Comparison

Bond Touch vs DumbScroller

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bond Touch

This app connects you with loved ones when you're apart, allowing you to send and receive touches, share private messages and photos, and even feel a partner's heartbeat. It manages smart bracelets and necklaces designed to bridge physical distance and foster deeper connections.

Highlights
  • Send and receive touches
  • Private encrypted space for messages and photos
  • Personalize touch colors
  • View connection and battery status
  • Revisit touch history
  • Optional location sharing
  • Record and exchange heartbeats
Features
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The app that help people deepen their connection even when they're apart. Use the Bond Touch app to manage and connect all of your Bond Touch products and get ready and start bridging the distance between you and your loved ones: • Bond Touch/Bond Touch More: The best long distance touch bracelets of the market! Send and receive touches no matter the miles between you. • Bond Heart: The smart necklace that allows you to feel their heartbeat forever • Bond Touch Lite: A lighter version of the Bond Touch experience on your Apple Watch App Features: • Private Space: Share texts, photos, and secrets in a secure, encrypted space. • Customization: Personalize touch colors on your bracelet. • Connection and Battery Status: Stay informed about your and your partner’s connection and battery levels. • Touch History: Revisit and replay touches from your partner. • Location Sharing: Optionally share your location and view your partner’s city, weather, and more. • Countdown to Reunion: Anticipate your next meeting with the Next Encounter feature. • Multi-Partner Bonding: Connect with up to 3 partners using Bond Touch More. • Heartbeat Recording: Record heartbeats for your Bond Heart within the app • Heartbeat Exchange: Send, request, and wear heartbeats through our innovative app. For more information on Bond Touch bracelets and Bond Heart necklace, visit www.bond-touch.com .Need Assistance? Contact us at info@bond-touch.com or visit our help center: help.bond-touch.com Stay Connected: • Instagram: @bondtouch • Facebook: Bondtouch • TikTok: @bondtouch Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ DOWNLOAD NOW! BOND TOUCH - BE TOGETHER, EVEN WHEN YOU’RE APART.

About

DumbScroller

This app offers a digital detox by simulating the familiar scrolling experience of social media without any engaging content. It provides placeholder feeds to satisfy the habit of scrolling, helping to break screen addiction by replacing harmful reflexes with harmless ones.

Highlights
  • Simulates social media scrolling
  • Placeholder content feeds
  • Targets scrolling habit
  • No accounts or notifications
  • Meaningless interactions (like, comment)
  • Screen time solution
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Stop doom scrolling with Dumb Scroller! Like a decaf espresso, Dumb Scroller gives your brain the familiar ritual of scrolling through social media — without any of the hooks that keep you trapped. It's a digital detox that works with your habits, not against them. Choose from surrogate versions of the apps you can't put down — a photo feed, a short-form video stream, a microblog timeline, a friend feed, and a video platform — all filled with harmless placeholder content. No real posts. No outrage. No algorithm. Just the soothing muscle memory of mindless scrolling, minus the consequences. Your brain craves the pattern — the pull-to-refresh, the double-tap to like, the endless scroll. Dumb Scroller delivers that pattern in its most inert form. Over time, the compulsion fades. The itch gets scratched without the screen addiction getting fed. Why it works: • Targets the scroll habit itself, not just the content • Replaces your phone addiction reflex with a harmless alternative • No accounts, no notifications, no data collection, no feed algorithm • Multiple app styles reminiscent of popular social media platforms • Infinite scrolling, liking, bookmarking, and commenting — all completely meaningless • A screen time solution that doesn't lecture you or block your apps Dumb Scroller doesn't shame you with screen time reports or fight your willpower. It simply offers your restless fingers something to do while your brain quietly forgets why it needed to scroll in the first place. Break the cycle. Keep the ritual. Scroll dumb.

Screenshots

Bond Touch4 screens
DumbScroller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DumbScroller at 5.0 against Bond Touch's 4.6. Bond Touch's advantage is ratings volume (18K vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bond Touch sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and DumbScroller sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DumbScroller holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bond Touch has 18K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bond Touch versus DumbScroller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBond TouchDumbScroller
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (18K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings18K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size258 MB4 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBond Touch Inc.Shaun Salzberg

Customer experience

Bond Touch

All ratings17,731 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews407 reviews
Positive41.8%
Neutral12.3%
Negative45.9%

DumbScroller

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Bond Touch

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Pairing issues with multiple devices
  • Bracelet disconnects randomly
  • Inaccurate battery percentage display
  • Trouble with firmware updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow use without app open
  • Improve battery life
  • Add more customization options
  • Enhance notification system
  • Expand connectivity range

DumbScroller

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Bond Touch

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$39.99
  • Lifetime$69.99
1 purchases

DumbScroller

One-time1
  • Unlock all styles$0.99

Questions

Is Bond Touch free?
Bond Touch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DumbScroller free?
DumbScroller is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bond Touch or DumbScroller?
DumbScroller is rated higher. Bond Touch averages 4.6 out of 5 from 18K ratings, while DumbScroller averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Bond Touch or DumbScroller have ads?
Neither Bond Touch nor DumbScroller shows ads.

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