 N Gould St Ste 67031, Sheridan, WY 82801
holdfast.helpdesk@gmail.com