Comparison

Dumb Phone (dp) vs Haptica

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

Head to head
About

Dumb Phone (dp)

Transform your iPhone into a minimalist device by replacing distracting colorful icons with simple buttons for essential apps. Create custom launchers for different contexts and utilize Detox Mode to block non-essential applications, helping you break digital habits and regain focus.

Highlights
  • Minimalist launcher creation
  • Customizable app launchers
  • Detox Mode for app blocking
  • Dark and Light minimalist styles
  • Control Center widgets for quick switching
  • Reduces digital distractions
Features
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Turn your iPhone into a Dumb Phone. Dumb Phone™ lets you create your very own minimalist-style phone on iOS. Replace colorful app icons, pesky notification badges, and anything that might give you a dopamine hit when you unlock your phone, with simple buttons to open your essential apps - and nothing more. Key features: • Break out of your existing habits Every time you unlock your phone, all you will see is apps that you need, without being coerced into easy distractions from colorful apps on your Home Screen or the App Library. • Create a Minimalist Launcher Select apps and add Dumb Phone widgets to your Home Screen to blend everything together. • Choose your essential apps Select apps that you frequently use, so they are a single tap away. • Style your Home Screen Choose from a Dark or Light minimalist style, by adjusting your wallpaper, background, text, and more, with themes. • Adapt to Liquid Glass changes Reduce the addictive elements of the Liquid Glass Home Screen style, applied in the latest version of iOS. • Create multiple app launchers Create launchers for leisure, work, night time, so you see the most important apps in context to your day. • Detox Mode Create an immersive dumb phone experience by choosing which non-essential apps to block and/or hide on your device, with the powerful capabilities of Screen Time. • Control Center widgets Quickly switch between app launchers from the Control Center with new control center widgets that instantly change your Home Screen. Download the Dumb Phone app today and embrace the full benefits of minimalism, and turn your iPhone into a powerful utility once more. Visit the Dumb Phone app website for more info: https://dumbphone.so/ View our Privacy & Terms at: https://dumbphone.so/privacy https://dumbphone.so/terms

About

Haptica

This app provides silent, vibration-based timing for your Apple Watch. It helps you stay on schedule with subtle haptic cues, ideal for meetings, presentations, workouts, and focus sessions without disruptive alarms.

Highlights
  • Silent, vibration-based time cues
  • Discreet timing without sound
  • Reduced screen checking
  • Fast timer setup
  • Ideal for professional and personal use
  • Supports focus sessions and workouts
Features
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Haptica is a silent Apple Watch timer that helps you feel time without sound, alarms, or constant screen checks. Stay on schedule with subtle haptic cues on your wrist, so you can manage time discreetly while staying focused, present, and professional. Use Haptica when a loud alarm would be distracting, awkward, or disruptive. It is built for meetings, presentations, patient visits, clinical workflows, focus sessions, workouts, intervals, and Pomodoro-style timing. Feel time without interrupting the moment Most timers demand attention. Haptica is designed to keep you aware of time without pulling you away from what you are doing. Use it to: • Stay on time without checking your phone • Feel quiet time cues through Apple Watch • Avoid disruptive alarms in professional settings • Keep meetings, visits, and presentations moving • Stay focused during deep work or study sessions • Time workouts, intervals, circuits, and rest periods • Manage Pomodoro sessions without breaking flow Built for professional and personal use Haptica is especially helpful when timing matters, but sound is not the right answer. Perfect for: • Clinicians managing patient visits • Presenters and public speakers • Professionals in meetings • Teachers, coaches, and trainers • Students and deep work sessions • Fitness, intervals, and Tabata-style workouts • Anyone who wants a quiet, discreet timer Why people use Haptica • Silent Apple Watch timer • Haptic and vibration-based time cues • Discreet timing without sound • Less screen checking • Simple, fast timer setup • Useful for work, health, fitness, and focus • Designed for moments where normal alarms do not fit A better way to stay on time Haptica helps you stay aware without looking distracted, interrupting a room, or breaking your concentration. Whether you are seeing a patient, leading a meeting, giving a presentation, studying, working out, or managing focused work blocks, Haptica gives you a quiet way to stay on track. Feel time. Stay present. Keep moving. Apple watch should remain in Silent Mode when using Haptica Timer

Screenshots

Dumb Phone (dp)4 screens
Haptica3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dumb Phone (dp) at 4.6 against Haptica's 4.0. Dumb Phone (dp) also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 4) and review sentiment (68% vs 50%). Haptica's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dumb Phone (dp) sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Haptica sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dumb Phone (dp) holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dumb Phone (dp) has 3.9K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Dumb Phone (dp)'s written reviews are positive against 50% of Haptica's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dumb Phone (dp) ships an update fortnightly, Haptica every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dumb Phone (dp) versus Haptica: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDumb Phone (dp)Haptica
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.9K ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews68.4% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.9K — better4
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size375 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael TigasForgio Technologies, LLC

Customer experience

Dumb Phone (dp)

All ratings3,906 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews863 reviews
Positive68.4%
Neutral5.2%
Negative26.4%

Haptica

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Dumb Phone (dp)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widget not appearing in list
  • Apps opening through Shortcuts app
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to hide App Library
  • More widget customization options
  • Customizable widget labels
  • Detox mode for specific apps
  • Support for more third-party apps

Haptica

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Dumb Phone (dp)

Subscriptions7
  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 month)$2.991 Month
  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 month)$3.991 Month
  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 month)$5.991 Month
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  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 year)$9.991 Year
  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 year)$12.991 Year
  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 year)$14.991 Year
  • Dumb Phone Pro (1 year)$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • Dumb Phone Pro Lifetime$24.99
  • Dumb Phone Pro Lifetime$29.99
  • Dumb Phone Pro Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

Haptica

Subscriptions1
  • Haptica Pro (Annual)3 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Haptica Timer - Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Dumb Phone (dp) free?
Dumb Phone (dp) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Haptica free?
Haptica is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dumb Phone (dp) or Haptica?
Dumb Phone (dp) is rated higher. Dumb Phone (dp) averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while Haptica averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Dumb Phone (dp) or Haptica have ads?
Neither Dumb Phone (dp) nor Haptica shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dumb Phone (dp) or Haptica?
Dumb Phone (dp) ships an update fortnightly, and Haptica every 3 weeks. Most recently, Dumb Phone (dp) was updated on November 10, 2026 and Haptica on November 9, 2026.

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