Clicks Keyboard vs Dumb Down
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clicks Keyboard
Enhance your typing with advanced keyboard controls. Customize backlight, shift key behavior, and access to numbers and symbols. Optimize your typing experience with features like soft return, cursor mode, and firmware updates.
- Keyboard backlight control
- Caps lock and shift lock customization
- Alt lock for numbers and symbols
- Soft return for line breaks
- Cursor mode with WASD/IKJL
- Customizable currency symbol
- Over-the-air firmware updates
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The Clicks app unlocks new features for your keyboard. Toggle your keyboard backlight between 'automatic' and off. Use this feature to check the status of your backlight and reset it to automatic mode if it's been accidentally disabled through the keyboard shortcut. Caps lock - Control the behaviour of the shift key. When turned on, pressing the shift key once makes the next charater a capital letter. Double clicking the shift key enables shift lock. When disabled, you must press and hold shift to get a captial letter. Alt lock - Control the behaviour of the '123' key. When turned on, pressing the '123' key once makes the next typed character a number of symbol. Double clicking the shift key enables number lock - (great for typing phone numbers of long number strings!). When disabled, you must press and hold '123' to get numbers and symbols. Soft return - Choose between using the return to add a carriage return (soft return) or send a message (hard return). Clicks key customization - Decide whether you want the Clicks key to function as Tab or Control Cursor mode - Enable cursor mode to use WASD and IJKL as directional cursor keys Currency symbol - Customize your currency symbol Create or log in to your Clicks Keyboard account to get updated about the latest features coming to your Clicks Keyboard Update your keyboard firmware over the air to optimize the typing experience. Learn and explore your Clicks keyboard with access to tips and how-to's. * Certain features and functionality are dependant on your Clicks model.
Dumb Down
Integrate a secondary, simpler phone to disconnect from your smartphone. This app facilitates a digital detox, allowing you to be more present during social outings, dedicated tech-free periods, or personal reflection times. Migrate your digital life to your computer for seamless integration with your dumbphone.
- Second phone integration
- Digital detox facilitation
- Real-world presence enhancement
- Computer sync for dumbphones
- Offline moment support
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Welcome to the Flip Side! Using the Dumb Down app, seamlessly integrate a second dumbphone for those times when you want to be more in the real world! Get DUMB when you are out on the town living it up, for a weekly smartphone sabbath, or for evenings and morning with your own thoughts! Migrate your digital life onto your computer and use the Dumb Dumb Sync app to easily integrate the dumbphone I for those offline moments best savored in the present and without distractions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dumb Down at 100% against Clicks Keyboard's 32%. Dumb Down also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks). Clicks Keyboard's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 9). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dumb Down holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clicks Keyboard has 59 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Clicks Keyboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dumb Down's.
Clicks Keyboard ships an update every 6 weeks, Dumb Down every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clicks Keyboard | Dumb Down |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (59 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clicks Technology Ltd | Offline DC Inc. |
Customer experience
Clicks Keyboard
Dumb Down
In-app purchases
Clicks Keyboard
No in-app purchases
Dumb Down
No in-app purchases
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