Privacy
Lock-in for iOS · Last updated 7 September 2026
What stays on your device
- Which apps you block. iOS hands the app opaque tokens rather than app names — it is not able to read which apps you chose, only to ask the system to shield them. Those tokens are meaningless on any other device.
- Your schedules, session history, and settings. Stored in the app's own container on the phone.
- Your PIN or rotating-code secret, if you set one. Kept in the iOS Keychain, marked device-only, and never synced to iCloud.
Screen Time data
Lock-in uses Apple's Screen Time APIs to block apps. It has no access to your usage figures — how long you spend in an app, how often you pick up your phone — and Apple's design prevents any third-party app from sending such data anywhere.
Sharing a setup
Sharing sends a link containing your schedules and unlock delay. The data sits after the
# in the address, which browsers never transmit to a server, so your setup goes
to the person you sent it to and to nobody else. Your app selections are not included, and
cannot be.
Do Not Disturb shortcuts
If you use the optional Shortcuts integration, the app opens the Shortcuts app with the name of a shortcut you configured. No data about you is passed, and Lock-in cannot read your shortcuts.
Purchases
Any purchase is handled entirely by Apple. Lock-in receives a confirmation that a purchase is active. Apple does not share your name, email address, or payment details with us, and we do not ask for them.
Children
Lock-in is for adults limiting their own phone use. It does not knowingly collect information from anyone, of any age, because it does not collect information at all.
Changes
If a future version ever collects anything, this page will say so before that version ships, and the App Store privacy labels will be updated to match.