Lockify vs Screen Time Control
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Lockify
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LOCKIFY β APP BLOCKER & FOCUS TIMER You open your phone to check one thing. Ten minutes later you're on Instagram. Twenty minutes after that, TikTok. An hour gone. Nothing done. This isn't a willpower problem. It's a design problem. Every app on your phone is engineered by a team of thousands to keep you scrolling. You're fighting billion-dollar algorithms with good intentions alone. Lockify changes the game. It locks the apps you choose β for real. Not a reminder. Not a nudge. A real lock, enforced at the system level, that stays on until your session ends. No sneaking. No cheating. Just focus. FOCUS MODE β POMODORO THE WAY IT SHOULD WORK Choose your apps. Set your duration. Hit start. Lockify locks every selected app and starts your countdown. Work in focused sprints β 25, 40, or 60 minutes, whatever fits your brain. Take short or long breaks between sessions. Your apps stay locked through breaks too, because we know exactly what happens the moment you unlock them. When your session ends, see how long you focused, how many sessions you completed, and what your current streak looks like. Then decide: keep going, or call it a great day. LOCK MODE β HOURS, DAYS, YOUR CALL Sometimes you need more than a work session. Sometimes you need to lock Twitter for a week. Or Instagram for the entire weekend. Or every social app until you finish that project. Lock Mode lets you set a lock for any duration β from one hour to seven full days. The lock stays active even if you close Lockify, restart your phone, or reinstall the app. It lives at the operating system level. It means business. Want to unlock early? You can. But you'll have to confirm it deliberately, and Lockify will record it. Accountability is part of the product. POMODORO TIMER β BUILT FOR REAL SESSIONS The classic Pomodoro technique works, and Lockify builds on it. Set your session length, your short break, your long break, and how many sessions before a long break kicks in. Everything adapts to how you actually work β not how productivity gurus think you should. The timer runs in the background. Your phone stays locked, your apps stay blocked, and the clock keeps ticking. STREAKS & STATISTICS β NUMBERS THAT MOTIVATE What gets measured gets done. Lockify tracks everything: Daily focus minutes Weekly totals and trends Monthly progress charts Session completion rate Your longest streak ever Average session length Check your stats after a productive day and feel proud. Use them as fuel after a rough week. The numbers are honest β and honesty drives real change. PRESETS β ONE TAP TO LOCK IN You have a morning deep work routine. An afternoon study block. An evening wind-down. Stop rebuilding them from scratch every single time. Save any session as a preset β apps to block, duration, break settings, everything. Give it a name. Next time, one tap and you're locked in. Your best configurations, always one tap away. BUILT FOR ADHD BRAINS If you have ADHD, you already know: knowing you should focus and actually focusing are two completely different things. The standard advice β "just put your phone down" β doesn't work when your brain is wired to seek novelty every thirty seconds. Lockify creates the external structure your brain needs. When an app is locked, the dopamine loop is broken before it starts. There's nothing to open. Nothing to scroll. The decision has already been made β you made it when you started your session, at your best, before the distraction even had a chance. Thousands of people with ADHD use Lockify every day to study, work, write, code, and create. Not because they fixed their brains. Because they stopped fighting them and gave themselves the right tools. Lockify uses Apple's Screen Time API to enforce blocks at the OS level. Your data stays on your device. No account required. Download Lockify. Block the apps. Do the work. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Screen Time Control
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Take back your attention with Unsway, a calm app and website blocker for iPhone. Choose the apps and websites that distract you. Start Quick Focus in seconds, use a timer that fits your day, or create automatic schedules for work, study, evenings, and sleep. WHAT YOU CAN DO β’ Block selected apps and websites β’ Start a manual Quick Focus session whenever you need it β’ Choose 30 minutes, 1 hour, until you turn it off, or a custom duration β’ Create focus modes for different moments β’ Run schedules automatically in the background β’ Use Locked Mode when you want a commitment you cannot end early β’ See focused time, completed sessions, completion rate, and streaks FREE AND PRO Free includes one focus mode and manual Quick Focus. Unsway Pro unlocks additional modes, automatic schedules, Locked Mode, and full progress insights. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Unsway uses Appleβs Screen Time frameworks to apply your choices on your device. Your selected apps and websites are represented by private system tokens and are not sent to our analytics services. Less pull. More intention. Terms: https://unswayapp.com/terms/ Privacy: https://unswayapp.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Screen Time Control at 16.0 against Lockify's 18.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Lockify sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Screen Time Control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Lockify | Screen Time Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 16.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Safak Selim Sofioglu | Ihor Bilohubov |
In-app purchases
Lockify
- Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Lockify Pro Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Lockify Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$14.99
Screen Time Control
- Unsway Monthly$8.991 Month
- Unsway Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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