The feed closes.
The assignment doesn’t wait for it.

Select TikTok, start a session or set a routine for homework hours, and only TikTok locks. Notes, messaging, and study apps keep working normally.

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A twenty-minute assignment tends to take an hour the moment TikTok is one swipe away, and homework at home has fewer built-in interruptions than a classroom to catch it. If TikTok specifically is the app that turns homework into a much longer evening, and the rest of your phone is fine, blocking everything is more than the problem calls for. Fella lets you select just TikTok and leave the rest of your phone alone.

Select TikTok, leave the rest

Selection in Fella is per app. Choose TikTok on its own and leave messaging, notes, and any study apps you rely on completely untouched.

Build a routine for the hours you usually do homework, weeknights only if that's when it happens, and it starts the block itself once the time comes. A one-off manual session works the same way for a night that doesn't match the usual schedule.

Why homework at home is a different setting than class

There's no teacher in the room and no bell marking the end of a period, which means the pull of a five-second video has more room to run than it does during a school day. "One quick video" between problems is exactly how the feed takes over.

One way through, if something real comes up

Each session includes one 5-minute emergency unlock, for the rare case something genuinely needs checking mid-session. When the five minutes end, TikTok locks again automatically for the rest of the session.

If it's more than just TikTok

If other apps are also part of homework distraction, not just TikTok, see our broader block apps during homework page, or app blocker for students for the research behind why this matters. For blocking TikTok beyond homework time too, see how to block TikTok on iPhone.

Fella, up close.

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

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Fella Home screen showing focus routines and session lengths

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