FAQ

macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple silicon and Intel. Windows is up next, then iPhone and Android.

By default, every time you unlock. You can set a gap between challenges, only get one on your first unlock after 5 AM, or pause them at night.

Yes. Hold the skip button and you’re through. Your streak resets, and that’s all.

No. It’s a lightweight menu bar app that sits idle until you unlock. Everything it needs is on your computer, so it doesn’t need an internet connection to work.

Math, Chess and Typing are ready now; Languages and Coding are coming soon. You practice one at a time and can switch whenever you like; each keeps its own progress.

You should know how the pieces move and what checkmate means. Puzzles start around 600 Elo and adapt to you, from beginner to advanced.

Chess uses an Elo rating. Solve cleanly and it goes up; miss or use a hint and it comes down. Challenges are picked near your rating, so they stay hard but solvable. Math has two fixed levels, Easy (+ −) and Hard (× ÷), and Typing lets you pick short, medium or long passages.

The download and Math are free forever, with no account or card. Chess and Typing each have a 7-day free trial, then cost $5.99 once. All Skills is $14.99 once and includes every skill we add later, starting with Languages and Coding. No subscriptions.

After checkout your license key appears on screen and in your inbox. Open SkillUnlock, choose Activate License Key, and paste it in.

Yes, every Mac you personally use, and your PCs too once SkillUnlock comes to Windows.

Yes. Email within 30 days for a full refund, no questions asked.

Your ratings, streaks and history stay on your computer and never leave it. There are no accounts. A small set of anonymous product events (like “challenge solved”) helps improve the app; person profiles are off and IP addresses are stripped. Details are in the privacy policy.