Comparison

Lockify vs Screen Time Blocker

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

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Lockify

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LOCKIFY โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” and honesty drives real change. PRESETS โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” "just put your phone down" โ€” 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 โ€” 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/

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Screen Time Blocker

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Your phone is not the problem. The four hours it takes without asking, that is the problem. Copal blocks the apps that pull you in and gives you back the hours you did not know you were losing. Set one rule. Copal holds the line, even on the days you would rather it did not. BLOCK WHAT ACTUALLY DISTRACTS YOU Pick your distracting apps and websites once. Copal guards them with Apple Screen Time, so a block actually holds instead of sitting one tap away. FOUR WAYS TO SET A RULE โ€ข Session: shut everything down for 30 minutes, an hour, or until you say stop โ€ข Schedule: recurring windows, like 9 to 5 on weekdays or every night after 10 โ€ข Time Limit: 45 minutes a day on the apps you choose, then they close โ€ข Open Limit: 10 opens a day, because most of them were never on purpose HARD MODE, FOR THE DAYS YOU NEED IT A normal block asks you to stop and think. Hard Mode makes walking away from your own rule cost something. Turn on Disable Resets and you cannot talk your way out of it. A CHECK-IN, NOT JUST A WALL Open a blocked app and Copal reminds you what you promised yourself, then asks if you still want in. Most of the time the answer is no. AUTOFOCUS KEEPS YOU HONEST Set a daily goal. Copal nudges you 15 minutes before you reach it, again when you pass it, and once more an hour later. Quiet, well timed, never nagging. SEE THE TIME YOU TOOK BACK Your week, day by day and app by app. Protected hours, current streak, longest run, and cards that turn the numbers into something you can feel. "You protected 9 hours this week. That is three novels you could have finished." A COMPANION THAT GROWS WITH YOU Every focused hour hardens into copal, a piece of amber stone. Your koala holds on to it and glows a little brighter as your streak grows. Rest a day and it rests with you. Keep going and you unlock new milestones for your collection. WIDGETS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Your streak and your active rules, sitting right where you unlock. A reminder before you even open anything. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Copal runs on Apple Screen Time. Apple never tells us which apps you picked, only how many. Your usage data stays on your phone. Available in 13 languages. Two hours a day is 30 days a year. Start with one rule. PREMIUM The free plan covers one app per rule. Premium unlocks unlimited rules, unlimited app blocking, and every feature always on. Start with a free trial and cancel any time. Privacy policy: https://app.notion.com/p/Privacy-Policy-for-Copal-3aed885fc93080e6b119d6301d714009?source Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Contact us: info@appricott.ai

Screenshots

Lockify4 screens
Screen Time Blocker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Screen Time Blocker at 16.4 against Lockify's 18.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Lockify sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Screen Time Blocker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Lockify versus Screen Time Blocker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockifyScreen Time Blocker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.516.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size14 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSafak Selim SofiogluAPPRICOTT DIJITAL TEKNOLOJI VE YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Lockify

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Lockify Pro Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Lockify Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$14.99
3 purchases

Screen Time Blocker

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly Offer$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Lockify free?
Lockify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screen Time Blocker free?
Screen Time Blocker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lockify or Screen Time Blocker have ads?
Neither Lockify nor Screen Time Blocker shows ads.

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