Brick Night is a US$129 device that automatically blocks the apps you choose when your phone enters a designated space during selected hours. It launched on October 22, promising a way to make bedtime scrolling less automatic without leaving your phone outside the bedroom.
The useful idea is the combination of place and time. The important limitation is that Bluetooth proximity doesn't know exactly where your bedroom ends. Before treating this as a digital rule attached to your doorway, look at how its boundary actually works.
The company's launch announcement puts Brick Night on sale through its own store. According to the product page, you choose the blocked apps, configure your space and set a time window in the Brick app. Leaving that space, or reaching the end of the window, releases the block.
That makes it different from the original tap-activated Brick. Night uses Bluetooth signal strength to estimate whether your phone is nearby. It runs on included batteries and doesn't need Wi-Fi for that proximity function. Multiple people can use the same unit with their own settings, so sharing a bedroom doesn't have to mean sharing an identical blocked-app list.
Test the boundary from the next room
Brick's range-adjustment guidance is more informative than the simple bedroom pitch. The signal can travel through walls, and the configured boundary has a buffer of roughly three to five feet. The company says a change usually registers in under ten seconds, but can occasionally take up to 45 seconds.
In an apartment, that could mean an app remains blocked after you've walked into the living room. Furniture, liquids and metal objects can also affect signal strength. Brick recommends adjusting the range or moving the unit away from a shared wall when the signal reaches farther than intended.
There's another detail worth knowing before troubleshooting: turning Bluetooth off doesn't necessarily unlock your apps. The support page says it preserves the current blocked or unblocked state until Bluetooth returns.
If you buy one, set it up while you're awake and unhurried. Walk between the bed, hallway and adjacent room, then check whether the block changes where you expect. Don't make the first experiment the moment you need access to something.
Decide whether location is the missing feature
You don't need new hardware merely to schedule app restrictions. Apple's Screen Time instructions describe schedules for when apps can be used, daily time allowances and apps you can keep available at all times. The current guide covers iOS 27, so the exact controls depend on your software version.
Brick Night's extra proposition is that leaving a particular space becomes part of accessing your chosen distractions. Whether that helps is a question about your habits and floor plan, not evidence that this device will improve your sleep.
Try the built-in schedule first. If your real problem is wanting access elsewhere while keeping the bedside off-limits, consider the proximity approach, then test its range before relying on it every night.