LockedIn vs Marc.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LockedIn
Transform phone addiction into a superpower with this pixel-art habit tracker. Earn coins by completing healthy routines to unlock distracting apps, making screen time a reward. Build lasting habits through a fun, game-like experience.
- Block distracting apps
- Create daily and one-time habits
- Habit templates and custom habits
- Streak tracking
- Built-in break timer
- Pixel art design
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Turn your phone addiction into your superpower! This playful, pixel-art habit tracker helps you reduce screen time, stay focused, and build healthy routines you’ll actually stick with. Complete habits to earn coins, then use those coins to unlock your distracting apps. If you don’t complete enough habits… those apps stay blocked. It’s simple, powerful, and surprisingly fun. How it works - Block distracting apps you want to use less - Choose healthy habits from categories like Health, Focus, Home & more - Earn coins by completing your habits throughout the day - Spend coins to unlock screen time using the built-in timer Why it works This app uses a proven behavioral approach: Do something good → earn what you want. It transforms screen time into a reward, not a default. Playful Retro Design Everything is rendered in charming pixel art - icons, animations, characters, even the fonts. Building habits feels like playing a retro game. Features - Daily & one-time habit creation - Habit templates ready to use - Custom habits with rewards - Streak tracking - Built-in break timer - App blocking Make progress in real life and earn the screen time you want. Start building better habits today! Terms of Use: https://www.app-locked.in/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.app-locked.in/privacy
Marc.
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Every idea sounds good in your own head. Marc is where you find out whether it holds up. The book you've wanted to write for years. A year in Lisbon. The podcast with your best friend. The little café. Marc is a thinking board for ideas of every kind – built for iPad, iPhone and Apple Pencil. You say one sentence, Marc asks two questions and builds your first board from it: clusters for the big themes, thoughts hanging off them, open questions as sticky notes beside them. Then comes the part no blank page gives you: pushback. AN AI THAT DOESN'T APPLAUD Marc is an otter with opinions. He listens, digs deeper and looks at every thought from four angles: • Thinking further – opens directions you wouldn't have reached alone. • The investor's view – what carries, what costs, what scales. • The customer's view – honest objections from the person who's meant to use it. • The sceptic – finds the unchecked assumptions. Kind, but incorruptible. Plus your own thinking styles: the CFO, operations, your toughest friend – as many as you like. Suggestions appear as dashed cards at the edge of a thought. Accept or dismiss is always your call – nothing lands on your board unasked. ASK YOUR BOARD A conversation about everything on it. Marc answers from what's actually on your board – and says so when something is missing. FROM SCATTERED THOUGHTS TO A PLAN • Coverage check – where your board is still thin. • Decision log – what you accepted, explored or dropped, and when. • Plan draft – the whole board distilled into a text you can show someone. Honest gaps included. YOUR BOARD, YOUR RULES • Categories that fit the board – rename, recolour, add your own. • Checklists, sticky notes, photos and shapes right on the canvas. • Apple Pencil sketches where words don't reach. • A calm paper-and-ink design that stays out of your way. THINK TOGETHER Share a board by invitation or link. Editors work live on the same sheet – cursors, movements, even pencil strokes in real time. Reactions and comments live on the thought, not in a chat beside it. MARC STAYS WITH IT If you like, Marc reminds you – never with a slogan, always with something from your board. And if you don't come back, he goes quiet. START FOR FREE Marc drafts your first board for free, and the first questions and suggestions are on the house. Boards, sketches, sharing and collaboration stay free. Marc+ unlocks the part that thinks with you: unlimited perspectives, unlimited chat, the plan draft. Marc+ is available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Terms: https://www.marc-ai.app/terms Privacy: https://www.marc-ai.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Marc. at every 5 days against LockedIn's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. LockedIn sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Marc. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LockedIn ships an update monthly, Marc. every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LockedIn | Marc. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (129 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 129 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Scholl | Julian Hobmeier |
In-app purchases
LockedIn
- LockedIn Premium$6.997 Days
- Lockedin Premium Discount$24.991 Year
- LockedIn Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- Premium Plan$49.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$44.99
Marc.
- Marc Plus Monthly$8.991 Month
- Marc Plus Yearly$59.991 Year









