The server goes quiet.
Everything else, business as usual.

A Fella routine blocks Discord for the hours you work, automatically, every workday. Email, calendar, and everything else on your phone stays exactly as it is.

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Discord doesn't feel like a distraction the way a feed does; it feels like a conversation you're already part of, which is exactly why it's easy to justify checking during work. If Slack, email, and your other tools are fine and it's specifically Discord pulling you away between tasks, blocking your whole phone is more than the problem calls for. Fella lets you select just Discord and set the hours, nothing else changes.

Select the one app, not the whole phone

Selection in Fella is per app. Choose Discord on its own and leave everything else, including messaging apps you rely on for work, completely untouched.

Set a routine for your working hours and it runs on its own. Weekdays nine to five, or whatever your actual schedule is, starts and ends the block automatically without a manual toggle each morning.

Why Discord specifically pulls attention during work

Discord's notifications are built to feel worth checking. An active server, a voice channel filling up, a message with your name in it, each one reads as something that needs a response now. That constant low-level pull competes directly with a task that needs sustained focus, which is a different problem than an app you open on purpose during a break.

Still reachable for anything real

A work-hours block should never cut off something genuinely necessary. Each session includes one 5-minute emergency unlock, enough to answer a message that actually can't wait, and Discord locks again automatically once the five minutes end.

If it's more than just Discord

If other apps are part of the same problem, not just Discord, see our broader block social media during work hours page, or block apps during work for every category of distraction together. For blocking Discord outside work hours too, see how to block Discord on iPhone.

Fella, up close.

  • Built with Apple’s Screen Time controls.
  • One 5-minute emergency unlock per session.
  • Apps stay blocked by default.

Everything you need to stay focused, right from Home.

Fella Home screen showing focus routines and session lengths

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