Rude Phone vs Device Configuration
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rude Phone
This app helps you reduce screen time by sending customized, "rude" notifications to remind you to get off your phone. You can personalize the frequency and duration of these alerts to encourage productivity.
- Customizable notifications
- Set notification frequency
- Set notification duration
- Personalize notification rudeness
- Disable lock screen notifications
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Want to be more productive? Rude Phone will annoy you whenever you are on your phone using your own customized notifications! This app helps you get off your phone for a set period. When this app is enabled, and you are on your phone, your phone will notify you to get off with custom pre set notifications. You can add more notifications or delete/edit existing ones to adjust the rudeness of the app and to make the notifications more personalized. To use the app, set the frequency or duration of the notifications with the slider on the top and then press "start." You can set the frequency of the notifications for between 1 and 5 minutes. You can set the duration of the notification period to between 1 and 5 hours. To stop the notifications, you can either wait for time to run out or flip the "start" switch to off. To disable lock screen notifications, go to settings > Get off your phone > notifications > disable lock screen notifications.
Device Configuration
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Easily configure your Audio Enhancement devices from your mobile phone! Install and Modify amplifiers including volume adjustments wirelessly! Easily connect your devices to the EPIC System
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Device Configuration at 11.0 against Rude Phone's 13.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rude Phone ships an update every 4 months, Device Configuration every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rude Phone | Device Configuration |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ari Wasch | Audio Enhancement |
In-app purchases
Rude Phone
No in-app purchases
Device Configuration
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Rude Phone free?
Is Device Configuration free?
Do Rude Phone or Device Configuration have ads?
Which is updated more often, Rude Phone or Device Configuration?
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