Appworthy
App Store
Version 4.8 · 2026-04-29
Thanks for choosing Dumb Phone! We’re glad to support your journey toward using your phone with more intention. This update brings smoother performance and bug fixes.
App Store rating4.2★226 ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $1.99–$79.99
Age4+Store age rating
Size163 MBiPhone download
CategoryProductivity
DeveloperYevhen Tretiakov
What we found
Full reportToo little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.
Money
- Free to download · in-app purchases $1.99–$79.99 (4 listed). Weekly plan $1.99 (about $103 a year); monthly plan $4.99 (about $60 a year); yearly plan $14.99.
- If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.
Not yet tested.
The store currently lists version 4.8, updated 2026-04-29.
Preview
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
About this app
Make your iPhone calmer.
Dumb Phone helps you change how your phone feels — not by forcing you, but by removing noise and adding intention.
No endless scrolling. No constant temptation.
Just a quieter way to use your phone.
◆ Minimalist Home Screen
Replace a cluttered Home Screen with a calm, minimal layout.
Display only the apps that truly matter.
Add optional widgets like Date & Time, Weather, or Health — nothing more.
Health data is optional and only used for widgets shown on your Home Screen.
All permissions are managed through Apple Health.
◆ App & Website Control
Choose when and how you use distracting apps.
• Block apps or websites instantly for a set time
• Schedule daily or weekly focus periods
• Set gentle time limits for selected apps
• Limit how often an app can be opened
• Add an action before unlocking an app — like a pause, movement, or reflection…
From the developer’s store description.
For developers and the curious
The full report
The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings and evidence
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.
What reviewers report
No review analysis published for this app.
Measurements
“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.
From store data and reviews
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the app package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.
Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know
Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
Versions and dates analysed
Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.
Store update history
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
Assessment record
- Status
- Not yet tested
- App identifier
dumb-phone- Sources used
- None recorded
- Reviews read
- None recorded
- Package examined
- No package scan
- Human inspection
- Not completed
How we know
- Measurement vocabulary
- 1.4
Store facts
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
App Store
- Store rating
- 4.22 ★ · 226 ratings
- Version
- 4.8
- Updated
- 29 Apr 2026
- Price
- Free · In-app purchases
- Age rating
- 4+
- Size
- 163 MB
- Developer
- Yevhen Tretiakov
- Category
- Productivity
- Listing price
- Free · In-app purchases
Purchases the store lists
What this app sells
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
Subscriptions3
Dumb Phone Plus WeeklyWeekly$1.99
Dumb Phone Plus MonthlyMonthly$4.99
Dumb Phone Plus YearlyYearly$14.99
Buy once1
Dumb Phone Plus LifetimeLifetime$79.99
Method and limits
What a missing label means
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.
Limits of this report
- A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
- Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
- Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
- A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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