Comparison

Photo Time Lock vs TimeLocked

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

Head to head
About

Photo Time Lock

This app allows users to securely lock photos for a set duration, ranging from one minute to 365 days. It utilizes a timer-based system, preventing access to the photo until the countdown is complete. An optional keyholder feature allows designated individuals to unlock photos early.

Highlights
  • Time-delay photo locking
  • Lock duration up to 365 days
  • NTP server time verification
  • Keyholder unlock option
  • Intuitive and repeatable locking
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The only time-delay controlled Photo Lock app is now available on App store. Support iPhone 5 & iOS 6.0 What is Photo Time Lock? Using a secure, timer-locking feature, this app is the instinctive, intuitive, desired, and repeatable ability of an individual to voluntarily lock up anything (via photos contain combination of a lock), for any amount of time he or she selects, from 1 minutes to 365 days; items that are damaging to her health, or a threat to his very life. Scenarios: Gambling: An individual who knows that he has a gambling problem places all the “tools” of gambling (e.g. cash, checkbooks, credit cards, etc.) in a combination lockable container, scramble the combination and took a picture of the code via this app, and set a timer to lock this picture for 48 hours. Then he knows he will be out of gambling in the following two days. Beer: A beer drinker buys a case of beer, 24 cans. At home, he puts 3 beers on the top shelf of the refrigerator and 21 in a combination lockable container. He locks the container and put it on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. He takes a picture of the randomly scramble combination via this app, and sets the timer-lock for 24 hours. Later in the day, could he go out and buy more beer? Yes, but a high percentage of individuals do not. Try it for yourself. Features: SECURE: The time of this app is verified via remote NTP server, thus tampering system time on the device will have absolutely no effect. KEYHOLDER UNLOCK: a keyholder who has the passcode can unlock any individual photo anytime even the countdown timer has not been reached zero. FLEXIBILITY: The lock time can be set from 1 minute to 365 days, in a minute interval. How to use it? 1. You may need a box that can be locked with a combination lock, and you should be able to randomly scramble the lock setting without looking it (or let your beloved one do it for you). 2. Run this app, create a new photo lock, and then take a picture of the combination lock without actually read the combination, you can look at a thumbnail of the picture to assure yourself you’ve got a decent picture, but the thumbnail doesn’t give enough resolution to see the combination. 3. Set a lock time from 1 minutes to 365 days, in one minute interval, you can also turn on “Keyholder Unlock” feature thus the keyholder can unlock this photo anytime by enter a passcode. Then tap “Start” to start the lock. WARNING – do not do this until you have thoroughly read the help manual and understood completely how this app works. 4. The photo will keep locked until the time countdown reached zero or your keyholder unlock it. Once unlocked, you can view the photo containing the combination. Now you can undo the combination lock to open your box.

About

TimeLocked

This app acts as a secure vault for sensitive information, enforcing a mandatory waiting period before access. It helps users avoid impulsive decisions by creating a delay between the urge and the action, particularly useful for financial or high-risk data.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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. — 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

Screenshots

Photo Time Lock4 screens
TimeLocked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TimeLocked at Free against Photo Time Lock's $9.99. TimeLocked also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (100% vs 64%). Photo Time Lock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TimeLocked is free to download; Photo Time Lock costs $9.99 up front. TimeLocked sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Photo Time Lock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TimeLocked holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Time Lock has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Photo Time Lock's written reviews are positive against 100% of TimeLocked's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Time Lock ships an update every 55 months, TimeLocked every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Photo Time Lock versus TimeLocked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto Time LockTimeLocked
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 55 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFalcon In Motion LLCVasily Ponomarev

Customer experience

Photo Time Lock

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

TimeLocked

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

In-app purchases

None

Photo Time Lock

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

TimeLocked

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Premium14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • 1 Year Premium14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$29.99

Questions

Is Photo Time Lock free?
Photo Time Lock costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeLocked free?
TimeLocked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Time Lock or TimeLocked?
TimeLocked is rated higher. Photo Time Lock averages 4.2 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while TimeLocked averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Photo Time Lock or TimeLocked have ads?
Neither Photo Time Lock nor TimeLocked shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Time Lock or TimeLocked?
Photo Time Lock ships an update every 55 months, and TimeLocked every 11 days. Most recently, Photo Time Lock was updated on October 23, 2026 and TimeLocked on October 31, 2026.

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