Your iPhone and Apple Watch, protecting each other.

No. iOS does not allow third-party apps to run a siren after they have been swiped out of the App Switcher. LOCKY needs to stay running. We're upfront about this — there's a "How it works" page inside the app that explains every limit clearly.

Apple does not allow ordinary apps to fully bypass silent mode. LOCKY plays the siren as loud as the system allows and ducks any music — but if your phone is on silent, the result is not guaranteed. For full coverage, leave the ringer on while LOCKY is armed.

No. Location data stays on your iPhone. There's no LOCKY server, no analytics service watching you, no cloud backup of where you've been. The app does not need an account.

No — Active Guard works on iPhone alone. But the Watch unlocks two things you really want: smart Pair Protection that warns you when you walk away without the phone, and a Find iPhone button you can tap from your wrist when you lose it nearby.

Once Pair Protection is active and you walk away from your iPhone, the Watch notices when the Bluetooth link drops — typically within 30–60 seconds depending on motion (more grace if you're stationary, less if you're walking, because the false-positive risk differs). If Bluetooth drops for a few seconds and recovers, nothing happens — the alert is automatically cancelled. If the link doesn't come back, the Watch buzzes with a message that mentions where you were when the link dropped: "you left it at Home", "you left it at the Office", or just "iPhone moved away" if you were nowhere named. Note: Pair Protection has to be active at that moment — it auto-activates inside Safe Places and asks for permission once in new ones after you've been there a few minutes.

No, and we're being honest about it. Find iPhone works within range of your Apple Watch — about 10 metres over Bluetooth, or anywhere you share the same Wi-Fi network. That covers losing it at home, in a bar, in your car, in your bag. If your phone was stolen and is now far away, use Apple Find My instead — it works through Apple's servers and reaches any device on earth. LOCKY's defense against actual theft is Active Guard: the siren fires the moment someone picks up the phone, before they can walk off with it.

Your iPhone immediately starts a chirp (works even on silent mode — we use the standard playback audio category), flashes the torch on and off, and vibrates. You choose in Settings which of the three you want — by default, all three. The torch is particularly useful for finding it under a couch cushion or inside a jacket in a closet. Stop it by tapping the same button on your Watch again.

A Pro feature that makes the siren grow louder over time instead of starting at full blast. You set the starting volume (say, 30%) and the maximum (say, 100%). The siren begins quiet, then increases by your chosen step (+5–20% every 5–20 seconds) until it reaches the max. Two benefits: if the alarm fires by accident at home, the first seconds aren't terrifying — you have time to disarm. If it's a real theft, the volume keeps climbing — the thief doesn't know when it ends, which psychologically pressures them to drop the phone faster.

Every feature is free for 14 days. After that, the basics stay free: Active Guard with a fixed 10-second confirm window, 2 Safe Places, three standard siren sounds, Face ID disarm with backup PIN, Lock Screen widget. LOCKY Pro unlocks adjustable confirm window (2–15 s), Quiet Mode at home, progressive volume, unlimited Safe Places, Smart Pair Protection for Apple Watch, Find iPhone from Watch, 5 extra sounds, voice alarm, sensitivity tuning and event history. Subscriptions are monthly ($4.99) or yearly ($24.99 = $2.08/mo).

No. LOCKY is a deterrent and an early-warning system, not a guarantee. We deliberately don't promise to recover your device or stop a determined thief. What we do promise: you'll know about the loss in seconds, not hours, so you can react while it still matters.