Comparison

Dumbify vs antia

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Minimalist home screen launcher
  • Reduces screen time
  • Customizable app selection
  • Clean, text-based interface
  • Supports dark and light mode
Currently charting
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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.

About

antia

Features
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antia is a quiet place to write your life down. Write what matters — a memory, a passing thought, a voice note, a photo — and antia gathers it into your Route: a living map of the life you're actually walking. Writing is the act; the Route is what the writing becomes. There are no streaks, no goals, no guilt for missing a day. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Capture — Open a blank page and write, dictate a voice memo, or add a photo. Nothing is scored, paraphrased, or corrected. Your words are kept exactly as you wrote them. • Memories — Everything you've captured, gathered in one calm timeline you can return to. • Route — antia arranges your entries into a reflective, prose-like view of your life over time: the people, places, and turning points that recur. Tap a moment to sit with it. • Ask — Ask questions about your own past and get answers grounded only in what you've written. Nothing invented. • Sessions (optional) — Quiet, timed writing rooms. Write alongside others with anonymous presence only, or, if you choose, share an entry and read others' under pseudonyms. HONEST ABOUT THE AI antia uses LLMs to organize your writing and reflect it back to you. It retrieves, connects, and drafts on request, always grounded in your own memories. It never invents a memory or writes your life for you. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your journal is private to your account. No ads. No third-party tracking, no IDFA. Analytics are first-party only and can be turned off in Settings. Camera, microphone, photo, and location access are all optional — the app is fully usable with each one denied. You can export or delete your account and data at any time.

Screenshots

Dumbify4 screens
antia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: antia at Free against Dumbify's $4.99. Dumbify's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks) and chart position (#34 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

antia is free to download; Dumbify costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dumbify ships an update every 6 days, antia every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Dumbify versus antia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDumbifyantia
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (215 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings215 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#34 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAB Apps Inc.Ignacio Tovar

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

antia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Dumbify

No in-app purchases

None

antia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dumbify free?
Dumbify costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is antia free?
antia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dumbify or antia have ads?
Neither Dumbify nor antia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dumbify or antia?
Dumbify ships an update every 6 days, and antia every 5 weeks. Most recently, Dumbify was updated on November 14, 2026 and antia on November 10, 2026.

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