# Lockup - Phone Free Sessions — Phone Freedom in Seconds

> Phone Freedom in Seconds (iPhone/iPad app by LOCKUP TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lockup-phone-free-sessions/id6772577559 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [LOCKUP TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED](https://appshunter.io/developer/1873050780)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 37 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-02
- Data updated: 2026-09-12
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lockup-phone-free-sessions/id6772577559/reviews.md

## What is Lockup?

One code puts every phone in the room away.

Start a session, share a six-character code, and every phone that joins has its
distracting apps blocked until the session ends. Use it for a class, a study
group, a team meeting, a rehearsal, or dinner at home.

STARTING A SESSION
- Create a free account in the app or on the web
- Start a session and choose how long it runs, from 20 to 60 minutes
- Share the code, or let people scan it
- Up to 30 people can join
- Phones unlock when you end the session, or when the time runs out
- The person who started the session's phone is never blocked, so they always
  keep control of the room

JOINING A SESSION
- Tap Join, enter the code, and you are in
- No account needed to join a session
- Distracting apps stay blocked until the session ends

FOR SCHOOLS
Schools can run Lockup across the whole timetable instead of session by session:
- Students scan their school's code to check in for the day
- Distracting apps are blocked automatically during school hours
- Breaks and lunch unlock on their own schedule
- Teachers can grant a temporary unlock when a lesson needs phones
- Everything unlocks automatically when the school day ends
- Teachers and admins manage classes, breaks and unlocks from the Lockup
  dashboard
- Student accounts are created by the school, and Lockup runs on each student's
  own device

HOW BLOCKING WORKS
Lockup uses Screen Time to block the selected apps, and a local network
connection to stop blocked apps and websites reaching the internet around the
block. Both are active only while a session or a school day is running.
- Blocking turns off automatically when a session ends, at the end of the school
  day, during scheduled breaks, and when a teacher grants a temporary unlock.
- The network connection exists solely to enforce on-device app and website
  blocking. Lockup does not use it to monitor, collect, or sell browsing
  activity, and does not route traffic to third parties for advertising or
  analytics.
- Lockup is not a general-purpose or anonymizing VPN.

PERMISSIONS LOCKUP ASKS FOR
- Screen Time: to block the selected apps while blocking is active
- Camera: to scan session join codes and school check-in codes. Nothing is
  recorded.
- Notifications: to say when a phone locks, unlocks, or a break begins

PRIVACY
Lockup is used in schools, so it is built to collect as little as possible.
Lockup shows no ads, uses no advertising identifiers, and does not sell personal
data. Lockup does not track browsing history and does not record what anyone
types or says.

Lockup records the device model and a device identifier so that an account can
only be signed in on one phone at a time. This prevents a second device being
used to get around blocking.

Privacy policy: https://lockup-app.com/privacy


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 2.2.2 — 2026-09-06

Support for more iPhones
Lockup now runs on iOS 16.4 and later, so older handsets can be set up
alongside newer ones.

A simpler setup
Granting Screen Time access is now a single step. Students are no longer
asked to pick individual apps during onboarding.

Fixes and improvements
• Granting Screen Time access during setup is no longer mistakenly
  recorded as removing it, so a student no longer appears flagged
  moments after signing in for the first time.
• Changes to blocking permissions now reach teachers immediately
  instead of after a short delay.
• Improvements to reliability when reconnecting after a break or a
  loss of signal.

### 2.2.1 — 2026-08-30

What's New — 2.2.1

Reliability and blocking fixes.

• Unlocks reach your phone right away. When a teacher gives you a
  temporary unlock, the break now starts even if Lockup is closed or
  in your pocket without reopening the app first.

• Fixed phones that stayed locked after being released. If your school
  unlocked your phone, the app sometimes kept blocking anyway. It now
  follows the school within a minute.

• Blocking is now verified after it's applied. Re-granting Screen Time
  could previously leave apps open while everything still said "Locked".

• Fixed being unable to sign in or check in while connected. Phones
  could get stuck with no route to Lockup; this now repairs itself
  without turning the connection off.

• Removed the ability to view infraction warnings on Free sessions.

• The unlock progress bar no longer replays a break that already started when you reopen the app.

• Tidier sign-in and setup, clearer offline messages, fewer false alerts, and a number of smaller fixes.

### 2.2.0 — 2026-08-24

Anyone can now run a Lockup Session, no school account needed.

- Free Sessions on your phone. Start a phone-free session, share a code or link, and everyone joins in seconds
- Join by QR or code. Scan the host's code or type the six characters
- A new look. Fresh design, new icon, and clearer
  screens throughout.
-  Two accounts, one phone. Add a personal account
  alongside your school one and switch between them.
- Plus lots of fixes to reliability, onboarding and
  notifications.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-02

No release notes.

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