Block distracting apps
for the hours you choose.

An all-day blocker reverses the normal relationship with distracting apps. A long session can cover most of a day, while a routine can start and end sessions on the schedule you choose. During the session, access is the exception.

Fella is built around a fixed rule inside each session. Choose the apps that repeatedly take more than they give, keep essential tools open, and use one 5-minute emergency unlock per session if a real need appears. The apps relock automatically.

This model is stricter than a dismissible time allowance. It works when the same access rule fits the full blocking window.

The block should not depend on starting a session. If activation is optional, “after one quick check” can postpone it indefinitely. Fella keeps the selected state in place throughout the day.

You should choose the blocked apps. An all-day boundary should not make the entire phone unusable. Phone, Messages, maps, camera, calendar, authentication, health, banking, and work tools can remain open.

Emergency access should have an ending. Fella's single 5-minute unlock provides a safety valve without turning into open-ended permission. Access closes automatically when the window ends.

The limits should be explicit. Fella blocks selected iPhone apps. It does not block websites, every device, individual tabs inside an app, or content categories within a feed.

Apple's built-in tools are strong when timing matters. Go to Settings > Screen Time > App & Website Activity, then use App Limits for minutes or Downtime for schedules. Fella fits when flexibility has become the path around your intention. For a broader look at available tools, see our app blocker options for iPhone.

1. Identify the smallest effective list. Choose apps you open automatically or struggle to leave: social feeds, short video, games, news, shopping, dating, or email. Do not block an app simply because it has high screen time if that time is useful.

2. Audit essential functions. If Instagram contains client DMs, Telegram carries shift changes, or email is your on-call route, move urgent communication elsewhere before blocking.

3. Select the apps in Fella. Start a manual session or create a routine for the hours you need. Unselected apps continue working normally.

4. Define an emergency-unlock rule. Decide in advance what qualifies: retrieve a ticket, answer an urgent message, or access a required detail. “I am bored” is not an emergency.

5. Let Fella close the window. After five minutes, blocked apps relock without relying on you to stop at the perfect moment.

People who ignore or extend flexible limits. If the Screen Time prompt is now muscle memory, a time budget is no longer creating a meaningful boundary.

People whose genuine app needs are rare. The single unlock works when access is occasional—a message, link, posting task, or saved detail—not when the app is required every few hours.

People who want fewer decisions. A scheduled routine removes the need to remember each start while preserving a defined end.

It is not for everyone. Choose a scheduler if you want social apps every evening, a timer if you want daily minutes, parental controls if you manage a child's device, or a website/cross-device blocker if the same behavior happens in Safari and on a computer. For the broader category decision, see the iPhone app blocker guide.