Be LockedIn vs App Block
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Be LockedIn
Achieve your goals with personalized planning, daily check-ins, and gentle reminders. This app helps you break down objectives into manageable tasks, build success habits, and stay accountable with optional support from friends.
- Goal planning with milestones
- Daily check-ins
- Accountability buddies
- Personalized tasks
- Customizable routines
- Gentle reminders
- Distraction-free design
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Be LockedIn helps you stay consistent with achieving your goals through simple planning, daily check-ins, and gentle reminders. Be LockedIn is a subscription app. A Be LockedIn Pro subscription is required to access the features described below. New users can start with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan. How it Works: - Enter the goal you want to achieve. - Add context on where you currently are with this goal, your current situation, etc. - Be LockedIn generates personalised tasks to complete until you hit your milestones and ultimately your goal. - Add routines that help you build your success habits. - Lagging? Adjust your timeline by resetting it to the current date. - Not feeling the generated plan? Add more context and regenerate it with AI. Included with your Be LockedIn Pro subscription: - Unlimited goals, with AI-generated milestones and tasks - Unlimited routines to build your success habits - Daily check-ins to stay accountable - Daily personalised affirmations based on your goals, in the check-in flow - AI Smart Re-Plan to regenerate your remaining tasks when your plan needs to change - Daily local notifications with selectable modes: Gentle, Firm, and LockedIn mode for high achievers - Add your own action items and milestones - Re-order tasks and edit the duration in days of each task - Reset your timeline to today whenever you fall behind - Clean, distraction-free design Subscription details: - Be LockedIn Pro Monthly: 9.99 per month - Be LockedIn Pro Annual: 54.99 per year, including a 7-day free trial - Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon confirmation of purchase. - Your 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 prior to the end of the current period. - You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Be LockedIn is designed to support consistency, not overwhelm. Notifications are optional and can be enabled or disabled at any time. Apple Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aFyQXhTUR3VR7-9sA_6Rzg-7C-Uuw9jkIynJcymXbqo/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.s60vfr7g2gkm Terms - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yvSa51q7gLu8tL0tI9snySYaN2IR35PhXh_PR-9gYIk/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.iid6bcavy9la
App Block
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Make distraction earn its place in your day. Read to Unlock blocks the apps that usually win your attention, and gives them back only once you have read for them. Every page is worth 1 minute. Pass a short quiz to prove you understood it, and those minutes go into your balance — spend them on TikTok, Instagram or YouTube whenever you want. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps to block — the ones that usually get the first tap 2. Read inside the app — every page you read earns 1 minute 3. Pass the quiz — answer 3 questions, get 2 right, and the minutes are banked 4. Spend your balance — activate minutes whenever you want your apps back There is no daily goal and no minimum. Read as much or as little as you want. Your balance carries across days, so nothing you earned is ever lost at midnight. FEATURES • Blocks distracting apps through iOS Screen Time • 1 page = 1 minute, with a balance that carries over between days • A built-in book library, so you can start reading in the first minute • Import your own EPUB and PDF files (Pro) • A 3-question comprehension quiz written by AI from the pages you just read • Track pages read, minutes earned and your reading streak • Fully translated into 25 languages, switchable at any time FREE AND PRO Free gives you one blocked app, one book from the library and the full earning loop. Pro unlocks every distracting app, the whole library, EPUB and PDF imports, and one shared minute balance across everything you read. From $4.99 per month, or $29.99 per year. Works on iPhone with iOS 17 or later. Reading is the price of the feed. Download Read to Unlock and read first. Privacy Policy: https://readtounlock.org/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Be LockedIn at every 4 days against App Block's every 4 weeks. Be LockedIn also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Be LockedIn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and App Block sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Be LockedIn ships an update every 4 days, App Block every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Be LockedIn | App Block |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chidinma Ikebujo | Askhat Bakitov |
In-app purchases
Be LockedIn
- Be LockedIn Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
- Be LockedIn Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$54.991 Year
App Block
- Read to Unlock Pro$4.991 Month
- Read to Unlock Pro$29.991 Year









