Dumb Phone (dp)

Name: Dumb Phone (dp)
Rating: 4.5 (465 reviews)
Author: Michael Tigas

Minimalist Launcher

Only for iPhone

Free · In-App Purchases

465 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Michael Tigas
Language

EN
+ 20 More
Size

393.4
MB

iPhone

Turn your iPhone into a Dumb Phone. Dumb Phone™ lets you create your very own minimalist-style phone on iOS. Replace colorful app icons, pesky notification badges, and anything that might give you a dopamine hit when you unlock your phone, with simple buttons to open your essential apps - and nothing more. Key features: • Break out of your existing habits Every time you unlock your phone, all you will see is apps that you need, without being coerced into easy distractions from colorful apps on your Home Screen or the App Library. • Create a Minimalist Launcher Select apps and add Dumb Phone widgets to your Home Screen to blend everything together. • Choose your essential apps Select apps that you frequently use, so they are a single tap away. • Style your Home Screen Choose from a Dark or Light minimalist style, by adjusting your wallpaper, background, text, and more, with themes. • Adapt to Liquid Glass changes Reduce the addictive elements of the Liquid Glass Home Screen style, applied in the latest version of iOS. • Create multiple app launchers Create launchers for leisure, work, night time, so you see the most important apps in context to your day. • Detox Mode Create an immersive dumb phone experience by choosing which non-essential apps to block and/or hide on your device, with the powerful capabilities of Screen Time. • Control Center widgets Quickly switch between app launchers from the Control Center with new control center widgets that instantly change your Home Screen. Download the Dumb Phone app today and embrace the full benefits of minimalism, and turn your iPhone into a powerful utility once more. Visit the Dumb Phone app website for more info: https://dumbphone.so/ View our Privacy & Terms at: https://dumbphone.so/privacy https://dumbphone.so/terms

Events

MAJOR UPDATE
Full Screen Minimalism

Adapted for iOS 27's new Full Screen Widgets, keep more essential apps on-screen alongside the date, weather, and more.

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

465 Ratings

Helped with screen addiction
01/10/2024
ethanphp
I use my phone a lot for work. I’m always messaging clients back on my phone, but these days, it’s so easy to get distracted. My phone is in monochrome to try and stop flashing colours of Instagram and other worlds appealing to me, but sometimes it’s easier to just simplify it all. Even now, I use a Blackberry Bold for a large amount of my personal use, because the “dumber” phones are much better. They get the job done. When I was looking at how I could make my iPhone less distracting, I came across Dumb Phone. Described to do exactly what I needed, turn my iPhone into a Dumb Phone. It does exactly what I need, even set up to automatically switch to a “launcher” of the apps I need at night. Installation took less than a minute and couldn’t be simpler. The customer service is top tier with super fast response times, Michael has made a truly amazing app. Curing my screen addiction everyday! Thank you.

Developer Response
Thank you so much for the super detailed and kind review - appreciate it!! 🙏Great to hear you had previously taken steps to combat your screen addition, and more-so Dumb Phone has been a perfect fit to take the next step. Hope it continues to help reduce your screen addiction over time.Thanks again, and I am happy to have been able to help. Cheers.
Helped with screen addiction
01/10/2024
ethanphp

I use my phone a lot for work. I’m always messaging clients back on my phone, but these days, it’s so easy to get distracted. My phone is in monochrome to try and stop flashing colours of Instagram and other worlds appealing to me, but sometimes it’s easier to just simplify it all. Even now, I use a Blackberry Bold for a large amount of my personal use, because the “dumber” phones are much better. They get the job done. When I was looking at how I could make my iPhone less distracting, I came across Dumb Phone. Described to do exactly what I needed, turn my iPhone into a Dumb Phone. It does exactly what I need, even set up to automatically switch to a “launcher” of the apps I need at night. Installation took less than a minute and couldn’t be simpler. The customer service is top tier with super fast response times, Michael has made a truly amazing app. Curing my screen addiction everyday! Thank you.
Developer Response 25/10/2024
Thank you so much for the super detailed and kind review - appreciate it!! 🙏Great to hear you had previously taken steps to combat your screen addition, and more-so Dumb Phone has been a perfect fit to take the next step. Hope it continues to help reduce your screen addiction over time.Thanks again, and I am happy to have been able to help. Cheers.
Fantastic app for taking back control of your phone and your attention
3 Feb
kbenyoung
I've often been tempted by minimalist phones, but have never been able to make the switch due to having genuine use cases that need specific apps. Dumb Phone is the compromise that lets you have the best of both worlds: sleek, minimalist design that discourages use, but also keeping access to the other apps needed. Michael, the app developer is also incredibly responsive, both to individual questions and requests as well as updates from Apple. The day I upgraded to the unfortunate liquid design there was already a fix and a full tutorial waiting. Looking forward to the future where the shortcut launch doesn't trigger the app, but also recognize we're waiting on Apple to resolve that. Keep up the great work!

Developer Response
Hey there, thank you so much for the super kind review! 🙂You are so welcome, and that's great we were also able to help out where we could with the iOS 26 update so quickly. Love hearing Dumb Phone is giving you that best-of-both-worlds setup where you can still keep those apps handy without the extra noise. Cheers, and enjoy!
Fantastic app for taking back control of your phone and your attention
3 Feb
kbenyoung

I've often been tempted by minimalist phones, but have never been able to make the switch due to having genuine use cases that need specific apps. Dumb Phone is the compromise that lets you have the best of both worlds: sleek, minimalist design that discourages use, but also keeping access to the other apps needed. Michael, the app developer is also incredibly responsive, both to individual questions and requests as well as updates from Apple. The day I upgraded to the unfortunate liquid design there was already a fix and a full tutorial waiting. Looking forward to the future where the shortcut launch doesn't trigger the app, but also recognize we're waiting on Apple to resolve that. Keep up the great work!
Developer Response 27 Aug
Hey there, thank you so much for the super kind review! 🙂You are so welcome, and that's great we were also able to help out where we could with the iOS 26 update so quickly. Love hearing Dumb Phone is giving you that best-of-both-worlds setup where you can still keep those apps handy without the extra noise. Cheers, and enjoy!
The best by far!
22/11/2025
bigblzrd
I absolutely love this app, I was previously using something similar but the level of customisation on dp is unmatched and I decided it was absolutely worth the lifetime purchase!My only feature request that’d truly make this app perfect is a Liquid Glass background option, similar to the way the Widgy app has recently implemented one. I know it slightly strays from the design philosophy of an app like this but I personally really enjoy a hybrid between dumb functionality while adopting Apples new design. I’ve managed to figure out a workaround to use Widgys Liquid Glass design for the background on my dp widgets and it looks stunning so I’d really love to see this become a native option :DAll that being said though, thank you for working on this, it’s made me really enjoy my move to iOS 26!

Developer Response
Appreciate the super kind review for Dumb Phone! 🙂That’s awesome you’re getting so much value out of the level of customization, and thank you for supporting our work with upgrading. It’s certainly possible to apply a Liquid Glass background, which can be adjusted via Settings → Clear / Tinted Home Screen → Liquid Glass.Cheers!
The best by far!
22/11/2025
bigblzrd

I absolutely love this app, I was previously using something similar but the level of customisation on dp is unmatched and I decided it was absolutely worth the lifetime purchase!My only feature request that’d truly make this app perfect is a Liquid Glass background option, similar to the way the Widgy app has recently implemented one. I know it slightly strays from the design philosophy of an app like this but I personally really enjoy a hybrid between dumb functionality while adopting Apples new design. I’ve managed to figure out a workaround to use Widgys Liquid Glass design for the background on my dp widgets and it looks stunning so I’d really love to see this become a native option :DAll that being said though, thank you for working on this, it’s made me really enjoy my move to iOS 26!
Developer Response 22 Jan
Appreciate the super kind review for Dumb Phone! 🙂That’s awesome you’re getting so much value out of the level of customization, and thank you for supporting our work with upgrading. It’s certainly possible to apply a Liquid Glass background, which can be adjusted via Settings → Clear / Tinted Home Screen → Liquid Glass.Cheers!
Beautifully simple. No more dopaminergic mindless tapping on icons. Customer service amazing
05/07/2025
Chesselator
I LOVE this app. My Home Screen is now much more minimal and beautiful, and helps me cultivate a more intentional phone behaviour. Adds just the right amount of “friction” which makes you more mindful and less dopaminergic. Lots of customisation and extras. I had lots of fun fine tuning my Home Screen and apps to how I liked, and the widgets adapt to light and dark mode which is great. Forces you to think about which apps you need and how to categorise them in your launchers. When I ran into some issues and suggestions for development I gave feedback and Michael responded super quickly with a thorough email of helpful and informative tips. Amazing customer service.

Developer Response
Hey there, thank you so much for the super kind review! 🙂You are so welcome and that's great we were also able to help out where we could. That is fantastic to hear how much more intentional your phone habits have become, and that you had fun fine tuning the customisation to get it just right too.Hope you continue to get plenty of value from using Dumb Phone each day!Cheers, and enjoy!
Beautifully simple. No more dopaminergic mindless tapping on icons. Customer service amazing
05/07/2025
Chesselator

I LOVE this app. My Home Screen is now much more minimal and beautiful, and helps me cultivate a more intentional phone behaviour. Adds just the right amount of “friction” which makes you more mindful and less dopaminergic. Lots of customisation and extras. I had lots of fun fine tuning my Home Screen and apps to how I liked, and the widgets adapt to light and dark mode which is great. Forces you to think about which apps you need and how to categorise them in your launchers. When I ran into some issues and suggestions for development I gave feedback and Michael responded super quickly with a thorough email of helpful and informative tips. Amazing customer service.
Developer Response 28 Aug
Hey there, thank you so much for the super kind review! 🙂You are so welcome and that's great we were also able to help out where we could. That is fantastic to hear how much more intentional your phone habits have become, and that you had fun fine tuning the customisation to get it just right too.Hope you continue to get plenty of value from using Dumb Phone each day!Cheers, and enjoy!

Thank you for supporting Dumb Phone and we wish you the best with being more mindful when using our phones each day! This update adds the ability to create Detox schedules so you can restrict access to apps and websites throughout the day. Please consider leaving a kind review if you find Dumb Phone super helpful each day :)

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Provider: Tigas Industries Pty Ltd
Size: 393.4 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.1 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 16.1 or later.
Languages: English and 20 more

English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
Age Rating: 4+

4+

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In-App Purchases: Yes

Dumb Phone Pro (1 month) £3.99

Dumb Phone Pro (1 year) £9.99

Dumb Phone Pro Lifetime £24.99

Dumb Phone Pro (1 month) £2.99

Dumb Phone Pro Lifetime £29.99

Dumb Phone Pro (1 year) £12.99

Dumb Phone Pro (1 year) £14.99

Dumb Phone Pro Lifetime £49.99

Dumb Phone Pro Family (1 year) £24.99

Dumb Phone Pro Lifetime £39.99

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