Dumbify vs tend
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.
tend
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The slow path to long-term personal growth. Transformation is incremental, growing from consistent, small efforts. Make one small promise to yourself, tend to it daily, and watch it quietly take root. Once established, deepen it or add another. Keep it, then another, and another. Grow. • One promise at a time: no noise, no guilt • Everything stays on your device: no account, no sign-in, no tracking • Intentionally Simple: new promise setup: 2-5min, daily use in 10 sec or less • FREE forever: indie-dev solving my problems, please enjoy and if able support my work!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: tend at Free against Dumbify's $4.99. tend also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Dumbify's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly) and chart position (#74 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases 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
tend is free to download; Dumbify costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dumbify ships an update every 6 days, tend monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dumbify | tend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (215 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 46.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 215 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #74 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AB Apps Inc. | Thomas Lane |
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
tend
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dumbify
No in-app purchases
tend
No in-app purchases
