Dumbphone □ Homescreen

Dumbphone

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About this app

Ever disappeared into your phone when you just needed to check something quick?

This innovative homescreen launcher allows access to all smartphone functionality when needed, but discourages unnecessary use.

In today's world, your most important resource is your attention.
Break free from smartphone overload and welcome back clarity of thought.


🧠 ABOUT

Smartphones, although essential, often lead us to unwanted distractions.

Our unique approach incorporates a 20-second barrier to accessing potentially distracting apps. This brief pause encourages mindful decision-making, giving your brain the chance to engage and decide if you really need to use the app or if you can do something more wise and fulfilling.


🔍 FUNCTIONALITY

Peaceful Phone, Peaceful Mind

20-second Barrier
This barrier gives you a moment to reflect: Do I really need to use that app now? It gives your brain time to activate more long-sighted thinking instead of the addictive behavior of mindlessly opening apps.

• App Timer (Blocking Service)

• Calmed Notifications (Notification Filter)

• Screen Time (Usage Statistics)

• Double-tap to lock

• Hold for brightness

• Minimalist Design: No flashy icons or colors. A clean, simple interface that reduces cognitive overload and helps you focus on your essential apps.


TRUST

🔏 Strong Privacy
We do not collect any data, and no usage data leaves your phone. Simple.

💌 Thank you!
Thank you so much for installing! 💬 We're excited to hear your feedback as we continue to improve Dumbphone. We sincerely hope that you will like it and that Dumbphone will help you and increase your wellbeing.

📵 Cure your smartphone addiction
We recommend that you use Dumbphone for at least a week to adapt to it and experience its benefits.


MORE

Policy compliance:
- This app uses AccessibilityService API for App Timer (Blocking Service) and Double tap to lock if you wish. It is disabled by default and can be enabled/disabled in Dumbphone preferences.
- By downloading or installing Dumbphone you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions, which you can find here: https://dumbphoneapp.com/privacy.html and https://dumbphoneapp.com/terms.html

Tips for making your smartphone even dumber through phone settings:
- Remove animations: Search for Remove animations
- Turn on Grayscale: Search for Grayscale
- Silence or remove notifications: Search for Notifications
- Remove data tracking: Search for Privacy
- Deactivate GPS: Search for Location


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Keyword texts:

🤯🏚️
Smartphones are designed to keep you engaged. Sensory overload from enticing, colorful attention-grabbing icons is fooling your brain into thinking the screen is important. Impulse-driven apps hijack your focus. People end up distracted by notifications, procrastinating and wasting away their lives on mindless scrolling. We open apps absentmindedly and fill our minds with cognitive noise that makes us overwhelmed by those dopamine-wasting apps. Apps that you open on impulse and that steal your attention. Instead of drowning in your screen, reduce distraction and block with the blocker. A clean wallpaper and icons that are simply text (or emojis if you want ^^). Manage overstimulation, and simplify your digital space.


😌🌱
Simplicity with a wholesome, calm atmosphere and quick navigation. Customizable digital minimalism and digital detox in a modern dumb phone for deliberate use. Stay focused with a remarkable experience, promoting positive and productive habits and deep work. Reduce screen time and digital clutter. With this home screen, you still have easy access to useful smartphone apps, like for example your bus/metro/train ticket, calendar, notes, or maps. Bring balance to your digital life by managing distracting apps. Welcome back your focus and attention!


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Dumbphone combines the simplicity of a dumbphone with the versatility of a smartphone.

Ratings and reviews

edit:was this updated with me realizing it or something? They now charge a recurring fee for what used to be free. That's a shame. ☹️ great idea. I just have a couple suggestions: 1.icon option instead of text, & maybe icon pack support. 2. In immersion mode, show a simple statusbar, at least with battery level & signal strength.

Significantly reduced mindless phone use!! I placed my essential apps on a single page, and the "problematic" apps are not visible at all. In order to use them, I have to swipe to my phone's search bar and intentionally type in the app to use it. This alone has made me use those apps so much less because of the inconvenience of additional steps to find them.

So far so good, but I have two apps that are being wrongly blocked. Amazon Alexa and Chrome. Once things are sorted out I'll be happier. Edit: Yes, I have added them correctly as selected apps. I have come across other apps that are being wrongfully blocked, including gmail and stocard, and I'm sure there are a few others. Love the 20 second feature, but it would be good for it to work as expected.

What’s new

Stability improvements