Simple pricing for one calm setup
StudyLock's website blocking and focus schedules are free forever, with no cap on how many sites a parent can block. The optional Family plan adds a remote phone and web dashboard for managing more than one child, and every price on this page is final before installing anything, with nothing that changes afterward.
What does StudyLock cost?
Two tiers: a permanent free tier with no site-count cap, and an optional Family plan for households that want a remote dashboard and multi-child management.
Free
Everything StudyLock needs to enforce rules runs locally in Chrome, with no site-count cap and no upgrade required to unblock a fourth website.
- Block and allow lists — no limit on how many sites a parent adds
- Keyword blocking (blocks pages matching a phrase, such as "gambling")
- Scheduled homework hours
- SafeSearch enforcement on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo
- Works offline — rules enforce locally, with no network required
Family
Not yet availableor $3.99/mo
Everything in Free, plus the tools for managing more than one device or checking in remotely. Billing runs through Lemon Squeezy, an independent payment processor, so card details are never handled by StudyLock directly.
- Everything in Free
- Remote phone and web dashboard to set and change rules from anywhere
- Multiple child profiles
- Approve or deny access requests from a phone
- One-tap pause or lock on the child's device
- Age-based rule presets to start from
- Weekly usage summary on the dashboard
- A last-seen time for each paired device
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.
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.
Common questions
Why does the price show as annual first?
Family life often runs on a school-year rhythm, so the annual price ($39/yr) is shown first because it matches the yearly cycle most families plan around. The monthly option ($3.99/mo) is there for anyone who prefers to try it a month at a time before committing to a year.
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.
What's the catch?
There is no catch. Here is exactly how this makes money: the optional Family plan ($39/yr or $3.99/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, hosted on Fly.io and Supabase as 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 a remote dashboard becomes useful — the free tier keeps working either way.