Comparison

LockHour Pro vs ScreenLocation

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

Head to head
About

LockHour Pro

Features
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Optimized for iPhone Duo. Built with the latest SDK, the app fills the entire inner display and automatically adjusts its layout whether the device is folded or open. Lock distracting apps and websites until your timer ends β€” then they come back on their own. Pick a mode and tap once: Study Mode runs Pomodoro-style cycles, Deep Work protects a full block, and Sleep Wind Down helps you put the phone down at night. Turn on Hard Mode and stopping early takes a 60-second cooldown plus a typed confirmation, so you quit on purpose, not on impulse. WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT β€’ One tap to focus β€” start a session and your chosen apps are shielded instantly β€’ A beautiful countdown that makes focused time feel rewarding β€’ Build streaks and watch your reclaimed hours add up FOCUS MODES FOR EVERY MOMENT β€’ Quick Focus β€” a short lock to get started β€’ Deep Work β€” protect a serious work block β€’ Study Mode β€” Pomodoro-style cycles with breaks β€’ Sleep Wind Down β€” stop late-night scrolling β€’ Morning Reset β€” start your day before the scroll β€’ Custom β€” set your own length HARD MODE Add a calm moment of friction before you can stop early β€” a cooldown and a confirmation that help you choose intentionally. INSIGHTS THAT MOTIVATE See today’s focused time, weekly charts, streaks, and how many hours you’ve reclaimed. WIDGETS & LIVE ACTIVITY Glance at your progress from the Home and Lock Screen, and watch your session count down in the Dynamic Island. PRIVATE BY DESIGN β€’ No account, ever β€’ No ads β€’ No tracking, no third-party analytics β€’ Your data never leaves your device PAY ONCE. FOCUS FOREVER. One simple purchase unlocks everything. No subscription. No hidden fees. Your attention is worth protecting. Start your first focus session today. Optimized for iPhone Duo.

About

ScreenLocation

Features
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Block the apps you lose time to, at the places you lose it. ScreenLocation notices the places you go, names them using Apple's own map data, and lets you shut distracting apps off while you are there. Block social media at your desk. Block games at the gym. They come back on their own the moment you leave. You never tag a location, name a place, or confirm anything. SET A LIMIT - Pick a place, pick the apps, done - Those apps are blocked while you are there and released when you leave - Turn a limit off for an afternoon without deleting it - Limits follow the place, not a schedule you have to maintain SEE WHERE IT GOES - Screen time attributed to each place you visit - Ranked, so you can see which places actually cost you - Every day charted by place, over any date range - Every place gets a street address, whether or not a business was identified HOW THE NAMING WORKS Home and Work are worked out purely from your own pattern - where your phone spends its nights, and where it spends weekday working hours. Anywhere else, the app asks Apple's map data what business sits at that spot. If nothing is listed, it uses the street name. It will not guess. If two shops sit side by side and a visit cannot tell them apart, it shows the address and offers you the choice. PRIVACY Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-in, no sync, no analytics, no ads, no third parties. The only network use is a single map lookup when a brand-new place is first detected, so that it can be given a name. FREE TRIAL, THEN ONE PAYMENT Everything is unlocked for 7 days. After that, tracking and the limits you have already set keep working. Adding new limits and the Trends tab need a one-time $1.99 purchase - kept for good, on every device signed in to your Apple Account. No subscription. WHAT IT NEEDS - "Always" location access, so places can be detected while the app is closed. It uses Apple's low-power visit monitoring, not continuous GPS tracking. - Screen Time access, Apple's own permission for setting app limits and reading usage. A NOTE ON ACCURACY iOS does not give third-party apps a live running total of usage, so per-place minutes are estimated from usage thresholds and will not add up exactly to the figure in Settings. Time spent travelling between places is deliberately left out rather than assigned to whichever place happened to be nearest. Apple's own exact daily total is shown inside the app so you can always compare.

Screenshots

LockHour Pro4 screens
ScreenLocation4 screens

Verdict

The call

LockHour Pro and ScreenLocation are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. LockHour Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ScreenLocation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
LockHour Pro versus ScreenLocation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockHour ProScreenLocation
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuan Feng LaiAndrew Meyers

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LockHour Pro

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$4.99
1 purchases

ScreenLocation

One-time1
  • Trends$1.99

Questions

Is LockHour Pro free?
LockHour Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScreenLocation free?
ScreenLocation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LockHour Pro or ScreenLocation have ads?
Neither LockHour Pro nor ScreenLocation shows ads.

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