Pastbeep vs LearnLocker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Pastbeep
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Pastbeep turns your phone into a time machine. You pick a moment in history β and live through it as if it were happening right now. Notifications land exactly when the original event took place. To the minute. Sometimes during your lunch break, sometimes at half past two in the morning. The when is part of the story. More gripping than any history book could ever be. REAL TIME Moon landing, Cuban Missile Crisis, the sinking of the Titanic: Pastbeep puts you in the room, minute by minute. No hindsight, no summary β you know exactly as much as the people back then, at the very moment they knew it. DEPTH, WITH SOURCES Every event has a deeper layer. Tap a notification and you'll find the background: maps, period photographs, original recordings, diary entries β with a source cited for every detail, so you can keep digging on your own. TRUTH OVER DRAMA No punched-up infotainment. The content draws on tapes, wireless logs, ship's logs, inquiry reports and eyewitness accounts. Where the sources are thin, we say so β instead of dramatising the gaps. A CATALOGUE THAT GROWS Technological leaps, political turning points, cultural awakenings, personal fates β from antiquity well into the 20th century. A different adventure for every mood. STEP IN Some adventures can be walked. Pastbeep tracks your phone's step count and shows where you'd be right now if you were running from Marathon to Athens 2,500 years ago β with a map, stage notes, and everything you'd have met along the way. ALREADY IN THE CATALOGUE β’ Cuban Missile Crisis β 13 days at the brink of nuclear war (free) β’ Apollo 11 β nine days to the Moon and back (free) β’ The Marathon Run β 40 km from the battlefield to Athens, walkable (free) β’ The Sinking of the Titanic β five days from Southampton to the ice β’ The French Revolution β seven days in July 1789, from the storming of the Bastille to the king's cockade NO ACCOUNT NEEDED No login, no tracking theatre. Download, pick an adventure, go. Three adventures are free; more are available as a one-time purchase β no subscription. English and German. From Irubi Labs β a small lab in Hannover, Germany.
LearnLocker
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Your apps stay locked until you've done your studying. LearnLocker turns studying into the unlock key for your apps. Pick what gets shielded, choose your daily unlock gate, and earn access when you finish. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps you want locked 2. Set your unlock gate: Flashcards or Quiz 3. Finish today's studying for that gate 4. Your apps open, then re-lock when more study is due or your unlock window ends. Midnight always resets the lock. FLASHCARDS Import Anki decks or spreadsheets and review with spaced repetition. Clear today's reviews and new cards to unlock when Flashcards is your gate. Apps re-lock if reviews pile up, so you study again to get back in. Reviews stay on your device. AI QUIZZES Upload a PDF, Word doc, or photo. LearnLocker turns your notes into a quiz. Pass your unlock quizzes to open apps for a timed window when Quiz is your gate. When the window ends, pass them again to unlock. RE-LOCK Access is earned, not all-day. Flashcards re-lock when your review pile grows. Quizzes re-lock when your unlock window ends. A new day always starts locked. Study again to unlock. BUILT FOR FOCUS β’ One unlock gate at a time β’ Daily streaks and progress tracking β’ App shielding powered by Appleβs Screen Time frameworks β’ No accounts, no ads, no selling your data SUBSCRIPTION LearnLocker requires a subscription after onboarding. Monthly or yearly. The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID through the App Store. Stay off your apps. Stay on your goals. Terms of Use (EULA): https://learnlocker.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://learnlocker.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pastbeep at 15.1 against LearnLocker's 17.0. 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. Pastbeep sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and LearnLocker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Pastbeep | LearnLocker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan Thomas Michaelsen | Robert Maeda |
In-app purchases
Pastbeep
- Titanic 1912$0.49
- French Revolution 1789$0.49
LearnLocker
- Learn Locker$9.991 Month
- Learn Locker7 Days trial$59.991 Year





