A Fella routine locks the dating apps you choose at the same time every night and holds until morning, so the decision to stop happens once, when you set it up, instead of every night in bed.
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A dating app's feed of new profiles never runs out, which is exactly what makes late-night swiping open-ended in a way most other apps aren't. If dating apps are the specific category keeping you up and the rest of your phone isn't the problem, a routine scoped to just those apps is simpler than blocking everything.
Select the dating apps you use and set the start time to whenever you actually want to be off them, and the end time to whenever you get up. The routine begins the session on its own, so there is nothing to open once you're already in bed.
Everything else on your phone stays untouched, including messaging, your alarm, and anything else you might reach for at night.
This is aimed at the late-night browsing pattern, not a single active conversation. If you're mid-conversation with someone and genuinely expecting a reply, blocking the app means missing it until the session ends or you use the emergency unlock, so time the routine around that rather than starting it on reflex.
Leave Phone, Messages, and your alarm off the blocked list entirely, so those keep working exactly as normal. For the one time something genuinely can't wait, each session includes a single 5-minute emergency unlock, then the selected apps lock again automatically.
If other apps are part of the same bedtime pattern, not just dating apps, see our broader block apps while sleeping page, or stop scrolling at night for the behavior side of why this happens. For blocking dating apps beyond bedtime too, see our dating app blocker guide.
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Yes. A routine starts a blocking session on the days and times you choose, so a nightly block begins on its own once set up, rather than needing to be turned on each evening.
No. A nightly dating-app block uses the same routine and session mechanism as any other Fella block, just scoped to the apps you choose and applied to bedtime hours.
Yes, until the block ends or you use the emergency unlock. This page is for the late-night swiping pattern rather than a single conversation you're actively expecting a reply in; time the routine around that if a conversation is genuinely active.
No, as long as you do not add those apps to the block. Fella blocks only the apps you select, so leaving Clock, Phone, and Messages unselected keeps alarms and calls working normally.
Each session includes one 5-minute emergency unlock. Use it if something genuinely needs attention, and the selected apps lock again automatically once the five minutes end.
