Vigil by Cortex is your weekly home Wi-Fi checkup. One tap checks every device on your network and what the internet can see, then tells you in plain English what to fix and how. No tech skills needed.
Free to start. Sign in with Apple or email.
Tools like this used to be built for IT experts. Vigil is built for everyone else.
Once a week, tap Start checkup. Vigil gives you a safety score, keeps your streak going, and shows what changed since last time. A gentle reminder helps you remember, and you choose the day and time.
Every checkup ends the same simple way: where you're at, what needs to be done, and what couldn't run. You pick which checks to run before it starts, and the full list of what was done is folded away until you want it.
Phones, TVs, printers, cameras, and that box nobody remembers plugging in. Vigil finds them, names them where it can, and shows what each one has switched on.
Vigil looks at your connection the way a stranger on the internet would. If a camera or an old router setting has opened a door, you'll know.
Every finding comes with a short guide: where your router's settings are, what the setting is usually called, and what to change. Written for people who've never opened their router settings.
Check a password before you use it, or check one you already use. If it has shown up in a data breach, Vigil tells you to change it. With Plus, Vigil also checks your email addresses against known data breaches.
Not sure what a finding means? Vigil Learn has short, plain-language lessons on your Wi-Fi, router, devices, iPhone and passwords. After a checkup, it recommends the lessons that match what Vigil found.
Open Vigil on your iPhone while connected to your home network.
Pick your checks and tap Run. Vigil checks your devices and your connection, then gives you a score.
Follow the guide for anything it finds. Next week, see your score go up.
Vigil looks at your network so you can protect it. That's all it does with it.
The core checkup is free, forever.
No. Vigil explains everything in plain English, and every problem it finds comes with step-by-step instructions.
Yes. Vigil only looks at the network your phone is connected to, and the outside check only ever looks at your own internet connection. It doesn't change any settings. You stay in control of every fix.
Once a week. Things on a home network change: new devices join, and settings get reset after updates. Vigil reminds you on the day and time you pick, and only checks when you tap Start. You can run it any time too.
Short lessons inside the app that explain what your checkup found and how to fix it, in plain English. After each checkup, Vigil suggests the lessons that match your results. Vigil Learn is free for everyone, and you can read the lessons on the web too.
Yes, a free one. Sign in with Apple or your email. It lets us keep the outside check limited to your own connection and keeps your plan in sync. You can delete it any time in the app.
Not yet. Vigil is iPhone-only for now. If you'd like an Android version, let us know.
Vigil finds common weak spots and helps you close them, which makes your home a much harder target. No app can promise perfect security, and we won't pretend to.
Tap "Join the beta" to get an invite through Apple's TestFlight app. You'll need an iPhone and about five minutes at home.
Vigil is in beta on iPhone. Join now and help shape it.
Join the beta on TestFlightComing soon to the App Store.