# Pagelock: Read Before Scroll — user reviews

> 2 indexed App Store user reviews of Pagelock by Omar Darwish, rated 3.00/5 from 4 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pagelock-read-before-scroll/id6760515731/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pagelock-read-before-scroll/id6760515731.md

## Most critical reviews (2 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Cool idea but

*2026-05-01*

Subscription is too expensive to justify itself. There are other screen blocking apps that are free like screen zen, the only thing that sets this app apart is the reading gimmick

**Developer response:** appreciate the honest feedback. other screen blockers just block your apps, but they don't replace the habit with anything. you end up staring at a lock screen and then going right back to scrolling. pagelock actually makes you read a real book to unlock, so you're building a new habit instead of just fighting the old one. on pricing, it comes out to about $0.70/week, which is less than a coffee. if that saves you even 30 minutes of doom scrolling a day, we think it's worth it. but we hear you and we're always looking at ways to make it more accessible :)

### 2/5 — Cool idea but the app does not function. It says the words don’t match and they do after 5+ times

*2026-05-01*

As stated I like the idea but it’s not working properly after repeated attempts and others verifying this is not user error.

**Developer response:** hey, really sorry about the scan matching issues you ran into. we pushed an update (v1.3) that fixes this - the matching is way more reliable now. would love for you to give it another try. thanks for flagging it, your feedback helped us find the bug :)

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