SkillBit vs LingoLock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SkillBit
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Trade the doomscroll for something that actually grows your brain. SkillBit turns big ideas into bite-size, swipeable courses you can finish in about 5 minutes. HOW IT WORKS • Swipe through story-style lessons, just like your favorite feed • Take a quick quiz after each module to lock in what you learned • Earn points for finishing lessons and nailing answers • Spend points to unlock premium master courses • Keep your daily streak alive and watch your knowledge stack up WHY SkillBit Five minutes here beats an hour of scrolling. Lessons are short, practical, and built for real life, not endless theory. Fresh courses land every week, so there's always something new to learn. WHAT YOU LEARN AI skills & automation, time management, careers, psychology, financial literacy, productivity, general knowledge, trivia, and more. SkillBit PLUS Go unlimited with SkillBit PLUS. Start with a 3-day free trial, then get full access to every course and master class. Cancel anytime. Put down the feed and pick up a skill. Your next 5 minutes can be the smartest of your day. Terms of Use https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sKRabxPC94Ubw4bkYXBGfTcZXtMKah6-lIhLCmxRl9M/ Privacy Policy https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WzLpfebyA8JlhhWACTGK3miOeRLHen9MYKWgDoUbxC0/
LingoLock
Transform unproductive screen time into language learning opportunities. Block distracting apps and earn back access by completing vocabulary lessons in Spanish, French, Italian, and Japanese. Master new words through spaced repetition and lessons crafted by educators.
- Block distracting apps at the OS level
- Complete vocabulary lessons to unlock apps
- Learn Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese
- Spaced repetition for optimized learning
- Lessons developed by language educators
- Track earned screen time
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Your screen time isn't dead time anymore. Block any app. Earn it back with a vocabulary lesson. Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese HOW IT WORKS Pick the apps you can't stop opening - Instagram, TikTok, YouTube. LingoLock blocks them at the OS level using Apple Screen Time. To unlock: complete a vocabulary lesson. No backdoor. No skip. WHAT YOU GET Every lesson banks screen time you've earned. Real words, audio pronunciation, spaced repetition built in to optimise your personal learning curve. LANGUAGES Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese and many more coming soon. THE SCIENCE Frequency beats duration. Opening Instagram 40 times a day means 40 micro-lessons, meaning more vocabulary exposure than most people get from a month of Duolingo. Hundreds of vocabulary lessons built by language educators. The only app that turns the hours you'd waste into fluency. 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: LingoLock at every 2 days against SkillBit's every 6 weeks. LingoLock also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. SkillBit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and LingoLock sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. 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 SkillBit against 5.0 for LingoLock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
SkillBit ships an update every 6 weeks, LingoLock every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | SkillBit | LingoLock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergey Saltovskiy | Will Morphy |
In-app purchases
SkillBit
- SkillBit Plus — Week$3.997 Days
- SkillBit Plus — Month$7.991 Month
- SkillBit Plus — Year3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- SkillBit Plus — Year PROMO$19.991 Year
LingoLock
- Monthly$6.991 Month
- LingoLock Pro$8.997 Days
- Quarterly$17.993 Months
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- LingoLock Annual subscription1 Year trial$22.991 Year
- Annual1 Year trial$44.991 Year
