What Scam Sentinel actually does.
This page is for anyone who wants more than the homepage pitch, a full, honest list of what's actually in the app, on both platforms. One thing we won't get into here: exactly how a verdict gets decided. That's the same information a scammer would use to learn how to dodge it, so we keep the reasoning behind each result in the app, where it belongs, and keep the methods themselves to ourselves.
On every platform
Works the same everywhere.
Text & email check
Paste in a suspicious message, or forward an email straight from your inbox. Get a plain-language verdict and the specific reasons behind it, not just a score.
Phone call check
A guided, step-by-step walkthrough of what happened on a call. No AI involved, and it works with no signal or Wi-Fi.
Link check
Check where a link actually leads before you tap it.
Photo check
A reverse-image and authenticity check on a photo someone's sent you, most useful when you suspect the person you're talking to isn't who their picture claims.
QR code scan
Scan a QR code and see where it really points before you go there.
Investigate
A guided, multi-step investigation for scams that build over days or weeks, romance, tech support, government impersonation, job offers, prize and lottery, debt collection, sextortion, celebrity impersonation, charity fraud. New evidence, a screenshot, a photo, a link, folds into the same open case as the picture gets clearer.
Family Circle
Link with a family member. When either of you checks something risky, you can send it to the other in one tap. They see only what you send.
Home screen quick actions
Jump straight to a check from your home screen. No need to open the app and find your way to it first.
Learn
The manipulation tactics scammers actually use, urgency, isolation, fear, authority, explained so you start recognizing them yourself.
Send to my helper
Link a trusted person and relay a flagged result straight to their app, no separate text, no copy-pasting. Works whether they're on iOS or Android.
Built native, not ported
Some things only make sense on one platform.
iOS and Android don't give apps the same tools to work with, so instead of settling for the lowest common denominator on either one, Scam Sentinel builds to what each platform actually allows. Here's exactly where they differ.
Apple Watch app
Trigger a Family Verify alert from your wrist, or just ask Siri, without reaching for your phone.
Text message screening
Incoming texts get screened at the OS level, before you even open them, not just when you manually forward one in.
Text a result to anyone
If your trusted person doesn't have the app yet, send them a check result as a normal text message instead.
Caller ID labeling
A likely-scam call is labeled right in your Phone app as it rings.
Android Real-time call blocking
A suspicious call is rejected outright before it ever rings, not just labeled.
Both platforms get every feature in the shared list above. The difference above is real, not a placeholder for "coming soon": Apple doesn't give any third-party app a way to evaluate an unknown phone number in real time as it rings, only Android does, so Android blocks a suspicious call outright while iOS labels it. Android's text-message screening is on the roadmap, not blocked by the platform the way call blocking is.
The Android robot is reproduced or modified from work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.
System requirements
Scam Sentinel needs iOS 17 or later, or Android 8.0 or later. One feature needs a newer version than that to actually work:
- Real-time call blocking needs Android 10 or later. On Android 8 or 9, you can still check a call manually after it happens, it just won't be blocked automatically before it rings.
See it for yourself.
Scam Sentinel is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. Leave your email and we will tell you the day it is ready, or join the beta to try it early.