Lock In Squad vs Genius Thinking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lock In Squad
This app helps you limit screen time by blocking selected applications and websites. You can set timers, block apps by category, and even collaborate with friends to stay focused together. Earn in-app currency to customize your blocking experience.
- Block apps by category or specific selection
- Set timed schedules for app blocking
- Collaborate with friends for group focus sessions
- Track focus streaks and daily goals
- Customize app blocker appearance
- Live Activities and widgets for lock-in status
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Lock In Squad blocks the apps that pull you away while you're locked in, on your own or together with your friends. Pick your apps, start a timer or a stopwatch, and they stay blocked until you hold the Lock Out button. BLOCKING • Pick apps, whole categories such as Social or Games, and websites in Apple's Screen Time picker. • Choose Block these apps, or choose Allow only these apps to keep up to 50 apps open while every other app and website stays blocked. • Set up to five schedules, such as weekdays from 9 AM to 5 PM, and your apps lock at those times even with Lock In Squad closed. • When a timer reaches zero, your apps stay blocked until you lock out. • To lock out, you hold the button for 1 to 30 seconds, however long you set, which gives you a moment to change your mind. • On iPhone, a Live Activity keeps your lock-in time on the Lock Screen. FRIENDS • Add friends by name or user ID, or share a link that adds you as a friend. • Start a group lock-in and follow the live standings while you lock in together. Invite friends in the app or with a link. • Give a group lock-in set times. Everyone who accepts them has their apps blocked at those times, and that time counts in the group's standings. • Keep a friend streak going on the focus days you share. • Like your friends' longer lock-ins, streak milestones, and group wins in Activity. • A glowing dot on a friend's picture means they're locked in right now. Send a nudge to a friend who hasn't started yet, or a cheer to one who has. • The weekly leaderboard ranks you and your friends by time locked in, and each week's winner wears a crown all the next week. PROGRESS • Your streak counts only the focus days you pick on the Block tab. • Share your streak, your week or a group win as a card made for stories, with a link that adds you as a friend. • Set a daily goal from 15 minutes to 8 hours on the Block tab. Your profile shows how close you are today, and its heatmap marks the days you hit it. • Your profile charts your focus time over 7, 30 or 90 days, a year or all time, next to a heatmap of the days you locked in. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your lock with your streak or today's minutes. On a focus day you haven't locked in, the lock gets more worried as midnight gets close. • Reminders come from your lock, in its own voice, and switches in Settings turn them off by type. THE SHOP Each minute locked in earns you one minute for the Shop. Give your lock a body color, face, hat and top, pick a background and a button color, and save up for safes from a piggy bank to a vault door. Your safe's door shuts when you lock in and opens when you lock out. You can also watch an ad for 10 bonus minutes. A friend who signs up with your referral code gets 1,000 minutes, and you get 1,000 after their first lock-in. PRICE Lock In Squad is free to use. An ad can show when you end a stopwatch lock-in or quit a timer early, but never when you finish a timer. Premium is a single payment, with no subscription. It removes ads and comes with the Diamond safe and a Premium badge next to your name. Lock In Squad runs on iPhone and iPad, and blocking apps needs iOS 16 or later. It works with VoiceOver and has a dark mode in Settings. Start as a guest, then sign in with Apple, Google or email to keep your progress, see your stats and add friends. The privacy policy is at lockinsquad.com/privacy and the terms are at lockinsquad.com/terms.
Genius Thinking
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Genius Thinking: Decisions Pal is your personal companion for thinking sharply, solving problems, and beating brain rot instantly, powered by ancient mental models combined with modern AI. In a world of endless distractions and information overload, it is easy to feel "brain fog" or get stuck in analysis paralysis. Most apps just offer simple games, but Genius Thinking offers a permanent path to upgrade your mind and decision-making. We turn your phone into a smart decision-making engine. Combining History’s Best Ideas with AI, we have trained our AI chatbot on the same mental frameworks used by history’s greatest thinkers—from Aristotle to Elon Musk. Whether you are facing a tough career choice, a relationship dilemma, or just want to win an argument, your AI companion is ready to guide you. Key Features: - AI Decision Companion: Chat with an advanced AI that uses logic—not just data—to help you solve real-life problems. - Master Mental Models: Learn and apply powerful frameworks like First Principles, Inversion, and Second-Order Thinking. - Beat Brain Rot: Replace mindless scrolling with daily conversations that sharpen your focus and critical thinking. - Smart Logic & Psychology: Understand the why behind your choices and learn to spot cognitive biases. - Instant Clarity: Turn confusion into action with step-by-step guidance for any situation. Who is this for? If you want to think smarter, improve your vocabulary, or just love deep intellectual challenges, this is for you. It is perfect for professionals, students, and anyone tired of "brain rot" content who wants to elevate their mind. It’s time to think like a Genius. Download Genius Thinking: Decisions Pal today and level up your brain with the ultimate skill of the 21st century. The app includes paid features and free functionality, flexible for your situation. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Genius Thinking at none against Lock In Squad's shown. On price, in-app purchases, 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. Lock In Squad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Genius Thinking sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Lock In Squad | Genius Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Eli Young | Toan Truong |
In-app purchases
Lock In Squad
- Lock In Premium (No Ads)$4.99
Genius Thinking
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Annual Plan Subscription3 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Energy Pack Mini$0.99
- Energy Package Small$2.99
- Energy Pack Medium$4.99
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- Energy Pack Large$9.99









