Comparison

Hourglass vs Lockey

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

Head to head
About

Hourglass

A visual timer app that uses falling sand to help you track time peacefully. Ideal for focus sessions, meditation, or any activity where a calm sense of time passing is desired. Offers customizable colors and time visibility with a Pro upgrade.

Highlights
  • Visual falling sand timer
  • Customizable timer durations
  • Relaxing sand animation
  • Timer completion notifications
  • Restart recent timers
  • Customizable colors (Pro)
  • Toggle time visibility (Pro)
Features
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Watch the sand fall and enjoy a calmer way to keep track of time. Hourglass is a simple visual timer that lets you enjoy the gentle motion of falling sand while counting down your time. Use it for studying, focused work, reading, breaks, meditation, or any moment when you want time to feel a little more peaceful. Unlike an ordinary digital timer, Hourglass gives you a visual sense of time passing as the sand slowly falls. Perfect for: • Studying and focus sessions • Work and productivity • Reading and hobbies • Pomodoro sessions • Meditation and quiet time • Relaxing breaks Features: • Set any timer duration you like • Relaxing falling-sand animation • Quickly restart recently used timer durations • Notifications when the timer finishes • Customize sand and background colors with Pro • Show or hide the remaining time with Pro Whether you're studying, working, meditating, or taking a break, Hourglass gives you a simple and calming way to experience time. standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Lockey

Features
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Lockey keeps your control of a sensitive document after you send it. Upload one time. Share many times. Track for all time. WHY LOCKEY IS DIFFERENT When you send a document by email or by chat, you lose control of the file. The other person can keep it, copy it and send it to more persons. Lockey does not send your file. Lockey sends a link to a protected view. HOW YOU USE IT 1. Add a document. Use the camera, the photo library or a file on your device. Then you set the four corners, you turn the page and you make the image straight. 2. Look at the scan. Lockey finds the sensitive fields, for example an ID number or a date of birth. You approve each field that you want to hide. 3. Make a link. Give the purpose, an expiry date, a maximum quantity of views and a password. 4. Send the link. The other person opens it in a browser or in the app. 5. Read the history. You see each view with the time, the device and the approximate location. WHAT THE OTHER PERSON RECEIVES - A view of the pages only. The person does not receive your file. - No download button. - A watermark in each page. It shows the name of the viewer, the purpose, the time and the identifier of the session. Our server puts the watermark into the image. The viewer cannot remove it. - No hidden fields. Lockey removes each field that you masked from the image. HOW YOU KEEP CONTROL - Stop a link immediately. - Stop a link for a short time, then start it again. - Set an expiry date and a maximum quantity of views. - Add a password. - Ask the viewer for a code that Lockey sends by email. - Make a different link for each person, with different conditions. WHAT YOU SEE - A record of each view, each download attempt and each refused entry. - The time, the device, the type of browser and the approximate city. - A message in the app when a person opens one of your documents. Push messages are optional. PRIVACY - Lockey encrypts your documents on the disk and on the network. - Lockey shows no advertisements and does not track you. - You can export your data. - You can delete your account in the app. Lockey then deletes your documents, your links and your records. HOW YOU SIGN IN Use Google, Apple or your telephone number. Lockey sends a code by SMS. There is no password for the account. WHERE LOCKEY IS USEFUL - A landlord, an agent or an employer asks for your ID. - A bank or an office asks for a certificate. - You send a contract to a client for examination. - You give a document to a person for one time only. Privacy policy: https://trylockey.com/privacy Terms: https://trylockey.com/terms

Screenshots

Hourglass3 screens
Lockey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lockey at none against Hourglass's 2. Lockey also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). Hourglass's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement 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. Hourglass sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Lockey asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hourglass ships an update weekly, Lockey daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hourglass versus Lockey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHourglassLockey
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (254 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings254 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFocaccia, Inc.Sahil Patel

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Hourglass

Subscriptions1
  • Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Hourglass Timer Pro$4.99
None

Lockey

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hourglass free?
Hourglass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lockey free?
Lockey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hourglass or Lockey have ads?
Hourglass shows ads; Lockey does not.
Which is updated more often, Hourglass or Lockey?
Hourglass ships an update weekly, and Lockey daily. Most recently, Hourglass was updated on October 30, 2026 and Lockey on October 29, 2026.

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