Comparison

StoicLock vs Oath

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

StoicLock

This app offers a unique approach to digital detox by integrating Stoic philosophy with app blocking. Instead of just timers, it uses philosophical exercises and reflections to help users build attention and discipline when they reach for distracting apps.

Highlights
  • Stoic philosophical interventions
  • Customizable app blocking
  • Daily philosophical prompts
  • Progress tracking based on virtues
  • Pomodoro and deep focus timers
  • Lock screen widgets and Live Activities
Features
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You checked your phone 150 times yesterday. Marcus Aurelius ran an empire and wrote: "Confine yourself to the present." StoicLock gives you the philosophy — and the architecture — to do it. Start your 7-day free trial. No card required. THE PRACTICE OF ATTENTION Other apps block your phone. StoicLock transforms why you reach for it. Every time you open a blocked app, a Stoic intervention begins — breathing, virtue reflection, mortality visualization, or a philosophical challenge from 2,000 years of Stoic teaching. One question: who are you choosing to be right now? Not a timer. A practice. THE SIX STOIC EXERCISES RESPIRATIO — Box breathing (4-4-4-4) calms the dopamine impulse in 48 seconds before you decide whether to continue. QUATTUOR VIRTUTES — Reflect on the four Stoic virtues: Wisdom, Courage, Justice, Temperance. Which do you need now? PROPOSITUM — Write your intention in Latin before you scroll. Not a rule. An oath. MEMENTO MORI — Your life as a grid. 80 years × 52 weeks = 4,160 dots. Lived weeks are dark. The current week glows gold. Is this app worth three of your remaining days? PROVOCATIO — Complete Marcus Aurelius quotes, identify philosophers, sort virtues. 2,000 years of wisdom in a 30-second challenge. SAPIENTIA STOICA — A Stoic quote with source and theme. Reflect on 2,000 years of wisdom before you continue. Free for all users. Every exercise is randomized. Every urge becomes a different practice. YOUR STOIC ARCHETYPE A quiz reveals your archetype — Sage, Soldier, or Emperor — and personalizes your practice with its own philosophical framing and progression path. THE PHILOSOPHER'S JOURNAL Daily prompts from Marcus Aurelius and Seneca. Rate your four virtues. Track gratitude. Record voice notes. 210+ curated quotes from six Stoic philosophers, each with source and theme. A new quote on your Home Screen every day. Morning practice. Evening examination. The rituals the Stoics never skipped. FOCUS LIKE A PHILOSOPHER Pomodoro and Deep Focus timers with a sundial interface. Block distracting apps during sessions. Schedule blocking automatically — morning, midday, evening — the schedule holds whether you feel like it or not. WIDGETS & LIVE ACTIVITIES Stoic quotes on your Lock Screen. Discipline streak as a widget. Live Activities show focus sessions in real time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. DESIGNED FOR ADHD StoicLock does not rely on willpower. Interventions trigger automatically when you open a blocked app. Nothing to remember, configure, or maintain. The system works for you. Scheduled blocks hold structure — even when your attention does not. YOUR PROGRESS Track your level from Aspirant to Sage. Earn drachma through discipline, not dopamine. Monitor virtue averages and streaks. Your metrics are virtue records, not screen time statistics. ROOTED IN SCIENCE Stoicism is the direct historical source of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. StoicLock's approach combines ancient practice with clinically validated methods. Available in 7 languages. PRIVACY Apple FamilyControls. Your app list never leaves your device. No VPN. No traffic routing. Encrypted on-device by Apple. STOICLOCK PRO Unlock the full Stoic toolkit: — Unlimited app and website blocking with custom schedules — All six Stoic interventions (Respiratio, Virtutes, Propositum, Memento Mori, Provocatio, Sapientia Stoica) — Philosopher's Journal with daily prompts and voice notes — Memento Mori life grid with mortality counter — Widgets, Live Activities, and daily quote rotation — Full progress tracking, virtue analytics, and streaks Free trial included. Annual, weekly, and lifetime plans available. Auto-renews unless cancelled 24 hours before period ends. Payment charged to Apple ID. Manage subscriptions in Account Settings. Privacy: http://stoiclock.vercel.app/privacy Terms: http://stoiclock.vercel.app/terms

About

Oath

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You don't have a discipline problem. You have a phone that was built to win. Oath puts it back on your side. LOCKED-IN Pick the apps that eat your day. They stay shut until you've done the work. No "just five minutes" button. EARN YOUR SCREEN TIME Every focus session mints credits. Credits are the only way into your blocked apps. Ten minutes of focus buys one minute of scroll. You decide what it's worth. GHOST FEED Instagram, minus the algorithm. No feed, no Reels, no Stories, no ads, no suggested posts. Just your messages and the people you actually follow, with a daily limit you set. Turn pieces back on one switch at a time if you want them. WAKE UP FOR REAL Alarms you can't swipe away. Solve a math problem, walk the steps, shout it off, or do push-ups counted by the camera. Optional morning lockdown keeps every app shut until the challenge is done. NORTH Your daily routine as a set of habits with times, streaks and stacking, so one habit pulls the next one along. THE VERDICT Every day ends HELD or SLIPPED, judged on what you actually did, not how you felt about it. A streak you can't fake, with one repair a month if life happens. ALSO IN OATH Pomodoro focus timer. Winter Arc, a season-long commitment with its own habits and day counter. Tasks with a brain dump that turns a wall of text into a list. A library that scans your books and keeps your notes. Home screen widgets for the day count, the daily line and your routine. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Which apps you block, and how long you use them, never leaves your phone. Apple's Screen Time handles it on the device. We can't see it and don't want to. OATH+ Oath+ is an auto-renewable subscription billed through your Apple account. Payment is charged at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://shavit17.github.io/oath-legal/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://shavit17.github.io/oath-legal/privacy/

Screenshots

StoicLock4 screens
Oath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Oath at none against StoicLock's shown. StoicLock's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. StoicLock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Oath sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $8.00 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StoicLock ships an update weekly, Oath every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
StoicLock versus Oath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStoicLockOath
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB159 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperRamin AfandiyevYael Brosh

In-app purchases

3 purchases

StoicLock

Subscriptions2
  • StoicLock Pro — Weekly$3.997 Days
  • StoicLock Pro — Annual$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • StoicLock Pro — Lifetime$99.99
5 purchases

Oath

Subscriptions4
  • Stoic+ Weekly$8.007 Days
  • Stoic+$14.991 Month
  • Stoic+ Yearly Offer3 Days trial$24.991 Year
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  • Stoic+3 Days trial$38.001 Year
One-time1
  • Stoik+ Lifetime$180.99

Questions

Is StoicLock free?
StoicLock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Oath free?
Oath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StoicLock or Oath have ads?
StoicLock shows ads; Oath does not.
Which is updated more often, StoicLock or Oath?
StoicLock ships an update weekly, and Oath every 6 days. Most recently, StoicLock was updated on October 18, 2026 and Oath on October 25, 2026.

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