Dumbify vs Paths
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dumbify
This minimalist launcher for iPhone declutters your home screen to help reduce screen time. It allows you to select and display only your most important apps in a clean, text-based interface, reclaiming your time and simplifying your digital life.
- Minimalist home screen launcher
- Reduces screen time
- Customizable app selection
- Clean, text-based interface
- Supports dark and light mode
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Dumbify is a minimalist home screen launcher for iPhone. Dumbify helps you keep screen time down by keeping your home screen clean and clear of notifications. Our minimalist home screen launcher is fully customizable. Dumbify allows you to select the apps that are most important to you, and displays them in a clean minimalist launcher on your home screen. The minimalist launcher for iPhone works perfectly with dark or light mode, so you can pick what looks best to you. This text based minimalist launcher lets you reclaim your most valuable asset, your time! Stop spending hours of your precious time getting distracted by your phone, and let Dumbify, a launcher exclusively for iPhone, simplify your digital life.
Paths
This app helps you achieve your goals by creating daily updates and sharing your progress with friends for mutual accountability. It offers a focused experience without social media distractions, prioritizing user privacy and a clean interface.
- Create custom goals (Paths)
- Log daily updates
- Share progress with friends
- React to and comment on updates
- Daily reminders
- Privacy controls
- Dark and light modes
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Paths is a simple app for staying consistent with your goals...with a few friends keeping you accountable along the way. You create goals (called Paths) and log a quick update each day. Your friends can see how you’re doing and cheer you on. (You’ll see their progress too!) HOW IT WORKS • Create a Path for anything you care about. Working out, reading, learning guitar, or anything else you want to stick with. • Each day, log a quick update. Keep it simple! “1 mile,” “10 pages,” “practiced scales.” • Share your Paths with friends so they can follow along. • React to their updates or leave a short message. • Poke friends who haven’t logged today (as a light reminder!) DESIGNED TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY • Feels more like a notes app than a social feed. • No endless scrolling or noise, just your goals and the people you’ve chosen! PRIVACY FIRST • You decide who sees each Path • Friends are invite only (No random suggestions or public profiles!) • No ads, no tracking, no selling your data FEATURES • Entries save automatically • Dark mode and light mode • Daily reminders (if you want!) • Real-time updates show up instantly It’s free, with no ads. I was already doing this in a shared Notes app, but wanted to build something better!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paths at 100% against Dumbify's 46%. Paths also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (5.0 vs 2.9). Dumbify's advantage is ratings volume (213 vs 4) and chart position (#52 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
Paths is free to download; Dumbify costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Paths holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dumbify has 213 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Dumbify's written reviews are positive against 100% of Paths's.
Dumbify ships an update every 6 days, Paths every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dumbify | Paths |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (213 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 213 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #52 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AB Apps Inc. | SIMON M ELLIOTT |
Customer experience
Dumbify
Paths
Bugs and requests
Dumbify
Reported bugs
3 issues- Issues with widget not displaying app list properly
- Settings app not launching to main page
- Occasional crashes or freezes
Requested features
4 requests- More widget size and layout options
- Ability to customize background and font styles
- Seamless app launching without shortcuts
- Integration with more popular apps
Paths
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dumbify
No in-app purchases
Paths
No in-app purchases









