# XLocker - Control Screen Time — user reviews > 81 indexed App Store user reviews of XLocker by Nanjing Mairui Software Development Co., Ltd., rated 4.40/5 from 1,323 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/xlocker-control-screen-time/id6447595893/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/xlocker-control-screen-time/id6447595893.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,045 · 4★ 77 · 3★ 44 · 2★ 33 · 1★ 124 ## What do users think of XLocker? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Nice - 👍 This app is amazing - 💯 Best screen time app - 🙌 Thanks for dear developer **Cons** - 🐛 Doesn't work on Facebook - 🐛 Not Reliable - 🐛 Not working - 🐛 Glitchy and useless - 🐛 Apps are missing on my phone - 🐛 Unable to set a lock period overnight - 🐛 Doesn't work - 🐛 Schedule feature doesn't work - 🐛 The software can't be opened - 🐛 A lot of bugs - 🐛 Not working - 🐛 Didn't work - 🐛 Glitchy - 🐛 App does not work - 🐛 Too glitchy - 🐛 Doesn't work - 🐛 bug巨多 - 🐛 Doesn't work - 🐛 Trash - 🐛 Not user friendly - 🐛 Screen time is buggy on its own. This app makes it much more buggy. - 🐛 App does not work, it does not block / lock Apps which is the 1 thing it is meant to do - 🐛 Unfortunately I wanted to buy it But when opening a list to select a program A white page appears and the app hangs - 🐛 Only shows a blank screen then crashes - 🐛 无法退出 **Commonly reported bugs** - Occasional breaks where it gets stuck when typing password - Unstable on iOS 16.5 - Search doesn't work well **Most requested features** - Add Face ID - 一键隐藏所有受保护的应用 - Advanced settings? ## Newest reviews (12 of 81) ### 3/5 — Worked in the past. Stopped working the new iOS update! *2026-05-25, version 1.0.32* I don’t know what happened. It used to work like magic. Since the last update to iOS 26.5, it stopped working hiding the apps. What is wrong? ### 2/5 — Problema *2026-03-18, version 1.0.32* Não está solicitando acesso ao tempo de tela, não podendo restringir o uso do iPhone. ### 3/5 — Cannot add apps anymore *2025-10-24, version 1.0.32* Started off really good and really helped with weening me off social media. Had it for years with no issue. Then I went to add a couple more apps and the first screen pops up letting you open menus for the type of app and it goes blank. This happened once before and seemed to correct itself. Thee is no way to report this to the developers directly. Please add that functionality to your app. Will this be fixed? Because otherwise it is useless to me moving forward. ### 3/5 — Unable to set protected time overnight *2025-09-10, version 1.0.31* This is a great app but it seems to have a bug. When setting protected time, I am unable to block time that goes over night (10pm to 7 am). The app continually scrolls back to a time period between am to pm. Can this bug be updated? ### 3/5 — Not Reliable *2024-06-11, version 1.0.27* For an app that costs money, it certainly isn’t very reliable. Half the time it doesn’t even enforce the time limits and you have to reset the app to make it work ### 2/5 — Paywalled. Use this alternative. *2024-06-01, version 1.0.25* This app has great features but charges an arm and a leg for simple shortcut actions. If you just want to be able to hide apps like I do in my case. Use ScreenZen, go to more -> extra features -> on demand blocking -> settings. you can select AS MANY APPS AS YOU WANT and then if you make a new custom shortcut in the shortcuts app you can do (on demand blocking) and set it to something like double tap on the back of your phone. I did a lot of research to find the best app. ### 1/5 — Not working *2024-03-30* Not working since last two updates. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback! When you encounter an issue, you can try these steps to troubleshoot: Step 1: Restart your device. Sometimes a simple restart can fix things by clearing out temporary data and caches. Step 2: Uninstall the app. Don't worry, uninstalling won't affect other apps. Step 3: Reinstall. After reinstalling, try tapping the 'Restore Purchase' button to get back your VIP status. here is the steps to restore purchase https://okaapps.com/blog/610a9fff0bfdaa69eda480cc ### 2/5 — Apps are missing on my phone *2024-03-28, version 1.0.23* I locked some apps on my phone and they do not appear which is fine as that is the expected behavior. However the apps no longer show up in my phone or on the app. When I go to the App Store, it says the app is already on my phone but I can’t find it anywhere. This is quite hilarious and upsetting. ### 1/5 — Locked apps *2024-03-28, version 1.0.23* I’ve recently arrived back from a long holiday. I locked my finance apps etc using XLocker. When I try and release my apps back to my home screen it will not put them back onto my phone. Has anyone had this before? ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Work *2024-03-28, version 1.0.23* Please help, I bought the app to have a detox from social media, which was great, the app works well as it doesn’t delete anything but just hides the apps from you. However, now I’ve gone into the app to ‘unhide’ my applications, the icons are missing and when hitting the button to do so, I still cannot see my apps. I have tried restarting my phone and the app is up to date, I cannot access any of these applications now that I use for work, please help! ### 3/5 — 新版本一直跳通知权限 *2024-03-26, version 1.0.23* 因为用不到通知权限，禁用了。 刚更新了新版本，每次打开都弹窗要允许通知权限。 麻烦修复，谢谢。 ### 1/5 — Unable to set a lock period overnight *2024-02-29, version 1.0.20* I want to lock Instagram from 10pm one night until lunchtime the next day. As this period covers two days the app won’t let me set it. The lock period has to finish before midnight or start after midnight. I have just paid £20 for this app and I am disappointed ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No. *2026-07-27, version 1.0.32* Its useless! I put all ym apps and it keeps putting one app! I hate his! ### 1/5 — Unable to use app in new iPhone . I’ve sent email also to developer. Need assistance *2026-01-16* Unable to use app ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on Facebook *2025-02-15, version 1.0.31* The reason I brought this app was for Facebook, paid like $20 for it, and it doesn’t work on Facebook. I have emailed about it but no replay, to me a waste then ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on Facebook *2024-08-09* The reason I brought this app was for Facebook, paid like $20 for it, and it doesn’t work on Facebook. I have emailed about it but no replay, to me a waste then **Developer response:** I apologize for the trouble. You can try uninstalling and reinstalling the software to see if that resolves the issue. ### 1/5 — Help *2024-08-02, version 1.0.27* I downloaded this app for personal reasons when I downloaded it there was a free 7 day trial so I subscribed to see if the app worked but the app did not work it didn’t even do anything so i unsubscribed the same exact same day I downloaded and subscribed now it’s asking for a $9.99 payment and I can’t download anything or update anything until that is payed which why would I have too pay if there was a 7 day free the makes no sense ### 1/5 — Unable to open app *2024-07-05* I reinstalled after months now I forgot password…I can’t open app please suggest what to do. **Developer response:** Please uninstall and reinstall it. ### 1/5 — Not working *2024-06-10, version 1.0.27* Have had this app for months and all of a sudden it will not show app icons nor let me add apps to lock, even after restarting phone. The app is completely unusable now. Are y'all fixing this?? ### 1/5 — Waste- Ads don’t let u do ANYTHING *2024-06-08* The whole purpose of the app is lost. One cant even turn the ads off to get the app working. **Developer response:** I'm sorry to hear that the ads in the app are causing frustration. We understand that ads are a crucial part of the app's revenue model, but we also recognize the importance of maintaining a positive user experience. Your feedback about not being able to turn off ads is valuable to us. ### 1/5 — Difficult to understand *2024-04-19, version 1.0.24* I could not follow the instructions. I wanted to cancel my subscription but could not either. ### 1/5 — Glitchy and useless *2024-03-30, version 1.0.23* It worked for about a week, although without clear instructions it took a while to figure out how to use it properly. But then the time limits stopped working. A couple of weeks later, all the names of my protected apps disappeared. Don’t waste your money. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Hi *2026-08-04, version 1.0.32* The app is not working there is a glitch ### 5/5 — 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 *2025-09-03, version 1.0.31* 很好用好爱啊 ### 5/5 — I don’t get in trouble by my mom *2025-08-01, version 1.0.31* I don’t then to get caught ### 5/5 — helpllll *2025-03-30, version 1.0.31* how to make xlocker invisible ### 5/5 — Nice *2024-12-31, version 1.0.31* I like it ### 5/5 — This app is amazing *2024-12-16, version 1.0.31* I LOVE THIS APP ITS SOO GREAT AHHHH!! ### 5/5 — This bad *2024-07-14, version 1.0.27* This is a bad app because the buy this phone for I don’t know how much I can’t turn off my apps that I am hiding … it gets in the dam way ### 5/5 — Hi *2024-06-05, version 1.0.26* When I lock my WhatsApp the app deleted all my chats on WhatsApp 😕 ### 5/5 — Hi *2023-11-21* Hi **Developer response:** hi~~~~~~ ### 5/5 — 💯💯 *2023-09-27* البرنامج خرافي --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*