Comparison

LockMyApps Screen Time Control vs Jolt

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

Head to head
About

LockMyApps Screen Time Control

This app helps you reduce screen time and boost productivity by blocking selected applications for set durations. Utilize focus timers, daily limits, and scheduled blocking to minimize distractions and "doom scrolling."

Highlights
  • Set productivity timers to block apps
  • Reduce screen time
  • Minimize "doom scrolling"
  • Block apps temporarily
  • Add daily time limits
  • Schedule app blocking
  • Lock Now feature for short focus
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Introducing LockMyApps, the revolutionary AI-powered productivity app that helps you reduce your screen time so that you can focus on what matters in the real world. What LockMyApps can do for you: ● Set productivity timers to block out apps ● Increase your productivity ● Reduce your screen time ● Reduce “doom scrolling” on your phone And more. ———————————————————— How to use LockMyApps: 1. Select the apps that you want to temporarily block on your phone 2. Set the amount of minutes or hours you want to block your apps 3. Your selected apps will be unable to be opened until your timer is completed *If you need to remove the block on your apps (due to an emergency or something) you can do so in your app’s settings ———————————————————— LockMyApps Premium policy: Once you sign up to LockMyApps Premium, you will have full access to all of LockMyApps's features. You can cancel your subscription any time and you will be sent a reminder before your LockMyApps subscription begins after your trial. With LockMyApps Premium, you get access to the full app: ● Lock your apps and reduce your screen time up to 90% ● Use the Lock Now feature for short term focus ● Add daily time limits to your apps ● Schedule when to lock your apps ahead of time ● Works for any app on your phone ● No ads ● Cancel anytime LockMyApps Premium options: ● LockMyApps Weekly: $8.99/week ● LockMyApps Yearly: 3 days free and then $69.99/year ———————————————————— Have any questions or recommendations? Feel free to reach out to me at: Andrew@AndrewLee.Ventures Privacy Policy: https://andrewlee.ventures/privacy Terms Of Use: https://andrewlee.ventures/terms-of-use

About

Jolt

This app helps you reduce screen time and build healthier phone habits by blocking distracting apps and setting usage limits. It offers personalized insights, focus sessions, and challenges to keep you motivated and in control of your device.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps and websites
  • Set daily duration and open limits for apps
  • Focus sessions with optional breaks
  • Customizable schedules and prebuilt templates
  • Deep Focus Mode with non-bypassable timers
  • Personalized habit insights and progress tracking
  • Join global challenges and earn rewards
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You know exactly what you should be doing right now. So does your phone - and it's betting you'll check it anyway. Jolt is built for people who are done losing that bet. —— KNOW IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY IMPROVING Attention Forecast - New Before your day starts, Jolt tells you how it's likely to go. One predictive score built from last night's sleep, your 28-day usage trend, your streak, and your blocking discipline. Attention Score: One number. Every day. Your Focus, Sleep, and Discipline combined. It rises when all three do - it won't let one good habit carry the weight of two bad ones. Watch it over 7, 14, 30 days. The direction it moves is the most honest feedback you'll get. Discipline Score: The gap between the limits you set and the limits you actually held. Not whether you blocked Instagram - whether you stayed blocked when it counted. Most people are surprised by this number. That's the point. Focus Score: Most people think they're focused. The Focus Score measures whether they actually were - how much deep work you completed, how many sessions you finished without quitting, how little you touched your phone mid-session. The score doesn't round up. Sleep Score: Your last pickup before bed. Your first reach in the morning. How many times you interrupted your own sleep. Tracked, scored, shown back to you every day. —— SET LIMITS THAT ACTUALLY HOLD Duration Limit: Daily time cap on any app - 30 minutes on Instagram, 20 on YouTube. When it hits, it locks. No snooze, no exceptions. Open Limit: Cap how many times you open an app each day. Three opens on Twitter. Five on Reddit. Once you've hit the number, it's done. Blocking Modes: Easy: a breathing pause before the app opens. Medium: rapid taps or a timed challenge - your brain earns the unlock. Hard: nothing gets through. Hard Mode: Set it once. Can't edit, delete, or override it until the next day. Your morning self makes the rules. Your evening self lives with them. —— FOCUS SESSIONS Focus Flights - New: You don't start a timer anymore. You book a flight. Pick a destination reachable in your focus window. Choose your seat: First Class seals the cabin - no early exit. Business puts a challenge between you and the door. Economy lets you tap out. Board, take off, block your apps. Land and it logs as a completed flight. Quit early and it goes down as a crash - distance credited for how far you got. Every flight lives in your Flight Wallet. Focus Sessions Block every distracting app for a set window - deep work, exam session, meeting hour. 20+ templates or build your own. Everything else disappears until you're done. Quick Sessions: One tap. Immediate block. Zero setup. Focus right now, not after configuring anything. —— CLOSE EVERY LOOPHOLE Sleep Schedule: Set your bedtime and wake-up time. Every distracting app locks automatically. You choose which essentials stay on - everything else is off until morning, with full tracking of every pickup. Accountability Partner: A real person who sees your screen time and must approve every override. Not an algorithm. A human who will actually push back. GPS Blocking: Set your office, library, or gym. The moment you arrive, Jolt activates. The environment does what willpower can't. Good Apps First: Use your journal, reading app, or workout tracker first. Once you do, the distracting apps unlock. Focus becomes the price of entry. Block 18+ One toggle. Every adult site and app - off. Shield Customisation - New: The screen that blocks you now looks how you want it. Choose a persona or build your own: custom text, colors, and icon. Turn on Randomized Experience, and it changes every time a block fires. —— PRIVACY FIRST: All blocking runs locally via Apple's Screen Time API. No personal data leaves your device. Download free. Block your first app in 30 seconds. Support: hello@thejoltapp.com Terms: thejoltapp.com/terms & https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: thejoltapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

LockMyApps Screen Time Control4 screens
Jolt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Jolt at none against LockMyApps Screen Time Control's shown. Jolt also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. LockMyApps Screen Time Control sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Jolt sells 28 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LockMyApps Screen Time Control holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 287 and 101 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of LockMyApps Screen Time Control's written reviews are positive against 82% of Jolt's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LockMyApps Screen Time Control ships an update every 5 weeks, Jolt fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
LockMyApps Screen Time Control versus Jolt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockMyApps Screen Time ControlJolt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (287 ratings) — better4.4 (101 ratings)
Positive reviews87.3% of reviews — better82.2% of reviews
Number of ratings287 — better101
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB207 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew LeeASAKIRA CONSULTANTS LLP

Customer experience

LockMyApps Screen Time Control

All ratings287 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive87.3%
Neutral2.8%
Negative9.9%

Jolt

All ratings101 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral4.0%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews157 reviews
Positive82.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative14.0%

Bugs and requests

LockMyApps Screen Time Control

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App thinks it's a different day, affecting lock schedules
  • Inability to select apps to lock on certain days

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add option to hide/make locked apps invisible
  • Allow setting different lock schedules for different apps
  • Include a widget for quick access to locking features

Jolt

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

LockMyApps Screen Time Control

Subscriptions12
  • LockMyApps Pro 1 Week3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • LockMyApps Pro 1 Week3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • LockMyApps Pro 1 Week3 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • LockMyApps Pro 1 Week3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • LockMyApps Premium: 1 Week$8.997 Days
  • LockMyApps Premium: Monthly$14.991 Month
  • LockMyApps Premium: Discount3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • LockMyApps: Premium3 Days trial2 variants$34.991 Year
  • LockMyApps: Premium3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • LockMyApps: Premium3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • LockMyApps: Premium3 Days trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • LockMyApps Premium: 1 Year3 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • LockMyApps Premium: LifetimeFree
28 purchases

Jolt

Subscriptions24
  • Pro Plan - Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Plan | Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Pro Plan - Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
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  • Pro Plan - Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Pro Plan - Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Pro Plan - Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Pro Plan - Weekly3 Days trial2 variants$7.997 Days
  • Pro Plan - Weekly3 Days trial$8.997 Days
  • Pro Plan - Monthly - Discounted3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Pro Plan - Monthly3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Pro Plan - Monthly - T3 D03 Days trial$13.991 Month
  • Pro Plan - Monthly$15.001 Month
  • Pro Plan - Monthly3 Days trial$17.991 Month
  • Pro Plan - Yearly - T3 D23 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Pro Plan - Yearly - T3 D0$45.001 Year
  • Pro Plan - Yearly - T3 D13 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Pro Plan - Yearly - NY503 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Pro Plan - Yearly - NY253 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Pro Plan - Yearly - 753 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Pro Plan - Yearly - T1 D0$51.001 Year
  • Pro Plan - Yearly - T1 D23 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Pro Plan - Yearly$60.001 Year
  • Pro Plan - Yearly - T2 D03 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Pro Plan - Yearly - T1 D13 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time4
  • Hard Mode Sos$3.00
  • Pro Plan | Lifetime$39.99
  • Pro Plan | Lifetime$79.99
Show 1 more
  • Pro Plan | Lifetime$199.99

Questions

Is LockMyApps Screen Time Control free?
LockMyApps Screen Time Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jolt free?
Jolt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LockMyApps Screen Time Control or Jolt?
LockMyApps Screen Time Control is rated higher. LockMyApps Screen Time Control averages 4.6 out of 5 from 287 ratings, while Jolt averages 4.4 from 101 ratings.
Do LockMyApps Screen Time Control or Jolt have ads?
LockMyApps Screen Time Control shows ads; Jolt does not.
Which is updated more often, LockMyApps Screen Time Control or Jolt?
LockMyApps Screen Time Control ships an update every 5 weeks, and Jolt fortnightly. Most recently, LockMyApps Screen Time Control was updated on September 4, 2026 and Jolt on September 21, 2026.

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