ExcerLock: Move to Unlock Apps
Exercise to Unlock Screen Time
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Your apps stay locked until you walk or arrive at the gym. More steps, consistent gym days, and a phone that opens only when you move. Built on Apple Screen Time.
Want to scroll? Walk first.
ExcerLock locks the apps you choose until you move. Walk, reach a step goal, or arrive at the gym, and your apps open. Stop moving, and they lock again. It turns the phone you already reach for a hundred times a day into the reason you get more steps and never skip the gym.
WALK TO UNLOCK
• Unlock while walking (recommended): your apps stay open while you keep walking and lock again when you stop. Ten minutes of scrolling costs ten minutes of walking.
• Reach a step goal: hit your daily steps and your apps open for the rest of the day.
• Walk for a set time: complete your walking minutes and unlock.
• Outside or on a treadmill. Walk with your phone on you and the unlock happens on its own.
ARRIVE AT THE GYM TO UNLOCK
• Save your gym once. Arrive at it and your apps open for the rest of the day.
• Or set a gym-time goal: spend 30, 45 or 60 minutes there; leaving before then locks your apps again.
• Auto-detect is optional. You can always check in when you arrive.
LOCK THE APPS THAT STEAL YOUR DAY
• Pick social, video, games, anything, with Apple's private app picker. ExcerLock never sees which apps you chose.
• Blocking is enforced by Apple Screen Time, so it survives force-quit and restarts.
CONSISTENCY, NOT WILLPOWER
• Schedule blocking for the days and hours you actually struggle: evenings, weekends, work hours.
• Streaks and progress show your walks and gym days adding up.
• Analytics track your screen time and your exercise over time.
WHO IT IS FOR
• You want more steps every day without buying a new tracker.
• You keep planning gym days and then scrolling through them.
• You are in a fat-loss phase or a training block where showing up consistently is the whole game. ExcerLock locks in the walk and the gym session so the plan actually happens.
• You are done with willpower apps that a single tap can bypass.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Choose the apps to lock.
2. Add a condition: unlock while walking, a step goal, walking minutes, gym arrival or gym time.
3. Set the days and hours.
4. Move, and your apps open. Stop, and they lock. Get addicted to exercise instead of scrolling.
Walking is verified on your iPhone from motion data. Gym arrival uses the location of the gym you save. Both are processed on the device.
PRIVACY
Steps, motion, location and the apps you pick stay on your iPhone. Analytics are opt-in. Account deletion, data export, support, Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy are in Settings.
PREMIUM
ExcerLock Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. Prices and renewal terms are shown before purchase, and purchases can be restored from Settings.
REQUIREMENTS
iPhone with iOS 17.4 or later and Screen Time access. Walking detection needs Motion & Fitness permission; hands-free walking and gym auto-detect need Location set to Always. Detection is best-effort on iOS and can take a few seconds to react.
ExcerLock is a self-control tool for your own iPhone. It is not a parental-control app, not a medical app, and it does not promise weight-loss or health results. What it promises: the apps you chose stay locked until you move.
Terms of Use: https://excerlock.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://excerlock.com/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
Refined the Screen Time Bank display, added a None answer during onboarding, and improved returning-account sign-in.
The developer, JOHAN AMIT SARDAR, 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 Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Purchases
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- JOHAN AMIT SARDAR
- Size
- 73.2 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.1 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Premium Annual $39.99
- Premium Monthly $9.99
- Premium Annual $39.99
- Annual $49.99 (7-day trial) $49.99
- Annual $49.99 (3-day trial) $49.99
- Annual $44.99 (7-day trial) $44.99
- Annual $44.99 (3-day trial) $44.99
- Annual $44.99 (no trial) $44.99
- Annual $39.99 (7-day trial) $39.99
- Annual $49.99 (no trial) $49.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Johan Sardar