Time Lock vs Awkwords
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Lock
Send messages that reveal themselves only at a specific time or for a limited duration. Enhance conversations with timed secrets or exclusive meeting details. It's a fun way to build anticipation and curiosity.
- Send timed messages
- Set message visibility duration
- Share secrets
- Exclusive meeting details
- iMessage integration
- Send message reminders
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Thank you for your support. Over a million time locks have been created! -- With time lock, you decide when your message will be visible an for how long. It's a cool new way to spice up your conversations and make your friends curious about the message. Share secrets in a group and only make them visible for a couple of seconds. Or share details on where to meet and make it more exclusive. It's really fun, try it out. The app integrates perfectly with iMessage, it's super easy to use. Because we don't want your messages to be forgotten, we have added a button to quickly send a reminder. Want to remove the app? Follow the instructions here: www.bit.do/del-app
Awkwords
Enhance your iMessage chats with a collection of 100 fun, suggestive, and inappropriate stickers. Express yourself with unique artwork designed for adult conversations.
- 100 unique stickers
- Suggestive and inappropriate themes
- For iMessage conversations
- Artist-designed graphics
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100 fun, suggestive and inappropriate stickers for your iMessage conversations. Artist: Ki Han
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Awkwords at 100% against Time Lock's 40%. Awkwords also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Time Lock's advantage is update cadence (every 10 months vs every 35 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Time Lock costs $0.99 and Awkwords $0.99 up front. Time Lock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Awkwords asks for nothing beyond the download.
Awkwords holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time Lock has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Time Lock's written reviews are positive against 100% of Awkwords's.
Time Lock ships an update every 10 months, Awkwords every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Lock | Awkwords |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.8 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Fanatic Development | Tapgods |
Customer experience
Time Lock
Awkwords
In-app purchases
Time Lock
- Unlimited MessagesFree
Awkwords
No in-app purchases
