The streak can wait
until morning.

A Fella routine locks Snapchat 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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Streaks add a pull that most apps don't have. A message can wait; a streak feels like it can't, which is exactly what keeps Snapchat open past when you meant to sleep. If Snapchat is the one app doing that and the rest of your phone isn't the problem, a routine scoped to just Snapchat is simpler than blocking everything.

One app, one nightly routine

Select Snapchat on its own and set the start time to whenever you actually want to be off it, 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.

What happens to streaks overnight

Streaks live on Snapchat's own servers, not inside Fella. Blocking the app at night doesn't reset anything on its own. If a streak genuinely needs a snap sent before it lapses, the emergency unlock covers that one exception without ending the whole night's block.

Still reachable for anything real

Leave Phone, Messages, and your alarm off the blocked list entirely, so those keep working exactly as normal. For the one time something on Snapchat genuinely can't wait, each session includes a single 5-minute emergency unlock, then Snapchat locks again automatically.

If it's more than just Snapchat

If other apps are part of the same bedtime pattern, not just Snapchat, see our broader block apps while sleeping page, or stop scrolling at night for the behavior side of why this happens. For blocking Snapchat beyond bedtime too, see how to block Snapchat 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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