Cue vs OpenAppLock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cue
This app provides a daily micro-challenge designed to help you tackle uncomfortable tasks that promote personal growth. Focus on areas like social interaction, physical activity, productivity, and mental well-being with short, actionable steps. Track your progress and build streaks without accounts, feeds, or ads.
- Daily micro-challenges
- Personal growth focus
- Offline functionality
- Streak tracking
- Customizable growth areas
- No accounts or feeds
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Cue gives you one small challenge each day to help you do the uncomfortable things that actually move your life forward. No accounts. No feeds. No pressure. Just one intentional action a day. How it works: - Choose the areas you want to grow (social, physical, productivity, mental) - Pick how bold you want to go - Get one daily challenge - Complete it, or swap if needed - Build streaks and track your growth over time Challenges are designed to be short, doable, and slightly uncomfortable — from starting conversations to moving your body to handling things you’ve been avoiding. Cue works fully offline and stores your progress on your device. No ads. No tracking. One challenge a day. Two minutes or less. Real life momentum.
OpenAppLock
This app helps you regain control of your screen time by blocking specific applications. You can set schedules, time limits, or open limits for apps, and even create custom rules to prevent unwanted usage.
- Block apps on a schedule
- Set time or open limits
- Preset and custom rules
- Lock rule edits
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Block apps and reclaim your screen time! - Block apps on a schedule, or add a time/open limit - Choose from preset rules, or create your own - Lock rule edits to prevent changes while blocking
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cue at every 2 days against OpenAppLock's weekly. Cue also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). OpenAppLock's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cue against 5.0 for OpenAppLock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Cue ships an update every 2 days, OpenAppLock weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cue | OpenAppLock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hazem Abo-Donia | Brendan Chen |
Customer experience
Cue
OpenAppLock
In-app purchases
Cue
No in-app purchases
OpenAppLock
No in-app purchases
