Screen Time Control vs Unlockify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Screen Time Control
This app helps you block distracting applications until you complete your tasks, transforming your phone into a productivity tool. It allows you to track your progress, build better habits, and unlock apps as rewards for finishing your to-do list.
- Block distracting apps until tasks are completed
- Track productivity and streaks
- Flexible task management
- Unlock apps as rewards
- Build better habits
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Make distracting apps wait until your priorities are done. DoUnlock helps you reduce screen time and follow through on tasks by connecting app access to real progress. Choose the apps that pull your attention away, create the tasks or routines you want to finish, and unlock access after you complete them. FOCUS WITH A CLEAR REASON • Block distracting apps during study, work, or personal time • Create tasks and repeatable routines • Schedule focused work in advance • Track focused time and completed activity • Turn app access into a motivating reward USE DOUNLOCK FOR • Studying and exam preparation • Deep work and productive mornings • Exercise, reading, chores, and daily habits • Reducing social media and compulsive scrolling • Building healthier digital routines HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps you want to block 2. Add a task, routine, or focus session 3. Complete your goal to unlock access DoUnlock gives your phone a simple boundary so your attention can stay with what matters. Optional subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b2FQZ_HK2I_6ZBJhiaJw_Vii5aKW9D4dYjGfP9C8efU/edit?usp=sharing
Unlockify
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Unlockify - Complete tasks. Unlock your apps. Tired of opening social apps before you've done what matters? Unlockify helps you earn screen time by finishing real to-dos first. Pick the apps you want locked, add your tasks, and your selected apps stay locked until you've hit your daily goal. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add your tasks for the day - with priorities and optional due times 2. Choose which apps to lock using Apple's Screen Time 3. Complete your tasks to unlock those apps 4. Start fresh each day with a clear progress reset Simple, intentional, and built around habits that actually stick. KEY FEATURES • App locking with Screen Time - Lock specific apps and categories until your tasks are done • Flexible daily goals - Complete every task on your list, or set a fixed number (e.g. 3 tasks per day) • Task management - Create, edit, prioritise, and track to-dos in a clean dashboard • Daily progress - See today's progress at a glance with a live lock/unlock status • Completed history - Review finished tasks grouped by date • All-time stats - Track how many tasks you've completed over time • Home Screen widgets - See today's progress and all-time tasks at a glance • Optional task reminders - Get a gentle evening nudge if you still have unfinished tasks • Light & dark mode - Match your system or choose your preferred appearance PRIVACY & PERMISSIONS Unlockify uses Apple's Screen Time APIs to lock the apps you choose. Your task data stays on your device. Screen Time permission is required for app locking to work. Optional local notifications are available for task reminders - off by default, and you choose whether to enable them during onboarding or in Settings. Take back your focus - one completed task at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Unlockify at none against Screen Time Control's 4. Unlockify also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). 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. Screen Time Control sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Unlockify asks for nothing beyond the download.
Screen Time Control ships an update monthly, Unlockify every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Screen Time Control | Unlockify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fenuku Kekeli | AXM Invest GmbH |
In-app purchases
Screen Time Control
- All Access for a week3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- All Access for a month3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- All Access for a year$39.991 Year
- All Access to Lifetime$99.99
Unlockify
No in-app purchases
Questions
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