Dumbify

This app helped to reduce my screen time a lot! Now the phone works for me, not the other way around. The app icons and the colours are like a slot machine. I always clicks on app icons out of bordom without even needing the app! This is over now thanks to this great app. Unfortunately it takes a little bit time and wat hing some tutorials to set it up properly, but it is absolutely worth the time. The widget can be sometimes a little buggy, but works always after a phone restart.

really well designed and perfect for minimising distractions would like to be able to customise the blank widget (date and time, weather etc.)

Instead of purchasing a "dumb" phone, the best one is using the one you have. This is a good idea but this app has been draining my battery. Not sure if it's Apple's widget/shortcut efficiency but I did notice my battery performance drain after a month of use.

it’s just… widgets. it’s nothing helpful.

It does the job. But what people mean by clunky is that the way it relies on shortcuts it either opens shortcuts then the app or dumbify, shortcuts, and then the selected app. You can make this a little more seamless in the accessibility settings but it does kinda make the rest of the phone clunky as a trade off.

when tapping the name of certain apps in the widget it opens the shortcut app brielfy before opening the actual app. turning reduced motion on doesnt fix this issue only makes the jumping between the widget, the shortcuts app, and the desired app faster. will improve my rating when this is fixed.

Clunky to use

This app has helped tremendously in cutting down on my screen time. Not seeing those red bubbles on my apps reduces the need for useless pickups. Only issue I have is when I go to my settings using this app it goes into the settings for the dumbify app instead of going to the main settings screen which is slightly annoying.

Turning your phone to grey scale and removing apps you don’t use/want does the same thing. You can swipe away from this launcher to your other apps so it’s not really making your phone a “dumb phone lite” or giving much friction to getting to the rest of your phone.

It’s not a seamless experience because it depends on the shortcuts app to function. It’s half baked at best.