Simple pricing for one calm setup
StudyLock charges for how many people are on the account, never for features. One parent and one child is free forever, with every capability included and no '3-sites-then-pay' cap. The optional Family plan adds the rest of the household — more children, and co-parents or relatives — for one price, shown in full before you install anything.
What does StudyLock cost?
Two tiers: a permanent free tier with no paywall cap, and an optional Family plan for households managing more than one child.
Everything StudyLock needs to enforce rules runs locally in Chrome, with no site-count cap and no upgrade required to unblock a fourth website.
- Parent dashboard for one child — set and change every rule from any browser, including your phone's
- Block and allow lists — add all the sites you need, free (no '3-sites-then-pay' cap)
- Keyword blocking (blocks pages matching a phrase, such as "gambling")
- Scheduled homework hours
- Approve or decline your child's requests from any browser — including your phone's
- Remote one-tap pause or lock in Chrome, from your dashboard
- Age-based rule presets to start from
- Weekly usage digest — minutes of active use and pages blocked
- A last-seen time for each paired device
- SafeSearch enforcement on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo
- Works offline — rules enforce locally, with no network required
Family
RecommendedOne payment a year instead of twelve. At the US price that is $3.25 a month — 12 months for the price of 8, and $20.88 saved.
Everything in Free, extended to every child in the household — as many children, co-parents and relatives as you need, on one price.
- Everything in Free — no feature is held back
- Every child in the household — no per-child or per-device limits
- Co-parents and relatives — invite as many adults as you want; each one shares the same dashboard, rules, requests, and digest
- One price for the whole household, not a price per child
What is the no-bait pledge?
Free blockers can start generous and quietly fence off features once a household is relying on them. StudyLock is publishing four commitments instead, so they can be checked later:
The free tier never shrinks
Nothing listed under Free today moves behind a paywall tomorrow.
The free/paid boundary is fixed
Anything free at launch stays free. New Family-only features can be added, but existing free features are never reclassified as paid.
The price is visible before install
There is no post-install price reveal and no surprise paywall once a plan is already in use.
No ads, on any tier
No upsell nags, no injected banners, no "unlock this" popups.
One more commitment, published before Family checkout exists. Every household paired before Family goes live keeps what it uses today — multiple child profiles, co-parent access, weekly digest, last-seen — free, forever. The Family meter applies only to households that pair after payments launch.
If any of these ever breaks, that is a bug in the promise, not a pricing strategy. It can be reported to support@studylock.org.
Why does the price show as annual first?
Family life runs on a school-year rhythm, so the annual price is shown first. At $39/yr it works out to 12 months for the price of 8 ($4.99 × 8 = $39.92). The monthly option ($4.99/mo) is there if you would rather try it a month at a time.
Can a parent stay on the Free plan forever?
Yes. Free is not a trial. It is a permanent tier with no expiration date and no feature countdown, and staying on it forever never requires an upgrade.
Can a Family plan be refunded?
Yes. A first purchase is refundable in full within 14 days of the charge, for any reason — email support@studylock.org from the address on the account and it is issued, no explanation asked for. Renewals are refunded on request where the plan has not been used since it renewed. A refund returns the account to the free tier, and every rule already in place keeps enforcing. The full policy is published at studylock.org/refunds.
What's the catch?
There is no catch. Here is exactly how this makes money: the optional Family plan ($39/yr or $4.99/mo) is the only paid product. There are no ads, no data sales, and no hidden second paywall waiting behind the first one.
Is a child's data sold?
Never. StudyLock enforces rules on-device and never reads, stores, or transmits browsing content. The only site name that ever leaves the device is one a child taps "Ask" to request unblocking. That request is what powers phone approval. Usage data is never shared with advertising networks, data brokers, or third-party analytics. The only recipient is the paired parent, through StudyLock's own dashboard. Fly.io and Supabase host the infrastructure.
See the privacy page for the full, itemized list of exactly what is and is not collected.
Start on the Free plan
Install StudyLock on a child's Chrome today. Upgrade to Family later only if more than one child needs covering — the free tier keeps working either way.