How to Block Likee on iPhone

Blocking Likee on iPhone starts with a Screen Time App Limit set under Entertainment, the category Apple files it in — search for Likee by name rather than trusting a broad category limit to catch it. What that limit doesn't touch is what sets Likee apart from most short-video apps: a live-streaming tab where viewers buy coins and send them to broadcasters as gifts, a real and recurring purchase channel that needs its own Content & Privacy Restrictions setting. Screen Time enforces whatever you configure — not Likee, and not any third-party app.

How do you set a Screen Time limit on Likee?

1. Open Settings > Screen Time > App Limits.
2. Tap Add Limit, then tap into Apps and search for Likee directly. Entertainment is a wide category on a phone that likely has several other video or streaming apps installed, so limiting Likee by name is more reliable than picking the category and catching everything in it.
3. Set a daily allowance.
4. Choose the days it applies.
5. Tap Add.

Set a Screen Time passcode under Settings > Screen Time > Change Screen Time Passcode, separate from the device passcode, if you haven't already — without one, the limit can be removed the moment it's inconvenient.

Does blocking the Likee app also block likee.video?

No. An App Limit only recognizes the Likee app icon; it has no effect on likee.video, which serves the same feed in a browser with no login wall. To close this, go to Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Content Restrictions > Web Content, choose the option to limit adult websites, and add likee.video under "Never Allow." This only covers Safari; if another browser is installed, add the domain there too, or restrict the browser itself.

What does a Likee App Limit not cover?

Likee doesn't have a well-known companion app the way TikTok has CapCut, so there's no obvious second install that needs its own limit. What an App Limit does miss is money: it only counts minutes the app icon is open, and has zero effect on anything bought inside the app during that time, or during hours when the limit doesn't apply. On an app built around a live-streaming and gifting economy, that gap matters more than it would on a plain video feed, where the only real cost is time.

Likee pairs its short-video feed with a live tab where creators broadcast in real time and viewers send animated virtual gifts, bought with coins purchased through the App Store the same way any in-app currency is. That's a recurring purchase surface layered on top of the scrolling feed, and none of it runs through App Limits. The setting that controls it is Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > iTunes & App Store Purchases > In-App Purchases, set to Don't Allow, which blocks purchases across the device, not just inside Likee. Ask to Buy, on a Family Sharing account, is the softer version: it routes a purchase request to a parent's device before it completes, rather than refusing it outright. Either way, it's a separate screen from App Limits, protected by the same passcode, and has to be turned on deliberately. For the equivalent controls on installs, see the App Store iPhone guide.

What makes Likee specifically hard to stop opening?

Likee runs on the same core mechanics as TikTok — a vertical, algorithmically ranked feed with no episode boundary and nothing marking a stopping point (see the TikTok iPhone guide for how that pull plays out there). Likee layers one more pull on top: live streams are unrepeatable while happening, so checking in "just for a minute" carries a mild pull toward whatever's live right now, separate from the feed itself. Neither has a built-in stopping cue, so the App Limit ends up doing the only job of saying "that's enough" anywhere in the app.

Is this usually something a parent is setting up, not a teen managing alone?

Often, yes. Likee skews younger than a general social feed, and a stranger streaming live who's being paid in real-time gifts reads differently to a parent than a plain time limit does. If that's the situation, the priority flips: the In-App Purchases restriction above matters more than the App Limit, because it stops spending regardless of how much time is left on the clock, and Ask to Buy is the lighter-touch version if blocking purchases outright feels heavier than the household needs. None of this replaces an actual conversation about what the gifting feature is and why it costs money — a setting can restrict the account, not explain it. For negotiating a limit with a teenager instead of just imposing one, see the guide on Screen Time limits for teens.

What's the most realistic way to actually limit Likee?

What can't a Likee block fix?

No setting here makes Likee physically impossible to open. Content & Privacy Restrictions can be changed, a blocking app can be deleted, and Screen Time settings can be reset by whoever holds the passcode. Screen Time raises friction; it doesn't remove the ability to override it, and it can't tell a five-minute check-in from the hour that sometimes follows. The evidence that blocking tools change long-term short-video habits is thin and mostly self-reported. If checking Likee is tangled up with boredom, or a pull that feels bigger than the app itself, that's worth naming honestly rather than expecting a setting to resolve it alone — see the guide on setting Screen Time without fights for negotiating limits rather than just imposing them.

FAQ

Does a Screen Time App Limit on Likee stop someone from buying coins or sending gifts?

No. An App Limit only controls how long the Likee app can stay open each day; it has no effect on money spent inside the app during that time. Stopping coin and gift purchases needs a separate setting — Content & Privacy Restrictions > iTunes & App Store Purchases > In-App Purchases, set to Don't Allow.

Does blocking the Likee app also block likee.video in Safari?

No. An App Limit only recognizes the Likee app icon. likee.video serves the same feed in a browser with no login wall stopping casual viewing, so it needs to be added on its own under Content & Privacy Restrictions > Content Restrictions > Web Content.

What happens when I tap "Ignore Limit" on Likee?

iOS unlocks Likee for one more minute, 15 more minutes, or the rest of the day, asking for the Screen Time passcode first if one is set. Because the feed has no natural stopping point, this is the button that ends up doing most of the actual limiting, or not, depending on who holds the passcode.

Does Likee have a separate companion app the way TikTok has CapCut?

Not one that's widely used — there's no well-known Likee sibling app that needs its own limit the way CapCut sits alongside TikTok. The gap worth closing on Likee is the website and the in-app purchase settings, not a second app.

Does a Communication Limit stop gifting or chat inside Likee's live streams?

No. Communication Limits only cover Phone, FaceTime, Messages, and iCloud contacts — they have no reach into a third-party app's own chat or gifting, including Likee's live-stream comments and gift-sending. The setting that actually controls gift spending is the In-App Purchases restriction, not Communication Limits.

Can Step N Scroll or a similar app see that I've specifically blocked Likee?

No. Apple's Family Controls framework gives third-party apps opaque tokens representing blocked apps, not the app's actual identity. Developers in this category, including Step N Scroll, cannot see that you've specifically blocked Likee.

Sources

• Apple Support — "Set up Screen Time for yourself on iPhone"
• Apple Support — "Set content and privacy restrictions on iPhone"
• Apple Support — "Prevent purchases and downloads on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch"
• Apple Support — "Approve what kids buy and download with Ask to Buy"