AppLocker vs Lock App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AppLocker
Enhance your privacy and manage screen time by restricting app usage. Secure personal information, implement parental controls, and prevent unauthorized app installations or deletions. Unlock apps with Face ID for added security.
- App usage restriction
- Screen time management
- Face ID app unlock
- Disable app installation
- Disable in-app purchases
- Prevent app deletion
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AppLocker is a personal privacy and screen time management app. It can restrict any app and allow you to limit app usage and unlock apps using Face ID. Features: Privacy Protection: Restrict the usage of any app to ensure personal information security. Parental Control: Support controlling screen time and properly manage children's phone usage. Security Protection: Support Face ID to restrict and unlock apps. Disable App Install and In-App Purchases: Prevent children from downloading apps and disable in-app purchases to avoid unnecessary charges. Disable App Removal: Prevent apps from being deleted to effectively protect important data.
Lock App
This app safeguards your privacy by encrypting applications, photos, and videos. It also offers parental controls to manage screen time and restrict app installations, ensuring a safer digital environment for children. Enhanced security features include password and facial recognition protection.
- Encrypt applications, games, photos, videos, and contacts
- Restrict access to sensitive content
- Control screen time and app installations
- Digital password and face recognition security
- Prevent deletion of important applications
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protect privacy, manage time and control the duration of mobile phone use. [Application features] -Encrypt applications, games, photos, videos, contacts. -Privacy protection: restrict any application to ensure that sensitive content is not snooped. -Parental control: prohibit the installation of improper applications, control the screen time and equipment usage, and provide a healthier mobile phone environment for children. -Enhance security: provide double protection for setting digital passwords and face recognition passwords for applications. -Anti-deletion function: it is forbidden to delete important applications to ensure data integrity. -automatic renewal terms -Subscription money will be deducted from your iTunes account when you confirm your purchase and at the beginning of each renewal period. -Renewal: Apple's iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours before its expiration, and the subscription period will be extended by one subscription period after the successful deduction. -Cancel your subscription: You can cancel your subscription or trial at any time by going to your iTunes account to set up and cancel your subscription, otherwise it will be renewed automatically. This operation must be completed 24 hours before the end of the probation period or any subscription period to avoid being charged. Subscriptions that include a trial period will be automatically renewed as paid subscriptions. Privacy policy：https://m11iavy23en.feishu.cn/docx/Sc2dda9oFoqyr4x8ODicEbThnOh?from=from_copylink User agreement：https://m11iavy23en.feishu.cn/docx/Yzvudixnmo8snZxjx4rcRc0lnBw?from=from_copylink
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: AppLocker at free against Lock App's free with in-app purchases. AppLocker also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. AppLocker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lock App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for AppLocker against 5.0 for Lock App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AppLocker has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
AppLocker ships an update every 3 days, Lock App weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 2, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AppLocker | Lock App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 香兰 张 | 紫荣 雷 |
Customer experience
AppLocker
Lock App
In-app purchases
AppLocker
- Lifetime Pro$14.99
Lock App
- 周VIP会员3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Month VIP member3 Days trial$19.991 Month
