Comparison

Life Time Work vs ThankLock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Life Time Work

This app offers premium coworking spaces integrated with health club amenities. It provides options for dedicated desks, private offices, and flexible lounge areas.

Highlights
  • Premium coworking spaces
  • Integrated health club experience
  • Dedicated desks
  • Private offices
  • Flexible lounge workspaces
Features
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Life Time Work is a premium coworking concept that combines exceptional workspaces with a world-class health club experience offering dedicated desks, private offices, and flexible lounge workspaces.

About

ThankLock

This app helps break phone addiction by requiring users to write a gratitude entry before accessing blocked apps. It provides a private journal of reflections and offers 30-minute access windows, fostering a positive habit instead of strict limitations.

Highlights
  • App blocking via Screen Time
  • Gratitude entry requirement
  • 30-minute access windows
  • Private digital journal
  • Streak tracking
  • No account or cloud sync
Features
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You already know you scroll too much. You pick up your phone to check one thing and resurface 45 minutes later. You've tried deleting apps. You've tried turning off notifications. It hasn't stuck. ThankLock takes a different approach: your phone is still yours, but to open a blocked app, you have to write something you're genuinely grateful for first. Not a timer. Not a cold-turkey block. A short moment of reflection — 40 characters minimum — and then you get 30 minutes of access. That's it. The unlock IS the intervention. There's no trick, no guilt, no punishment. Just a small pause that breaks the autopilot loop between boredom and your phone. — — — HOW IT WORKS Select which apps to block using Apple's Screen Time. When you try to open one, ThankLock intercepts it. Write a gratitude entry of 40+ characters. Access unlocks for 30 minutes. Your entries build into a real, private journal over time. No account. No cloud sync. No one reads it but you. — — — WHY IT WORKS The doom-scroll cycle is a dopamine loop — boredom triggers reach, reach triggers scroll, scroll resets the boredom clock. Interrupting that loop with a moment of genuine reflection rewires the reflex at the point it fires. Most screen-time tools try to limit access through friction or willpower. ThankLock replaces the reflex with a habit worth keeping. After a few weeks, users report that the journal itself becomes something they look forward to — not a gate to get through. — — — WHAT YOU GET - App blocking powered by Apple's native Screen Time (no VPN, no root access needed) - 30-minute access windows that reset naturally - Streak tracking and a running count of total thanks written - A growing private journal that lives only on your device - No account required. No subscription. No data collection. — — — ThankLock is for people who are honest with themselves about their phone habits and want one thing that actually changes behavior — not just measures it. If you're ready to trade mindless scrolling for something that compounds in a good direction, download ThankLock and block your first app today.

Screenshots

Life Time Work4 screens
ThankLock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ThankLock at 100% against Life Time Work's 0%. ThankLock also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ThankLock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Life Time Work's written reviews are positive against 100% of ThankLock's.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Life Time Work versus ThankLock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLife Time WorkThankLock
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLife Time, Inc.MPR Ventures LLC

Customer experience

Life Time Work

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

ThankLock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Life Time Work

No in-app purchases

None

ThankLock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Life Time Work free?
Life Time Work is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThankLock free?
ThankLock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Life Time Work or ThankLock?
ThankLock is rated higher. Life Time Work averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ThankLock averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Life Time Work or ThankLock have ads?
Neither Life Time Work nor ThankLock shows ads.

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