EarnLock: App Blocker & Focus
Your steps unlock screen time
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Move first. Scroll later. EarnLock locks distracting apps until you earn them back with real activity. Free for one app, private, and on-device. Family Sharing included.
Your screen time, earned not given.
EarnLock locks Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and other distracting apps until you hit a daily movement goal — tracked by Apple Health, verified by your real steps.
Walk first. Scroll later.
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HOW EARNLOCK WORKS
Pick the apps you want to lock — social media, video, games, anything distracting. Set a daily activity goal: steps, active minutes, or calories. Until you hit your goal, those apps stay locked. When you hit it, they unlock automatically for the rest of the day.
No willpower needed. No timer to ignore. Apple Health is the judge.
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WHAT MAKES EARNLOCK DIFFERENT
Movement is the unlock. Most blockers rely on timers, friction prompts, or guilt. Those work for an hour, then you tap past them. EarnLock uses your real-world activity — which can't be cheated.
Honest pricing. A free tier that actually works: lock one app, track real steps, see your progress. No 3-day trial that auto-bills, no countdown timers, no dark patterns. Family Sharing is included on every paid plan, for up to 6 people.
Private by design. Everything runs on your device. Your activity data, your blocked-app choices, your streaks — none of it ever leaves your iPhone. No servers, no analytics, no third-party tracking.
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FEATURES
· Lock any app or category using Apple's Screen Time controls
· Earn with steps, active minutes, or active calories
· Partial unlock — reach 50% of your goal, get your apps for 60 minutes
· Smart Schedules — different goals for work, evenings, and weekends
· Streak shields — bank rest days by overachieving
· Reflection prompts — note why you reached for a blocked app
· Apple Watch app and complications
· Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
· Live Activity with a Dynamic Island countdown
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WHO IT'S FOR
If you've bounced off timer-based blockers and willpower apps — and caught yourself tapping past the block within a week — EarnLock is the next step. Movement-based locking is the version of self-control that doesn't depend on self-control.
Perfect for anyone trying to curb doomscrolling, beat phone addiction, build healthier habits, and simply move more.
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PRIVACY
EarnLock works entirely on your device. Apple Health data is read-only and never transmitted. Family Controls data stays in iOS. No accounts, no logins, no servers.
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PRICING
· Free forever — one blocked app, steps tracking, basic progress, and every widget
· Premium — unlimited apps, active minutes and calories, Apple Watch, Live Activity, Smart Schedules, insights, and rest-day shields
· Family Sharing included on all paid plans
Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage anytime in Settings.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Your effort, finally visible.
Three new widgets put your history on your home screen — so the days you earned are something you can see, not something you have to remember. Because the streak you can see is the one you keep.
NEW — History widgets
• This Month — a real calendar that fills in as you earn, and starts fresh on the 1st.
• Last 30 Days — a rolling window that never resets, showing exactly where you're trending.
• This Year — every month in one quiet ring.
Every size, every screen
• Home screen: small, medium, large — plus Extra Large on iPad.
• Lock screen: your progress, right above the clock.
• Your history isn't behind a paywall. Every widget, every size, no subscription.
Also better
• Today's ring now wears the full EarnLock gradient.
• Your last 7 days read honestly: earned days stand out, missed days stay calm, and days we never measured are never faked into zeros.
• Numbers, dates and weekdays now read correctly in all 39 languages.
• Widgets turn over cleanly at midnight, so today is always today.
Move first. Scroll later.
Built by one independent developer who reads every message — your feedback shapes what comes next. Thank you for being here.
The developer, Antti Aittamaa, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Antti Aittamaa
- Size
- 9.9 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 32 more
- English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- EarnLock Premium Lifetime $19.99
- EarnLock Premium Yearly $9.99
- EarnLock Premium Monthly $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Aittamaa
