A Product Update: Retiring the Priwall Mobile App on October 1
Published by Priwall by mePrism
TL;DR: On October 1, 2026, we're retiring the Priwall by mePrism iOS and Android apps. Your account, active removals, exposure history, and current subscription move seamlessly to our mobile-optimized web app at app.meprism.com. Social Media Privacy Controls (SMPC) will be discontinued as part of this change; every other Priwall feature continues without interruption. Customers who originally subscribed through the App Store or Google Play will need to resubscribe on our website when their current subscription expires, since we will no longer support app-store billing.
What's changing
Effective October 1, 2026, the Priwall mobile companion app will no longer be available on the Apple App Store or Google Play, and the installed app will stop functioning on that date. Priwall is not going anywhere — we're consolidating on a single, faster, mobile-optimized web experience.
Here's the short version of what to expect:
Web app is now the primary experience. app.meprism.com is fully optimized for mobile browsers and works on any device with a modern browser — iOS, Android, tablet, or desktop.
Your account moves with you. Same email, same password, and your current subscription continues through its paid period. No re-registration, no data migration on your end.
Your removals keep running. Every active data-broker removal, exposure alert, and report continues without pause.
The mobile app remains a companion until October 1. Existing installs continue to work during the transition period. After October 1, opening the app will redirect you to the web.
One feature is being discontinued: Social Media Privacy Controls (SMPC). SMPC was a mobile-only capability. It will not be available on the web app.
App-store billing is ending. If you originally subscribed through the App Store or Google Play, your current subscription continues through its paid period, but will not renew through Apple or Google. Details below.
Why we're making this change
Priwall's mission is straightforward: get your personal information off data broker sites and keep it off. That job is done best when our engineering team is focused on one exceptional surface rather than three parallel ones.
Consolidating on the web lets us:
Ship improvements faster. New broker coverage, new removal automations, and new exposure signals reach every user immediately — no app store review cycle.
Meet our enterprise customers where they are. Priwall is increasingly deployed across workforces at scale, and those deployments run through browsers.
Reduce the surface area between you and a clean removal. Fewer moving parts, fewer places for a bug or a delay to hide.
What you need to do
For the vast majority of users, the answer is: nothing right now, and one small change on or before October 1.
Open app.meprism.com on any device and sign in with your existing credentials.
The web app works great on any mobile browser — no download required.
Continue using Priwall exactly as you have been.
For customers who subscribed through the App Store or Google Play
If you originally purchased Priwall through Apple or Google, there is one additional thing to know: we are no longer supporting app-store billing after October 1.
In practice:
Your current subscription runs to the end of its paid period as normal. Removals continue. Nothing changes today.
When that subscription expires, it will not auto-renew through Apple or Google. A retired app cannot offer renewal through the stores.
To keep Priwall active without interruption, resubscribe directly at app.meprism.com. Your account, your removals, and your history stay intact — you’re only moving the payment method.
We will email you a reminder before your app-store subscription expires so the handoff is easy to time.
Moving billing to our website also lets us offer better plan options, faster support on subscription questions, and pricing consistent with our enterprise customers.
What about Social Media Privacy Controls?
Social Media Privacy Controls (SMPC) will be turned off on October 1. If you've been actively using SMPC, the underlying protections it applied to your social accounts remain in effect — SMPC's role was to help you configure those controls, not to hold them open. You can continue managing those settings directly with each social platform, and we'll publish a walkthrough of the equivalent controls (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok) in a follow-up post.
If you have questions specific to your SMPC usage, email us at support@meprism.com and we'll help you transition.
Timeline
August 18, 2026 — this announcement and first user notifications.
Late August through September — reminders in-app and by email; the final version of the mobile app ships with a persistent deprecation notice pointing to the web.
October 1, 2026 — mobile app is fully retired; SMPC is turned off; the web app is the single Priwall surface.
Questions
If anything about this change is unclear — or if you rely on a specific mobile workflow we haven't addressed — reply to any Priwall email or write to support@meprism.com. We read every message.
Thank you for trusting us with your privacy. We're excited to keep raising the bar on what personal data removal looks like — starting with a faster, cleaner, more capable Priwall experience on the web.
Tom Daly Founder & CEO, Priwall by mePrism
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