# TimeLocked: Impulse Control — A wait between you and it

> Secure vault with mandatory waiting periods to prevent impulsive decisions. (iPhone/iPad app by Vasily Ponomarev.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/timelocked-impulse-control/id6775219353 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Vasily Ponomarev](https://appshunter.io/developer/1880050875)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-06
- Data updated: 2026-09-01
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/timelocked-impulse-control/id6775219353/reviews.md

## What is TimeLocked?

Time to change your mind. Park what you're about to do, and it comes back only after the delay you chose — 24 hours, three days, a week. Not a password you can talk yourself past. A wait.

WHAT PEOPLE PARK

• A purchase — park the link, and see later what you didn't spend
• A message you'd regret — write the whole thing here instead of sending it
• Photos you keep going back to — bring them in, delete the originals
• A password or a recovery code — encrypted, with the same wait in front of it
• Anything you'd reach for at 2am and regret by morning

HOW IT WORKS

A name, the thing itself, and how long it waits. That's the whole form — everything else is a row you can skip.

When the wait is over the entry comes back and asks. Copy it, hold it longer, or let it go. Nothing opens by itself, and nothing opens early.

THE CLOCK ISN'T YOURS TO MOVE

The wait runs on Apple's server time, not your device clock. Changing the date on your phone does nothing. Deleting the app doesn't end a wait either — the key and the clock aren't on this device.

LOCK THE APPS WHILE IT WAITS

A vault is no use if the shop is still one tap away. The shop, the feed or the bookmaker stays shut for exactly as long as the decision does, and opens again with it. Screen Time does the closing, on your device — we never see which apps you use, only the ones you pick.

You can also shut them for an hour or a day on their own, without locking anything away, and set a window that closes them every night.

A WORD TO YOUR FUTURE SELF

Write or record a note while you're clear, and it comes back big at the moment you'd open the entry early. It stays on your device, never synced.

WHAT THE PAUSES MADE OF YOU

The "You" tab counts what you let go and the money you turned down, how far the wanting drops while you wait, and how fast it fades — "the wanting halves in about 9 hours; 24 hours is usually enough for you". It shows the hours your impulses actually arrive in, and offers to shut those apps in those hours. Ranked by the longest pause you finished, never by how many you started, and counted in decisions, never in days.

Every number waits until there's enough of your own history to mean something. A made-up conclusion is worse than none.

PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION

Everything you lock is encrypted on your device with AES-256-GCM before it leaves it. We can't read it. Optional master-password protection puts the key behind a password only you know.

FREE AND PREMIUM

Every pause length is free, including seven days, and so is the tally of what you turned down. Premium adds the stronger half: locking the apps while a decision waits, and holding more than three at once.

Premium is available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time lifetime unlock. These are early access prices while the app is still growing — they go up later. What you pay for lifetime stays yours.

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Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings → your Apple ID → Subscriptions after purchase. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://vasilinoff.github.io/timelocked-legal/privacy.html

## Key features

- Encrypted vault for sensitive data
- Mandatory waiting periods for access
- Face ID and Touch ID support
- iCloud sync
- Server-side unlock scheduling
- End-to-end encryption

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 Year Premium | $19.99 | per year |
| 1 Month Premium | $2.99 | per month |


## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/timelocked-impulse-control/id6775219353/reviews.md

### 5/5 — год

*2026-06-07*

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## Frequently asked questions about TimeLocked

### What is TimeLocked?

TimeLocked is a secure vault application that enforces a mandatory waiting period before you can access your stored sensitive information. It is designed to help users avoid impulsive decisions by creating a delay between the urge to act and the ability to do so.

### How does TimeLocked protect my data?

TimeLocked uses end-to-end encryption to protect your data. It also supports Face ID and Touch ID for secure access and offers iCloud sync for data backup across devices. The app's design ensures zero access to your vault contents by the developers.

### What are the subscription plans for TimeLocked?

TimeLocked offers a 1 Month Premium plan for $2.99 with a 14-day free trial, and a 1 Year Premium plan for $19.99, also with a 14-day free trial. These plans likely unlock additional features or remove limitations.

### Can I cancel my TimeLocked subscription?

Yes, you can cancel your TimeLocked subscription at any time. Cancellations typically take effect at the end of the current billing period, and you will retain access to premium features until that date.

### Does TimeLocked have ads?

No, TimeLocked does not contain advertisements. As it is a freemium app with optional subscriptions, the user experience is designed to be free of ad interruptions.

### What devices is TimeLocked available on?

Based on the provided data, TimeLocked is currently supported on iPhone devices. Further platform availability may be announced by the developer in future updates.

### How often is TimeLocked updated?

TimeLocked was last updated on July 6, 2026, with version 1.5 released. This indicates a recent update, suggesting the app is actively maintained by the developer.

### What is the age rating for TimeLocked?

TimeLocked has an age rating of 4+. This means it is considered suitable for all ages, with no mature content or themes that would restrict access for younger users.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1 — 2026-08-30

Everything is open. No more Premium — locking the apps, holding as many decisions at once as you like, every pause length: all of it is yours while TimeLocked is in early access. If you paid already: thank you, nothing changes for you and nothing is charged again.

Send a link straight in from the shop. Tap Share wherever you found it, pick TimeLocked, and it's parked before you can argue with yourself. The sheet says "Parked" now instead of flashing white and vanishing, and a link can no longer go missing on the way in.

The first run shows the app working instead of describing it. Four screens, each animating the thing it's about: the impulse caught mid-tap, the clock that won't be pushed back, the share sheet, and the entry coming back to ask.

What you didn't buy is a place now, not a number. The things you turned down are listed with what each one cost — a tally you can check rather than one you have to take on faith. Put it towards something and every decision fills the bar. Say what an hour of your time is worth and the same total reads in hours.

Silence is an answer. A pause that opens and goes three days unanswered is booked as let go: the money counts, it goes on the shelf, and nothing is deleted — it's still there if you meant to say yes. Both screens tell you the day before it happens.

Prices arrive from far more shops. The number is read where most of the web actually keeps it, so links that used to come in priceless now carry one.

Parking a link is one screen again instead of a page of small print. The price is a chip, the app lock is a row you can switch off, and the paragraph explaining the share sheet is gone — the share sheet explains itself.

The empty queue does something. The hourglass runs, empties and turns over, because waiting is what that tab is for.

### 2.0 — 2026-08-13

The app holds two different things, and they finally live in two different places.

Vault keeps what waits until you ask for it — a key, a password, a note to yourself. Pause holds what comes back on its own: a purchase, a message, one more of anything. Each has its own "+" and its own allowance, and neither fills up because of the other.

You, on pause — a tab that says what the waiting made of you. Not streaks: how deep your longest finished pause went, how far the wanting drops while you wait, and how fast it fades — "the wanting halves in about 9 hours; 24 hours is usually enough for you". It shows the hours your impulses actually arrive in, with one tap to shut those apps in those hours. Milestones are earned by what you did and never taken back. Every number waits until there's enough of your own history to mean something.

Was it worth it? — days after you go ahead with something, the app asks how it turned out. Nothing else here can tell you whether waiting gives you better decisions or only later ones. Now it can.

The next pause is proposed from your own curve instead of a default.

Share two numbers and nothing else — what you let go and what you didn't spend. The card is never told the category, the name or what was inside.

Five themes, each with its own light and dark, and the home-screen icon follows the one you pick. The countdown is a ring that empties.

The nightly detox has its own app list — what you shut at 9pm to sleep isn't what you shut at noon to not buy. Apps can also be shut on their own for an hour or a day.

Lock the apps while it waits — the shop, the feed or the bookmaker stays shut for as long as the decision does, and opens again with it. Screen Time does it, on your device.

Photos you can't scroll: bring them in, delete the originals, and reach them only after the wait you chose. They open full screen now, and the list no longer shows them.

Face ID asks once per sitting instead of at every screen, and a minute away doesn't cost an unlock.

You start in the app, not on a passcode. The code that opens it is asked for once there is something inside worth keeping behind it.

Adding something takes one screen. A name, the thing, and how long it waits — the app lock and the note to your future self are rows you open only if you want them.

Every pause length is free, including seven days, and so is everything the "You" tab tells you. Premium — which locks the apps — also comes as a one-time lifetime purchase, at early access pricing.

### 1.5 — 2026-07-06

Your first lock is now completely free — every pause length, no paywall
• Add a one-line letter to your future self — shown back when the craving hits
• New victory moments: "The pause worked" when you cancel an unlock, plus a win counter on every locked card
• No master password needed — your vault key now lives safely in iCloud Keychain (password stays as an option in Settings)
• Faster start: one-tap templates and small fixes throughout

### 1.4 — 2026-07-04

Minor bug fixes

### 1.3 — 2026-06-11

A cleaner Premium screen, tidier countdown timers, and small fixes throughout.

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All apps by Vasily Ponomarev: https://appshunter.io/developer/1880050875

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