Lockup

Lockup Technologies

About this app

Lockup helps students stay focused by blocking distracting apps during school.

How it works
- Students scan in daily to check in at school
- Distracting apps are automatically blocked during the school day
- Teachers can grant a temporary unlock when a lesson needs phones
- Everything unlocks automatically at the end of the school day

Built for schools
- Students sign in with an account created automatically with permission from their school
- Works on each student's own device
- Teachers and admins manage classes and unlocks from the Lockup dashboard

VPN usage
Lockup uses Android's VpnService to enforce app blocking during the school day. While blocking is active, Lockup runs a local VPN that restricts the device's network access so distracting apps and websites cannot bypass the block. This is a core part of how Lockup keeps students focused:
- The VPN only runs during the school day and turns off automatically when the school day ends or when a teacher grants a temporary unlock.
- The VPN is used solely to enforce on-device app and website blocking. Lockup does not use the VPN to monitor, collect, or sell browsing activity, and does not route traffic to third parties for advertising or analytics.
- Lockup does not function as a general-purpose or anonymizing VPN.