Unlock vs Sonarpad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unlock
This app helps you reduce screen time by requiring a custom phrase spoken into the front camera each time you open an app. It connects to your device's screen time data to enforce usage limits. Unlock Core offers full access to all features.
- Voice authentication for app access
- Screen Time data integration
- Customizable phrases
- Subscription for full features
- App locking functionality
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Most people spend over 10 years of their life on their phone. What would you do with an extra 10 years? Find out with Unlock: 1) Download Unlock 2) Connect your Screen Time data 3) Set your custom phrase 4) Each time you open an app, look into the front camera and say your phrase. Questions? Email -> carter@carter.red Consider Unlock Core and enjoy full access to all features and content. If you choose an Unlock Core subscription, payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. From iTunes Account settings you can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. If you subscribe before your trial ends, the remaining free trial period will be forfeited when your purchase is confirmed. App locking requires an active subscription. ----- Terms of service: https://unlock.carter.red/terms Privacy policy: https://unlock.carter.red/privacy Made by -> x.com/__carter
Sonarpad
This app helps you read, listen to, and organize various types of content, including documents, news, podcasts, and more. It offers text-to-speech functionality, search capabilities, and supports multiple export formats for your documents.
- Read and organize documents
- Text-to-speech functionality
- Import and export documents (DOCX, EPUB, PDF)
- Follow RSS news feeds
- Search and listen to podcasts
- Search and listen to radio stations
- Check routes, weather, and calendar
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Sonarpad Mobile is an app designed to read, listen with text-to-speech, search and organise content in a simple and accessible way. With Sonarpad, you can manage documents, follow news and podcasts, search for radio stations, check routes, weather, calendar information and other useful everyday tools. Main features: • Documents: import and read text files, documents, books and content organised in folders. • Imports: import personal documents and search for text content from supported public sources. • Exports: export documents to DOCX, EPUB and PDF. • Voice reading: use text-to-speech with the settings chosen by the user. • News: follow RSS sources, import and export OPML files and organise sources into folders. • Podcasts: search, listen to and manage podcasts. • Radio: search for stations by language, country, city and genre and listen to live broadcasts. • Routes: search for directions, store routes in Documents and listen to instructions with text-to-speech. • Weather and recent cities: check the weather and quickly switch between cities. • Calendar: check days, holidays, quotes and reminders. • App theme: choose between automatic, light or dark mode. Sonarpad was created with special attention to accessibility, VoiceOver support and simple screens. Some features require an Internet connection and may depend on the availability of the external services used.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sonarpad at 100% against Unlock's 50%. Sonarpad also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Unlock's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Unlock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month. Sonarpad asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sonarpad holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Unlock's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sonarpad's.
Unlock ships an update every 10 days, Sonarpad every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unlock | Sonarpad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 258 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Carter Annandale | Ambrogio Riili |
Customer experience
Unlock
Sonarpad
In-app purchases
Unlock
- Unlock$13.991 Month
- Unlock$19.991 Year
- Unlock$49.991 Year
Sonarpad
No in-app purchases









