Comparison

Lockout vs Hot Temple

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

Head to head
About

Lockout

This app helps you focus during workouts by blocking distracting apps and providing loud audio cues if you exceed rest periods. It offers structured workout plans, automatic PR detection, and running coaching with pace cues. Your data is stored privately in iCloud, with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • App blocking during workouts
  • Loud rest period interruptions
  • Structured sets and rest plans
  • Automatic PR detection
  • Running pace coaching
  • Music integration (Apple Music/Spotify)
  • Live Activities and Apple Watch support
Features
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Stop scrolling. Start lifting. Lockout is a workout timer that fights for your attention span. Run long on a rest period and it interrupts you instantly with a siren, an air horn, or an aggressive music switch, because you don't want it to. Turn on Total Lockout and every other app is blocked for the length of your workout. Phone down, head up, no Instagram between sets. LIFT • Structured sets-and-rest plans, or a one-tap freeform rest timer • Loud interruptions when you run over on rest, and you choose how loud • Total Lockout blocks distracting apps until your workout ends • A plate calculator and "same as last" make logging a set take seconds • Automatic PR detection. Beat your number and the trophy just lands • Progress charts that zoom to your real range RUN • Run Mode coaches your pace out loud with live "pick it up" and "ease off" cues • Choose a distance, a goal time, a race target, or HIIT intervals • Outdoor or treadmill, with incline you set up front or change mid-run • Live mile splits, a finish prediction, and your route on the map • RunLock blocks TikTok, texts, and the rest for the whole run. Emergency calls always get through • Forgot to track one? Log it by hand. Run history keeps your PRs YOUR MUSIC, YOUR SERVICE • Apple Music or Spotify, whichever you already pay for • Auto-plays when you start, ducks for voice cues, reacts to interruptions • Spotify control requires Spotify Premium and the Spotify app EVERYWHERE YOU TRAIN • Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • An Apple Watch timer with one-tap set ends, and auto-pause when you pull your AirPods • Streaks, history, and one-tap resume of your last routine • Light, dark, and bold themes, including Charged Built for the people behind you. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your workouts live in your iCloud. No accounts. No servers. No ads. We don't track you. We don't sell your data. We don't have your data. LOCKOUT IS A SUBSCRIPTION No tiers. No upsells. No "premium features unlocked." You get everything above, every update we ship, and an app that respects your training time. Try it free, keep it if you keep lifting. Terms of Use: https://www.castleground.co/lockout-workout-timer-terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.castleground.co/lockout-workout-timer-privacy-policy

About

Hot Temple

Features
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Download the Hot Temple App today to plan and schedule your classes! From this mobile App you can view class schedules, sign-up for classes, as well as view the studio’s location information. Optimise your time and maximize the convenience of signing up for classes from your device! Download this App today!

Screenshots

Lockout4 screens
Hot Temple3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hot Temple at none against Lockout's 3. Hot Temple also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Lockout sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Hot Temple asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lockout ships an update fortnightly, Hot Temple daily. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Lockout versus Hot Temple: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockoutHot Temple
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB193 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCastleground LLCHot Temple

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lockout

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium Plan3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Premium Plan Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Annual Premium Plan7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Hot Temple

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lockout free?
Lockout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hot Temple free?
Hot Temple is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lockout or Hot Temple have ads?
Neither Lockout nor Hot Temple shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lockout or Hot Temple?
Lockout ships an update fortnightly, and Hot Temple daily. Most recently, Lockout was updated on October 13, 2026 and Hot Temple on October 14, 2026.

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