Lockaway: Phone Lock for Focus

Lockaway is a strict phone lock and focus timer for people who want their evenings, their sleep and their focus back. Pick a time — one hour, or until 6:30 tomorrow — and your phone stays away until then. Tuck, a small tortoise, tucks into his shell while you're gone and wakes up when you're back. Emergency calls always work.

HOW IT WORKS
Choose why you're going away — Sleep, Deep work, Dinner, or a reason of your own. Lockaway suggests what suits the hour and the length, with one quiet line on what's healthy: 7–9 hours for a night, 60–90 minutes for a focus block. Swipe, and your phone goes away until the time you chose.

PICK HOW FIRM
• Soft — reminders only. You can stop any time.
• Firm — hold for 60 seconds to leave early. Five early exits a month.
• Locked — a true strict phone lock. No way out until the time you set.

LOCK PHONE AT NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT
Start a routine from Sleep, Morning, Dinner or Focus — each set to healthy times — or make your own. A 10, 30 or 60 minute wind-down warns you first, then Lockaway starts the session for you. A phone lock for sleep that doesn't depend on your willpower at 11pm — no doomscrolling at 1am.

A FOCUS TIMER FOR STUDY AND DEEP WORK
Lock your phone for an hour of deep focus before an exam, or for a whole afternoon of study sessions. Students use it as a study timer, remote workers as a focus mode for deep work. A timer you can't dismiss is the one that beats procrastination.

ONE TAP FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN
Add the Lockaway widget or the Quick Settings tile. Tuck shows what's next tonight, and a tap gets you going — with Premium, the tap starts the session itself.

BREAK REMINDERS
Turn them on and, after an hour straight on your phone, Tuck offers a 5 to 15 minute break. At most three a day, never during a session or before bed. Off until you choose.

SEE WHAT YOU GOT BACK
Hours reclaimed this week, your streak, how often you kept your word, and this week's healthy habits: full phone-free nights, focus blocks, phone-free dinners and mornings. Optionally, your screen time and unlocks next to the week before you started.

STAY REACHABLE
Do Not Disturb switches on for the session and off when it ends. Starred contacts can ring through — Android decides who they are, Lockaway never reads your contacts. Emergency calls always work.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, no sign-up. Your routines, history and settings stay on your phone. Ads keep the app free, and a short rewarded ad buys an hour without any. Lockaway Premium removes ads, keeps your full history and makes the widget one tap.

HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT IS
Lockaway locks the whole phone; it is not an app blocker. Locked uses Device Admin for one thing only: returning you to your lock screen. It cannot read your data, wipe your phone or see your PIN, so set a PIN or pattern first. No accessibility service, no VPN.

SETTING IT UP TAKES A MINUTE
Device Admin (so Locked can lock), Do Not Disturb access (so favourites get through), notifications (for the countdown) and a battery exemption (so a session lasts the night). Usage Access is optional, for break reminders and your screen time. Skip any and the app still works — it says what you'll lose.

QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
Can I lock my phone at night automatically? Yes — that's what routines are for.
What if there's an emergency? Emergency calls work in every mode, always.
Can I get out of a Locked session? No. That is the point of Locked. Choose Firm if you want a way out.
Will it drain my battery? No — it schedules alarms and holds one quiet notification.
Is it an app blocker? No — it locks the whole phone.

WHO IT'S FOR
Anyone fighting phone addiction or doomscrolling at bedtime. Students who need a study timer with teeth before exams. Anyone building self-control, cutting screen time, or wanting a digital detox app that actually detoxes.

Phones and tablets, light or dark. Hints are general guidance, not medical advice.

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