Comparison

AppLocker vs Craving Cat

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

Head to head
About

AppLocker

This utility app helps you protect your privacy by locking individual applications and sensitive content. It offers customizable rules, multiple authentication methods like fingerprint and facial recognition, and prevents unauthorized app installations or purchases.

Highlights
  • App locking for privacy
  • Customizable time/location rules
  • Fingerprint and facial recognition
  • Prevent app installation/deletion
  • Website blacklist/whitelist
  • Local data encryption
Features
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Protecting privacy has never been so simple The invisible lock is a privacy and security tool specifically designed for iOS. It helps you lock apps, lock sensitive content, and make your phone more secure and reassuring Key functional highlights - Privacy protection: Restrict/lock selected apps to establish a private space. - Application management: Flexible management of application groups. - Custom rules: Set time periods or locations to lock or restrict applications. - Safe and reliable: Provides fingerprint recognition, facial recognition, and password lock protection. - More restrictions: prohibiting the installation/deletion of apps, banning in-app purchases, requiring passwords for payments, and implementing website blacklist and whitelist filtering, etc. We deeply understand each user's desire for privacy, and thus have developed a robust application protection system. Privacy First: All data is encrypted locally and not uploaded to the cloud, ensuring that privacy-sensitive applications are truly private Efficient and lightweight: With an extremely small application size, it does not affect the phone's operating speed Humanized design: A simple and user-friendly interface that even novices can quickly get started with Comprehensive protection: Supports locking all application types, ensuring no privacy-sensitive applications are overlooked Multiple authentication methods: password, fingerprint, and facial recognition, allowing for flexible combinations and enhanced security. For bank payments, app access, or private files, the privacy lock ensures that only you can access them, providing peace of mind when using your phone - Privacy Policy: https://docs.qq.com/doc/DZHhpbWlYWVFOQ2x5 - Premium membership terms: https://docs.qq.com/doc/DZGpvUXpZc0VOc0RN - Refund: The subscription fee for the current period is non-refundable. Please ensure that the functional services meet your needs. - Unsubscribe: If you need to cancel the renewal, please operate the cancellation at least 24 hours in advance. You can cancel it by following these steps: open System Settings - click on Apple ID - click on Subscriptions - select the AppLock subscription, and then cancel the subscription.

About

Craving Cat

Features
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Craving Cat helps you interrupt compulsive app use before it turns into another long scroll. Instead of guilt or shame, it gives you a gentle pause right when you need it: when you are about to reopen the apps you keep getting stuck in. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Choose the apps that are hardest to stop • Set a daily total limit and a single-session limit for each app • Use Apple's Screen Time protection to block impulse re-entry • Long-press the cat for a brief breathing reset • Keep setup free, then unlock native protection with trial, monthly, or one-time access WHY IT FEELS DIFFERENT Craving Cat is built for digital wellbeing, not self-judgment. No shame-driven charts. No productivity theater. Just a real pause, a softer visual language, and a breathing moment that helps you step out of autopilot. BEST FOR • Social media doomscrolling • Repeated impulse opens • Late-night overuse • People who want a kinder app blocker Craving Cat uses Apple's Screen Time APIs. You choose what to manage, and your data stays on-device.

Screenshots

AppLocker4 screens
Craving Cat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AppLocker at 16 against Craving Cat's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AppLocker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Craving Cat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AppLocker ships an update every 3 weeks, Craving Cat every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
AppLocker versus Craving Cat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAppLockerCraving Cat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer岸鹏 高皓东 马

In-app purchases

4 purchases

AppLocker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Annual Premium3 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time2
  • Tea for author$0.99
  • Lifetime$19.99
2 purchases

Craving Cat

Subscriptions1
  • Craving Cat Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Craving Cat Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is AppLocker free?
AppLocker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Craving Cat free?
Craving Cat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AppLocker or Craving Cat have ads?
Neither AppLocker nor Craving Cat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AppLocker or Craving Cat?
AppLocker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Craving Cat every 11 days. Most recently, AppLocker was updated on November 5, 2026 and Craving Cat on November 5, 2026.

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