Morning Unlock vs almost ready
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Morning Unlock
This app helps you build a better morning routine by locking distracting apps until you prove you're out of bed. It uses AI to verify photos of designated objects, encouraging users to start their day productively and build streaks with friends.
- App locking until out of bed
- AI photo verification of proof objects
- Social leaderboards and friend challenges
- Streak building and freeze days
- Sleep tracking and analysis
- Evening downtime app blocking
- Private encrypted journal
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The morning is a competition. Are you winning? Your friends are already up. Their streaks are growing. Meanwhile, you're on your fifth snooze, half-awake, scrolling in bed. Morning Unlock changes that. BUILD A MORNING YOU'RE PROUD OF Join a community of people who actually get out of bed. Add friends, share your wake-up, and climb the leaderboard one morning at a time. A streak is more powerful when someone else can see it. HOW IT WORKS When your alarm goes off, your most distracting apps stay locked. To unlock them, get up and snap a photo of something across the room—your toothbrush, coffee machine, running shoes, or water bottle—and AI confirms you're actually out of bed. No snooze button you can tap with your eyes closed. You have to physically move. - Set your wake time and choose which apps to block - Pick your proof object: toothbrush, coffee machine, running shoes, water bottle, book, yoga mat, breakfast, or keys. More on the way. - Snap a photo — AI confirms it's real and then unlocks your day - Build a streak. Earn freeze days for the mornings life happens. MORE THAN AN ALARM - Sleep tracking — with sleep scores and trends - Evening downtime — wind down by blocking apps before bed - Morning mood check-ins — a quick pulse on how you woke up - Private journal — encrypted, just for you - Lazy days — schedule a morning off without breaking your streak DO IT WITH FRIENDS - Add friends and see who's already up - Streak leaderboards and challenges - Share your morning wins—a little accountability goes a long way PREMIUM Unlock insights, encrypted journal, evening downtime, custom challenges, and more with Premium. Try it free for 3 days. Premium is $2.99/month or $24.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://colorfulaura.co/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
almost ready
This app creates backward schedules from your deadlines, offering real-time pace tracking that adapts to changes. It features lock screen countdowns, smart timing that learns task durations, and a focus mode to keep you on track. It also includes insights into your pacing and a habit tracker for accountability.
- Backward schedule building from deadlines
- Real-time, adaptive pace tracking
- Live Activity countdowns and Dynamic Island integration
- Smart timing that learns task durations
- Focus mode for task concentration
- Habit tracking for accountability
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Tell it when you need to be ready. almost ready builds your schedule backward and keeps you on pace, in real time. WHAT YOU GET • A schedule built backward from your deadline • Real-time pace tracking that adjusts as plans change • Live Activity countdown on your lock screen + Dynamic Island • Smart timing that learns how long your tasks really take • A live ETA link to send instead of "omw" • Saved templates so a repeat day is one tap away • Focus mode that keeps you on the task in front of you • Insights into how you actually pace yourself • A habit tracker to keep yourself accountable MADE FOR mornings, nights out, flights, hosting, deadlines, bedtimes... every "I'm almost ready" you've ever said and meant. Fall behind, it tells you what to cut. Get ahead, it shows you the breathing room you earned. almost ready, always on time. almost ready requires an auto-renewing subscription to access all features after the free trial. Choose a plan: • Monthly — $4.99/month after a 7-day free trial • Annual — $39.99/year after a 7-day free trial Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Privacy Policy: https://almost-ready.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://almost-ready.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Morning Unlock at 5.0 against almost ready's 4.5. Morning Unlock also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription). almost ready's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Morning Unlock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and almost ready sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Morning Unlock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 24 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Morning Unlock ships an update monthly, almost ready daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Morning Unlock | almost ready |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 4.5 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Colorful Aura Inc. | Claudia Ondecker |
Customer experience
Morning Unlock
almost ready
In-app purchases
Morning Unlock
- Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
almost ready
- Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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