Year Progress vs Amber Lock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Year Progress
Visualize your year's progress with aesthetic widgets and lock screen backgrounds. Track remaining days and stay motivated with customizable themes and symbols. Share your progress visually to inspire others.
- Lock Screen background wallpaper generator
- Elegant Lock Screen widgets
- Home Screen widgets
- Apple Watch app & complications
- Deep customization options
- Visual day grid calendar
- Shareable progress cards
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Time is your most valuable asset. See it. Feel it. Stay motivated. Year Progress turns the passage of time into a beautiful visual experience. Track how much of the year has passed, how many days remain, and keep your goals in focus every single day. Whether you care about productivity, mindfulness, or simply a clean aesthetic setup, Year Progress makes your iPhone feel intentional — not cluttered. Lock Screen Background & Widgets The feature users love most: you can now set your Year Progress as a Lock Screen background wallpaper. Place the year progress directly behind your lock screen clock and watch time move forward every day. It’s not just a widget anymore — your lock screen itself becomes a living calendar. • Lock Screen background wallpaper generator • Elegant Lock Screen widgets • Multiple styles that match iOS themes • Works perfectly with tinted and clear wallpapers Home Screen Widgets Transform your Home Screen with elegant progress widgets showing exactly how much of the year has passed. Choose different sizes and layouts to fit your setup perfectly — minimalist, aesthetic, or productivity-focused. Apple Watch App & Complications Track the year right from your wrist. Check the percentage completed and remaining days instantly without unlocking your phone. Custom complications keep your progress visible all day. Deep Customization Make it truly yours. • Theme presets with curated color palettes • Fully custom colors (Light & Dark mode) • Unique symbols: stars, diamonds, yin-yang, roses, bees, donuts and more • Different day indicators and grid styles. Detailed Progress Tracking Understand time in a clear, motivating way: • Exact percentage of the year completed • Remaining days countdown • Visual day grid calendar Share Your Progress Create beautiful shareable cards for social media and inspire friends to use their time better. Why People Love Year Progress A year progress bar is a simple but powerful psychological motivator. Seeing time visually helps you stay consistent, avoid procrastination, and focus on what truly matters. Students, professionals, creators, and goal-setters all use Year Progress as a daily reminder: time is moving — use it intentionally. Download Year Progress and make every day count!
Amber Lock
This app locks distracting applications behind a unique challenge: you must walk to unlock them. Earn screen time by increasing your daily steps and reclaiming your focus.
- Seal distracting apps
- Unlock apps by walking
- Customize step-to-time ratio
- Set unlock duration limits
- Track reclaimed screen time
- Home screen widget for quick access
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Amber Lock seals your most distracting apps in digital amber. To get them back, you have to stand up and walk. Whether your goals are to reduce screen time, increase your daily steps, or both, Amber Lock has got you covered! THE LEGEND Gnomish stories tell of a distracted worker whose candied berries were sealed in tree sap until he finished plowing the fields. Amber Lock applies the same friction to your phone. HOW IT WORKS 1. Seal your distractions. Pick your worst offenders (social media, games, news) and lock them inside the amber. 2. Set your own rules. Decide how many steps buy one minute, how many steps the tank can hold, and how long a single unlock is allowed to run. 3. Walk. Put the phone in your pocket and go. Your real steps charge the Melter. 4. Melt the amber. Spend that charge whenever you choose, up to the limit you set. 5. Watch it re-seal. When the charge runs dry, the amber locks your apps again. BUILT FOR YOUR SCREEN TIME, NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S A 4am doomscroller and a gamer who wants one clean hour at night need opposite things from a blocker. Most apps give them the same one. If your problem is the slow drip (five minutes here, twenty there) run a small tank and a short unlock cap. A slip costs you five minutes, not the entire evening. If your problem is that you want your hour before bed and you want it uninterrupted, use the deep tank instead. Bank steps all day, then spend them in one sitting without the app locking you out halfway through. SEE WHAT YOU GET BACK Amber Lock tracks your time in sealed apps week over week, so you can watch the hours come back. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN A widget sits beside your locked apps showing the time you have left, so you can melt or re-seal without opening anything. PRIVACY Amber Lock uses Apple's Screen Time API to block apps directly on your device. Your app usage data never leaves your phone. It isn't sent to us or to anyone else. Your step data stays on your device too. NO SUBSCRIPTION Amber Lock is free, and it's fully usable that way. One optional upgrade is available as one-time purchases. This gives you access to premium settings which allow you to further customize your Amber Melter! Take back your time. Seal the distractions. Earn your screen time. Terms & conditions of use: https://www.gnomesteadcollective.com/terms?app=amber-lock#amber-lock
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Year Progress at 3 against Amber Lock's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Year Progress sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Amber Lock sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Year Progress against 5.0 for Amber Lock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Year Progress ships an update weekly, Amber Lock every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Year Progress | Amber Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Samet Pilav | Gnomestead Collective LLC |
Customer experience
Year Progress
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In-app purchases
Year Progress
- Year Progress Yearly Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Year
- Year Progress Unlimited$0.99
Amber Lock
- 1,000 Step Power Bank (1x)$0.99
- 1,000 Step Power Bank (3x)$1.99
- 1,000 Step Power Bank (10x)$4.99
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- Premium Step Tank$7.99
- Premium Burn$7.99
- Premium Settings Bundle$9.99









