Comparison

No Zero Days vs Dumb Phone (dp)

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

Head to head
About

No Zero Days

This app encourages personal growth and service to others to foster happier, healthier lives. It offers a minimalist approach to tracking daily positive actions without complex features like streaks or reminders. Simply tap to mark activities complete and optionally add notes for a visual overview of your progress.

Highlights
  • Track daily positive actions
  • Add notes to activities
  • View past weeks' progress
  • Basic 30-day stats and visualizations
  • Minimalist interface
  • No reminders or streaks
Features
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Be someone you're proud of. This app is meant to help people live happier, healthier, and more content lives through encouragement of personal growth, and service to others. No emails, passwords, streaks, chains, or bugging you with reminders. How does it work? No Zero days is a very simple app. It does almost nothing. You can mark an activity as complete for a day simply by tapping a category box. If you press and hold a box, you can add a note for that category for that day. Scroll up and down to see the past few weeks, and scroll all the way up to see some basic stats and visualizations of the last 30 days. Press and hold the logo to access settings. That’s it - no zero days does nothing else. It is meant to simply join your day to day routine and help you remember to take at least one action each day that helps yourself or others. Easy right?

About

Dumb Phone (dp)

Transform your iPhone into a minimalist device by replacing distracting app icons and notifications with simple buttons for essential apps. Create custom launchers for different contexts and utilize detox modes to reduce digital distractions.

Highlights
  • Create minimalist launchers
  • Select essential apps
  • Style Home Screen with themes
  • Block and hide non-essential apps
  • Quickly switch launchers via Control Center
  • Adapt to Liquid Glass changes
Features
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Turn your iPhone into a Dumb Phone. Dumb Phone™ lets you create your very own minimalist-style phone on iOS. Replace colorful app icons, pesky notification badges, and anything that might give you a dopamine hit when you unlock your phone, with simple buttons to open your essential apps - and nothing more. Key features: • Break out of your existing habits Every time you unlock your phone, all you will see is apps that you need, without being coerced into easy distractions from colorful apps on your Home Screen or the App Library. • Create a Minimalist Launcher Select apps and add Dumb Phone widgets to your Home Screen to blend everything together. • Choose your essential apps Select apps that you frequently use, so they are a single tap away. • Style your Home Screen Choose from a Dark or Light minimalist style, by adjusting your wallpaper, background, text, and more, with themes. • Adapt to Liquid Glass changes Reduce the addictive elements of the Liquid Glass Home Screen style, applied in the latest version of iOS. • Create multiple app launchers Create launchers for leisure, work, night time, so you see the most important apps in context to your day. • Detox Mode Create an immersive dumb phone experience by choosing which non-essential apps to block and/or hide on your device, with the powerful capabilities of Screen Time. • Control Center widgets Quickly switch between app launchers from the Control Center with new control center widgets that instantly change your Home Screen. Download the Dumb Phone app today and embrace the full benefits of minimalism, and turn your iPhone into a powerful utility once more. Visit the Dumb Phone app website for more info: https://dumbphone.so/ View our Privacy & Terms at: https://dumbphone.so/privacy https://dumbphone.so/terms

Screenshots

No Zero Days4 screens
Dumb Phone (dp)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: No Zero Days at none against Dumb Phone (dp)'s 13. No Zero Days also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.1). Dumb Phone (dp)'s advantage is ratings volume (3.9K vs 48) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Dumb Phone (dp) sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. No Zero Days asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dumb Phone (dp) holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dumb Phone (dp) has 3.9K ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of No Zero Days's written reviews are positive against 68% of Dumb Phone (dp)'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

No Zero Days ships an update fortnightly, Dumb Phone (dp) every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
No Zero Days versus Dumb Phone (dp): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNo Zero DaysDumb Phone (dp)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (48 ratings)4.6 (3.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better68.3% of reviews
Number of ratings483.9K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB375 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElliot NashMichael Tigas

Customer experience

No Zero Days

All ratings47 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative17.1%

Dumb Phone (dp)

All ratings3,844 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews857 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral5.3%
Negative26.5%

Bugs and requests

No Zero Days

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Dumb Phone (dp)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widget not appearing in list
  • Apps opening through Shortcuts app
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to hide App Library
  • More widget customization options
  • Customizable widget labels
  • Detox mode for specific apps
  • Support for more third-party apps

In-app purchases

None

No Zero Days

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

Dumb Phone (dp)

Subscriptions8
  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 month)$2.991 Month
  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 month)$3.991 Month
  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 month)$5.991 Month
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  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 year)$9.991 Year
  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 year)$12.991 Year
  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 year)$14.991 Year
  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 year)$19.991 Year
  • Dumb Phone Pro Family (1 year)$24.991 Year
One-time4
  • Dumb Phone Pro Lifetime$24.99
  • Dumb Phone Pro Lifetime$29.99
  • Dumb Phone Pro Lifetime$39.99
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  • Dumb Phone Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is No Zero Days free?
No Zero Days is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dumb Phone (dp) free?
Dumb Phone (dp) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, No Zero Days or Dumb Phone (dp)?
Dumb Phone (dp) is rated higher. No Zero Days averages 4.3 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while Dumb Phone (dp) averages 4.6 from 3.9K ratings.
Do No Zero Days or Dumb Phone (dp) have ads?
Neither No Zero Days nor Dumb Phone (dp) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, No Zero Days or Dumb Phone (dp)?
No Zero Days ships an update fortnightly, and Dumb Phone (dp) every 2 weeks. Most recently, No Zero Days was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dumb Phone (dp) on October 25, 2026.

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