Block an app
Pick the app that's eating your day. Each page gives you the exact taps — the free route through Apple's built-in Screen Time, and the automatic route with Paused — plus an honest line about why that particular app is so hard to close.
Both use the same Apple Screen Time (Family Controls) engine, so neither one reads your messages, your browsing, or anything inside the apps you block.
Next-episode countdowns and autoplaying queues, for TV and for audio.
Timers that refill while you are away, so the game books slots in your day.
Alerts that feel urgent about things that will not change your day.
Comment threads, which means every post is really a hundred posts.
Swipe loops and expiring matches — a queue with deadlines attached.
Live scores and in-play odds that reward looking at your phone every few minutes.
Block social apps on iPhone
Feeds, stories and group chats — the apps you open without deciding to.