minulo is an iPhone app that opens Instagram without Reels and YouTube without Shorts, so you can keep your messages after studying and stop the feeds before bed, and hiding is free. It can also lock the official apps at bedtime, free for up to 2 hours per block. You close the textbook, lie down "for five minutes", and Reels or Shorts take the rest of the evening. You can't just switch the phone off, because the class group chat and your friends are on Instagram. (I'm the developer of minulo.)

The iPhone and YouTube facts below come from Apple's iPhone User Guide and YouTube Help, as summarized on minulo.app and checked between October 23 and 25, 2026. Menu names can change with updates. This is about settings, not medical advice.

Why the evening after study is the risky part

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