Comparison

DSClock vs TimeLocked

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

Head to head
About

DSClock

Add a touch of retro handheld gaming charm to your iPhone with customizable clock widgets. Choose from light or dark designs in various sizes for your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or StandBy mode. Enjoy an ad-free experience with minimal battery impact.

Highlights
  • Authentic DS-inspired dial design
  • Light & dark widget options
  • Multiple widget sizes (S, M, L)
  • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy support
  • Zero ads and zero data collection
  • Battery-friendly and small footprint
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Bring a slice of handheld-era charm to iPhone. Highlights • Authentic DS-inspired dial design • Separate light & dark widgets (S, M, L) • Works on Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy • Zero ads, zero data collection • Tiny footprint, battery-friendly Setup Open DS Clock Widget once. Long-press a screen → + → search “DS Clock”. Pick light or dark, choose a size. DS Clock Widget is an independent homage and is not affiliated with Nintendo.

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

DSClock1 screens
TimeLocked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TimeLocked at 5.0 against DSClock's 4.3. TimeLocked also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). DSClock's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. TimeLocked sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. DSClock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TimeLocked holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DSClock has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DSClock ships an update every 7 months, TimeLocked every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
DSClock versus TimeLocked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDSClockTimeLocked
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiguel PiedrafitaVasily Ponomarev

Customer experience

DSClock

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TimeLocked

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

In-app purchases

None

DSClock

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

TimeLocked

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Premium14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • 1 Year Premium14 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is DSClock free?
DSClock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeLocked free?
TimeLocked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DSClock or TimeLocked?
TimeLocked is rated higher. DSClock averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while TimeLocked averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DSClock or TimeLocked have ads?
Neither DSClock nor TimeLocked shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DSClock or TimeLocked?
DSClock ships an update every 7 months, and TimeLocked every 5 days. Most recently, DSClock was updated on September 22, 2026 and TimeLocked on October 1, 2026.

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