Comparison

On The Lock vs YourKeep

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

Head to head
About

On The Lock

This app allows you to display a single, important note, to-do list, or photo directly on your device's Lock Screen. It offers customization options for text, layout, and background, with features like reminders and iCloud backup.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen memo display
  • To-do list integration
  • Photo display on Lock Screen
  • Customizable layouts and appearance
  • Reminders and D-day tracking
  • iCloud backup
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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On The Lock is a simple memo app that keeps one important thing visible on your Lock Screen. On The Lock helps you keep quick notes, todos, photos, and today’s context where you actually notice them: the Lock Screen. Write a memo the moment it comes to mind, turn it into today’s todos, and keep your next step visible with Live Activity. Use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for quick capture and check-off. Add photos for visual context, connect Calendar for today’s remaining events, set a target date/D-day, and customize layouts, colors, text size, alignment, and background skins. Organize with categories, reminders, completed items, archives, iCloud backup, and an option to hide sensitive content while your device is locked. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

YourKeep

This app offers a local-first backup solution, encrypting and splitting your files into multiple pieces stored across your existing trusted storage. It ensures your data remains private, portable, and recoverable without relying on a company's cloud or servers.

Highlights
  • Local-first backup
  • End-to-end encryption
  • File splitting for security
  • Recovery from partial backups
  • Utilizes existing storage
  • No vendor lock-in
Features
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Your backup shouldn't depend on any company. YourKeep is a private, local-first file backup and encryption app. Protect important files with encryption and resilient splitting, or split files for redundant storage without using a recovery phrase. PROTECT YOUR IMPORTANT FILES Protect encrypts your files locally before splitting them into multiple pieces. Store those pieces across cloud drives, NAS devices, external drives, computers, or other locations you already trust. If one storage location becomes unavailable, your files can still be recovered from the remaining required pieces. • Local file encryption • Resilient multi-piece backup • Protect files up to 2 MB for free • No account required • No dedicated backup server • Store pieces wherever you choose • Recover anytime SPLIT WITHOUT ENCRYPTION Sometimes you need redundancy without encryption. Split lets you divide a file into multiple recoverable pieces without creating or using a recovery phrase. Keep the pieces in different locations and recover the original from the required number of pieces. Split does not encrypt your files. For private or sensitive data, use Protect. RECOVER WITHOUT LOCK-IN YourKeep backups are designed to remain under your control. Recovery does not depend on a YourKeep account or backup server. YourKeep automatically recognizes supported backup formats and determines whether a recovery phrase is required. Recovery is always free. BUILT FOR THE LONG TERM Apps come and go. Cloud providers change. Storage services evolve. Your backup should remain yours. YourKeep is built around a simple principle: Your backup shouldn't depend on YourKeep. Keep family photos, important documents, recovery keys, digital assets, private archives, and other files recoverable across the storage you already use. LOCAL-FIRST. OPEN. YOURS. • Private file backup • Encrypted backup • Offline file protection • File splitting and redundancy • Cross-platform recovery • Open recovery format • No vendor lock-in • No account • No backup server Your files. Your storage. Your backup.

Screenshots

On The Lock4 screens
YourKeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: YourKeep at none against On The Lock's shown. YourKeep also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On The Lock's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. On The Lock sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and YourKeep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for On The Lock against 5.0 for YourKeep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of On The Lock's written reviews are positive against 100% of YourKeep's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

On The Lock ships an update every 4 days, YourKeep weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
On The Lock versus YourKeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOn The LockYourKeep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJayAppGang Huang

Customer experience

On The Lock

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

YourKeep

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

On The Lock

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime Premium (Discount)$12.99
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99
  • Lifetime Premium$34.99
1 purchases

YourKeep

One-time1
  • YourKeep Pro$9.99

Questions

Is On The Lock free?
On The Lock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is YourKeep free?
YourKeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, On The Lock or YourKeep?
On The Lock and YourKeep are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do On The Lock or YourKeep have ads?
On The Lock shows ads; YourKeep does not.
Which is updated more often, On The Lock or YourKeep?
On The Lock ships an update every 4 days, and YourKeep weekly. Most recently, On The Lock was updated on October 25, 2026 and YourKeep on October 10, 2026.

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