Dumbify

Really clever idea, to kind of turn your phone into a 'dumb phone' facade. I recommend doing this and also putting your phone into greyscale mode. Also great its not some extortionate subscription scheme.

Got it after trying others out. Mostly straightforward to set up. Will give it a few days but would love if it could add blank icons / and a larger template for more apps. Otherwise so far so good.

Great idea and execution. Easy to setup. Turns the home screen into a nice quiet place. Hopefully Apple allows for larger widgets soon, and makes the URL scheme work for every app. Thank you.

Dumbify has a great asset on my phone, I love it! It has helped minimize the distractions that can often come from a smartphone. I’m hoping that there are plans to tweak the background color settings a bit to accommodate for the iOS 18 customization updates that have pushed out (Light vs. Dark mode).

Saw a video of a dad that claimed this app helped him simplify his phone and become more productive and a better example to his kids. This app does not work at all, your phone is NOT dumbified. Waste of money, and apple wont give me a refund.

This is a fantastic app that makes your home screen look just like a Light Phone. There are no special permissions required and it works great, even on iOS 18! Just some minor nits. The iOS 18 setting for Accessibility -> Per App Home Screen & App Library -> Reduce Motion is not being detected in the app, although it appears to be working. Additionally, the app icon does not change for iOS 18 dark mode.

Right up front, I am shocked at all the negative reviews. This app is PERFECTION. For years I have struggled with phone addiction and screentime. This app does exactly what it says it will do, give you a minimalist screensaver. This happened to dramatically benefit my life. Also, if you are annoyed with it bringing you to shortcuts during the initial setup for the app, just set your phone to monochrome. The fact that so many people are making a big deal out of that is quite honestly ludicrous. Anyways, thank you developers for the fantastic app

Just downloaded it and I’m on setting it up. But unlike the tutorial video, stacking widgets is not working. Fix it please

I tried the language hack to fix, but this app still does not let me add widgets to my Lock Screen.

This app consistently fails by showing only black blocks on my Home Screen instead of my app list, to the point of not being able to use my phone if I want to only use the widgets. I definitely regret paying for it. You can’t make a home launcher that consistently blacks out.