Comparison

Locklify vs Meowchi

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

Head to head
About

Locklify

This app transforms your phone unlocks into quick study sessions. Before accessing distracting apps, you'll answer quizzes, review flashcards, or complete focus challenges to build consistent learning habits.

Highlights
  • Answer short quizzes
  • Review flashcards
  • Complete focus challenges
  • Custom study collections
  • On-device study history
  • Flexible challenge types
Features
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Locklify helps you build a consistent study habit before distraction takes over. With Locklify, opening social apps becomes a quick learning checkpoint: - Answer a short quiz - Review a flashcard - Complete a mini focus challenge Instead of relying on willpower, Locklify turns everyday unlock moments into small, repeatable study reps. Important: An active subscription is required to use Locklify features. Why students use Locklify - Build study consistency without long cramming sessions - Review actively with flashcards and quizzes - Create custom collections for exam prep - Use challenge gates before distracting apps - Keep study content and unlock history on-device Designed for real daily use - Quick sessions (seconds, not hours) - Flexible challenge types - Works with existing phone habits - Clear in-app setup guidance Whether you’re preparing for quizzes, finals, or weekly revision, Locklify helps you study first—then scroll. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Meowchi

Features
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Focus feels easier when someone's waiting for you. Meet Meowchi, a little cat who makes mochi while you focus. Set your timer, get to work, and Meowchi settles in beside you and starts making mochi while you do your thing. Finish your session and the mochi is yours to keep. Spend it on furniture, plants, a warm little lamp — whatever makes the place feel like home. Decorate the room, unlock new spaces, and watch a bare little corner slowly turn into a cozy cat home that's entirely yours. The quiet part? While you're furnishing Meowchi's room, you're building a real focus habit in the background. Your effort stops being invisible. It turns into something you can see, and something you actually get to keep. HOW MEOWCHI WORKS • Set a focus timer for studying, work, reading, drawing, writing, or anything you've been putting off • Turn on Deep Focus to block distracting apps when you need a little extra help staying on track • Pick ambient sounds and music until your focus space feels just right • Complete focus sessions and earn mochi • Trade mochi for furniture and decorate your room however you like • Unlock new spaces as you keep focusing • Check Focus Stats and watch your progress add up KIND BY DESIGN No streaks to guilt-trip you. No wilting plants when you miss a day. A rough day still counts. Five minutes still counts. Meowchi is just happy you showed up. Come back tomorrow, next week, or whenever you're ready. You can always start again at your own pace. Focus should feel like looking after yourself, not punishing yourself. MADE FOR MINDS THAT WANDER Meowchi is ADHD-friendly by design: soft structure, visible rewards, fewer distractions, and a little company while you focus. Made for students, freelancers, remote workers, creatives, and anyone who finds it easier to get things done when someone else is there too. Meowchi's already waiting by the timer. Come make some mochi and build a home together. Make Focus Feel Like Home. Term of Use: https://www.meowchi.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.meowchi.app/privacy

Screenshots

Locklify4 screens
Meowchi3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Locklify at every 8 days against Meowchi's every 3 weeks. Meowchi's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Locklify sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Meowchi sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Locklify ships an update every 8 days, Meowchi every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Locklify versus Meowchi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocklifyMeowchi
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB508 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDat Nguyen ThanhPham Minh Tram

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Locklify

Subscriptions1
  • Premium yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$4.99
3 purchases

Meowchi

Subscriptions2
  • Meowchi Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Meowchi Pro - Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Meowchi Pro - Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Locklify free?
Locklify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meowchi free?
Meowchi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Locklify or Meowchi have ads?
Neither Locklify nor Meowchi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Locklify or Meowchi?
Locklify ships an update every 8 days, and Meowchi every 3 weeks. Most recently, Locklify was updated on September 20, 2026 and Meowchi on September 3, 2026.

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