Monkly: Read to Unlock Apps
Bizhan Ashykhatov Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Monkly: Read to Unlock Apps is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Bizhan Ashykhatov. Rated 4.0/5 from 1 ratings. Requires iOS 18.0.
- Rating
- 4.0
- 1 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 97 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jul 6
- 2026 · v1.0.2
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About Monkly: Read to Unlock Apps
Stop doomscrolling. Start finishing books. Monkly turns the apps that steal your attention into fuel for a reading habit. Pick the apps you lose hours to — social media, video, games — and Monkly locks them. The only way back in? Read a few pages. Every page you read earns real unlock minutes on the apps you blocked. It's the deal you'd never make with yourself — until now. HOW IT WORKS 1. Block — Choose your most distracting apps and set a schedule. Monkly shields them system-wide using Screen Time. 2. Read — Open any book inside Monkly. Each page earns unlock minutes, at a rate you control. 3. Unlock — Spend your earned minutes when you actually want them. Out of time? Read more. WHY IT WORKS • Loss aversion beats willpower. Your apps are locked by default, so reading becomes the easiest path back in. • Streaks you don't want to break. Build a daily reading chain and protect it with Streak Freezes. • Instant payoff. Pages become minutes become real progress you can feel. • No shame, no lectures. Monkly doesn't guilt-trip you for scrolling — it just changes the price. WHAT YOU GET • System-wide app and category blocking with custom schedules • A built-in reader for EPUB and FB2 — import your own books • A free starter library of timeless classics: The Great Gatsby, Meditations, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Art of War, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and more • Daily reminders that keep your streak alive • Reading stats: pages read, minutes earned, streaks, and books finished BUILT FOR Students who want to study instead of scroll. Professionals reclaiming deep work. Anyone who keeps saying "I wish I read more" while their screen time climbs. Your screen time is going to be spent either way. Spend some of it on a book. Download Monkly and read your way back to focus. SUBSCRIPTION Monkly requires a subscription to unlock its features: • Weekly — billed weekly • Annual — billed yearly, includes a 7-day free trial for new subscribers Prices are shown in the app before you purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://monkly.vercel.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://monkly.vercel.app/privacy.html
What’s new
Version 1.0.2 · Updated July 6, 2026
-Design update
App privacy
The developer, Bizhan Ashykhatov, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Other Usage Data
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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