Flashcard Blocker vs LingoLock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashcard Blocker
Transform idle screen time into vocabulary learning opportunities. This app blocks distracting apps, replacing your urge to scroll with educational flashcards. Learn new words passively throughout the day without dedicated study sessions.
- Smart app blocker for social media and video apps
- Vocabulary flashcards on every phone unlock
- Spaced repetition learning algorithm
- 1,080+ curated words or custom lists
- Streak tracking for daily learning habits
- Focus and Dumb Phone modes
- 100% offline and private
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LearnScreen combines vocabulary practice with limits on distracting apps. Choose a built-in word set or add your own words. Review them with flashcards and spaced repetition. Select the apps you want to limit, choose a blocking mode, and set the days and times when it applies. Use short reviews and time earned through practice to manage access to your selected apps. Learning and access options depend on the mode you choose. Start with words you want to remember and a schedule that fits your routine. Terms of Use: https://learnscreen.vercel.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://learnscreen.vercel.app/privacy.html
LingoLock
Transform unproductive screen time into language learning. This app blocks distracting applications, requiring users to complete vocabulary lessons to regain access. Learn Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, and more through engaging, science-backed methods.
- App blocking
- Vocabulary lessons
- Spaced repetition
- Audio pronunciation
- Multiple languages
- Screen time conversion
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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
Flashcard Blocker and LingoLock are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Flashcard Blocker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month 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 Flashcard Blocker against 5.0 for LingoLock. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Flashcard Blocker ships an update weekly, LingoLock every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashcard Blocker | LingoLock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roman Grunin | Will Morphy |
Customer experience
Flashcard Blocker
LingoLock
In-app purchases
Flashcard Blocker
- PRO - Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- PRO - annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- PRO - Lifetime$59.99
LingoLock
- Monthly$6.991 Month
- LingoLock Pro$8.997 Days
- Quarterly$17.993 Months
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- Annual1 Year trial$44.991 Year
- LingoLock Annual subscription1 Year trial$66.901 Year
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