This review addresses recent advances in the field of glassy carbon electrodes film‐modified by acidic functionalities. Attention was posed at the architecture of the functionalizing surface film and at practical applications of the relevant sensors. To facilitate the reading, some summarizing tables were included, each one regarding a certain type of surface modification. A final section is aimed at detailing some remarks emerging from the analysis of the reviewed matter. This allowed highlighting the potentialities of the examined sensors, and evidencing some criticisms about how some of their performances were presented in the relevant papers.