Comparison

Philosophy Student vs Undumb

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

Head to head
About

Philosophy Student

Explore the vast world of philosophy with this comprehensive educational resource. It covers diverse branches, historical movements, and non-Western traditions, offering in-depth essays and writing guidance. Discover curated links to academic journals, podcasts, films, and a bookstore.

Highlights
  • Covers ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, aesthetics
  • Explores Pre-Socratics to 20th-century movements
  • Includes non-Western philosophical traditions
  • Features in-depth essays on consciousness, AI, and logic
  • Provides guidance on essay writing and argumentation
  • Curated links to journals, podcasts, films, and books
Features
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PhilosophyStudent.org is a comprehensive educational site covering the full breadth of philosophy — branches (ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, aesthetics, etc.), history from the Pre-Socratics through 20th-century analytic and continental movements, and non-Western traditions including Indian, East Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Indigenous philosophies. It hosts “The Atomos Blog” with in-depth essays on topics like consciousness, philosophy of physics, AI and machine consciousness, and formal logic, alongside introductory and writing-focused content covering essay forms, argumentation, and the writing process. The site also serves as a resource hub with curated links to journals, podcasts, films, TV shows, and academic departments, plus an Amazon-linked bookstore. A companion mobile app is available on iOS and Android.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

About

Undumb

This app offers daily brain workouts designed to enhance creativity, critical thinking, and focus, especially for those using AI tools regularly. It provides hand-crafted puzzles to combat 'AI-brain-drain' and helps users track their cognitive progress.

Highlights
  • Daily brain workouts
  • Enhances creativity
  • Improves critical thinking
  • Boosts focus
  • Cognitive profile tracking
  • Progress trending over time
Features
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Undumb is a short daily workout backed by a Harvard-educated forensic psychiatrist to keep your brain sharp when using AI regularly. Workouts help with creativity, critical thinking, and focus. We built Undumb because hard thinking is a skill worth practicing. In the modern workplace, AI tools can make work faster and are often becoming required by employers. We still want to read carefully, notice weak evidence, make our own calls, and explain what we think but the modern pace of work with AI doesn't always allow for that. Undumb offers short daily questions that help anyone deliberately train the parts of their brain that over-using AI impacts. Think of these puzzles as a workout or gym routine for your brain. Each puzzle is hand crafted with intention to help people experiencing AI-brain-drain. Your first seven workouts are free. Complete Workout 7 to unlock your Cognitive Profile, with starting scores for Creativity, Critical thinking, and Focus. As you progress further, you can see how your scores are trending over time. Membership unlocks new daily workouts after Workout 7. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Philosophy Student4 screens
Undumb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Philosophy Student at none against Undumb's 2. Philosophy Student also leads on iOS requirement (13.6 vs 17.0). Undumb's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 9 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Undumb sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Philosophy Student asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Philosophy Student against 5.0 for Undumb. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Philosophy Student ships an update every 9 months, Undumb weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Philosophy Student versus Undumb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhilosophy StudentUndumb
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAristron LLCFigLantern LLC

Customer experience

Philosophy Student

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Undumb

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Philosophy Student

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Undumb

Subscriptions2
  • Undumb Monthly$5.001 Month
  • Undumb Annual$30.001 Year

Questions

Is Philosophy Student free?
Philosophy Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Undumb free?
Undumb is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Philosophy Student or Undumb?
Philosophy Student and Undumb are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Philosophy Student or Undumb have ads?
Neither Philosophy Student nor Undumb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Philosophy Student or Undumb?
Philosophy Student ships an update every 9 months, and Undumb weekly. Most recently, Philosophy Student was updated on October 30, 2026 and Undumb on October 31, 2026.

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