Comparison

Clock vs StepLock

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

Head to head
About

Clock

This app helps you leave work on time by notifying you of the remaining time until your scheduled finish. It continues to send alerts even when running in the background and supports Apple Watch and widgets.

Highlights
  • Work finish time notifications
  • Background operation
  • Apple Watch support
  • Widget support
  • Customizable notification intervals
Features
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Clock-Out Timer keeps one number in front of you: how much of today is left. Working late usually isn't a willpower problem. It's a time-awareness problem. When the time remaining is simply there, in view, deciding to stop gets a lot easier. ■ Visible without opening it At your start time, the time left and a progress bar appear on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. There are widgets, Lock Screen widgets, Apple Watch complications and a StandBy desk clock too. You never have to open the app. ■ It changes colour as you get close Under an hour to go, it turns orange. At your end time, it says so. Past it, it turns red and counts your overtime, so you always know how far over you are. ■ End your day with one tap "Done for Today" stops today's notifications and the countdown. Marking the end is often what makes the end happen. Staying a bit longer? Extend by 15, 30 or 60 minutes. Stepping away? Start a break. All of it works from the Lock Screen. ■ Build a streak of finishing on time Days you leave on time are recorded automatically and counted as a streak, with days off skipped. It's one more reason to call it a day. ■ Notifications, at your volume Choose Off, Minimal, Standard or Custom. Beyond start and end reminders, you can set your own checkpoints through the day and a countdown before you finish. ■ Quiet on your days off Pick which weekdays you're off and the app stays silent — no notifications, no Live Activity. Finish on time a little more often.

About

StepLock

Features
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Put your phone down with steps, not willpower. StepLock locks the apps that pull you in and ties them to one thing: the steps you take today. Every app gets its own step count. Reach it, and that app opens until midnight. No minutes to spend, no countdown, no "5 more minutes" button. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps you want locked. 2. Give each one a step price — Instagram 4,000, TikTok 8,000, games 12,000. 3. Walk. An app unlocks on its own the moment you pass its number, and stays open for the rest of the day. Everything resets at midnight, so tomorrow you pay the price again. ONE RULE, NO LOOPHOLES • You can change an app's price whenever you like — but only upward. Any number below the steps you have already taken never appears in the list, so there is no lowering your way out of a lock. • Once an app opens, its price is fixed for that day. • Any setting that would change today's outcome takes effect tomorrow. ON THE MAIN SCREEN • The day's ring: your steps, your goal and how far each app still is, at a glance. • Your locked list: what has opened, and how many steps the rest need. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets — check your steps without opening the app. • History: a five-week chart, the days you hit your goal, and your streak. • Notifications when an app unlocks, and an evening nudge if your goal is still short. • English and Turkish, light and dark. PRIVACY StepLock has no server. Your step count comes from Apple Health with read-only access and never leaves your device. The apps you choose are stored as Apple's own opaque Screen Time tokens — StepLock cannot see which apps you locked. No analytics, no ads, no account, no data collection. AN HONEST NOTE StepLock is not a prison. Remove an app from the list and it is free immediately — you should not be stuck all day with something you added by mistake. The point is not to make escape impossible, but to put a few seconds of friction in front of that thoughtless first tap. Most days, that is enough. Completely free. No in-app purchases, no subscription, no ads. REQUIREMENTS iPhone running iOS 18 or later. Health permission to read your steps, and Screen Time (Family Controls) permission to lock apps.

Screenshots

Clock4 screens
StepLock4 screens

Verdict

The call

Clock and StepLock are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Clock versus StepLock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClockStepLock
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopericotSENA CIRAK

In-app purchases

None

Clock

No in-app purchases

None

StepLock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clock free?
Clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StepLock free?
StepLock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clock or StepLock have ads?
Neither Clock nor StepLock shows ads.

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