Blocus vs Lockin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blocus
This app helps you break distraction habits and regain control of your time by blocking distracting apps and websites. It offers various enforcement modes, from gentle nudges to strict, irreversible blocks, and allows unlocking distractions only after completing specific tasks or challenges.
- Block distracting apps and websites
- Set daily limits and smart schedules
- Extreme Mode for irreversible blocking
- Unlock distractions via challenges or tasks
- PIN Code Mode for external accountability
- Integrates with system Screen Time
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Blocus – The Focus App That Actually Stops You From Cheating Blocus is a powerful focus and productivity app designed to help you break distraction habits and regain control of your time. Whether you need gentle nudges or absolute enforcement, Blocus adapts to your willpower — or replaces it when needed. Block distracting apps and websites using Blocklists or Allowlists, set daily limits, or automate focus with smart schedules. Blocus integrates seamlessly with Screen Time, ensuring reliable and system-level blocking you can trust. For moments when discipline isn't enough, Blocus offers strict enforcement modes: Extreme Mode A fully irreversible block. Once activated, it cannot be ended early — no tricks, no loopholes, no excuses. Challenges & Unlock Tasks Unlock distractions only after completing meaningful actions: • Steps or workout challenges • Push-ups, squats, planks • Pomodoro sessions • Sudoku or math challenges • Location-based unlocks PIN Code Mode A trusted friend receives a unique unlock code — so only someone else can free you. Perfect for real accountability. Advanced Control & Convenience • Smart schedules by time or day • Flexible or ultra-strict configurations Whether you're studying, working, training your focus, or fighting phone addiction — Blocus gives you the structure you need and the freedom you earn. Stop negotiating with distractions. Block them. Commit. Focus with Blocus. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.blocus-app.com/privacy
Lockin
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Lockin turns focus into a game. Pick a category - work, study, sport, reading - choose the apps that distract you, and lock your phone. For as long as the session runs they are out of reach. The timer runs, the XP climbs. Leaving early is always possible, but you have to earn it: three challenges to pass. Enough to make you think twice, never enough to trap you. WHAT YOU CONTROL • The blocked apps, picked per session or kept as presets • The length, open-ended or set in advance • Routines: choose the apps, the days and the hours, and the block starts on its own • A one-line intention, readable on the lock screen WHAT YOU EARN • XP for every session you hold, and ranks that climb all the way to Legend • Daily tasks you write yourself, ticked off for a little extra XP • Streaks to keep alive, day after day WHAT YOU SEE • Today's screen time on the home screen, with the five apps behind it • Your weekly goal against what actually happened, and what the block held back • The categories you have let slide, restarted in one tap • Widgets for your week, your streak, your rank and your next routine WITH OTHERS • Add friends by code and compare your stats • A Ranking tab: your friends, the podium, your place • Share your own code to bring friends in Lockin speaks English and French, and the language can be changed inside the app. SUBSCRIPTION Lockin is a subscription: $59.99 per year with a 3-day free trial, $12.99 per month, or $7.99 per week. Prices may vary by region. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://yoyz-build.github.io/lockin-legal/conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://yoyz-build.github.io/lockin-legal/confidentialite.html Lockin relies on Apple's Screen Time to block apps. Everything happens on your phone: the list of apps you block never leaves the device and is never sent to us. The screen time panel is drawn by an Apple extension - those numbers stay on your iPhone too.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lockin at daily against Blocus's every 3 days. 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. Blocus sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Lockin sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Blocus ships an update every 3 days, Lockin daily. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.
| Parameter | Blocus | Lockin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (226 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 226 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Diyar Dirik | Clovis Bonnard |
In-app purchases
Blocus
- Monthly plan$9.991 Month
- Yearly plan$29.991 Year
- Yearly$39.991 Year
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- Yearly plan7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Unlock$0.99
- Unlock$3.99
- Unlock$8.99
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- Unlock$17.99
- Unlock$44.99
- Unlock$89.99
Lockin
- Hebdomadaire$7.997 Days
- Mensuel$12.991 Month
- Annuel3 Days trial$59.991 Year
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- Annuel Parrainé7 Days trial$59.991 Year









