Comparison

Forum, a Facebook app vs DumbScroller

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

Head to head
About

Forum, a Facebook app

This app provides a dedicated space for in-depth discussions and shared interests within groups. It focuses on real conversations and community building, allowing users to ask questions and get answers from people with relevant experience. Group admins also benefit from AI tools to help manage their communities.

Highlights
  • Dedicated group space
  • Real discussion feed
  • Ask and get answers
  • Nickname posting option
  • Admin AI assistant
  • Topic-based communities
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Facebook is great for keeping up with friends, watching videos, and staying connected. Forum is where you go deeper in groups. It's a space designed for real discussions, shared interests, and the people who’ve been there. Dedicated space for your groups Sign in with your Facebook account and your groups, profile and activity carry over. You have the option to post with a nickname. Your groups still exist on Facebook and anything you share on Forum will be visible in your groups on Facebook. This is just a space built around them. Stay in the loop on conversations you care about Your feed is built around conversations from groups. See what real people are saying, not just what’s trending, and easily jump back in where you left off. Ask and get answers from real people Looking for opinions, advice or recommendations? Ask pulls together responses from across groups, so you can get answers right away from people who've been there and join the conversation. Built for the people who run groups Admins still have access to all their tools on Facebook, and now they also have an admin AI assistant on Forum to help manage their groups, moderate content, and keep their communities healthy — all while maintaining control. Dive into topics that interest you Forum brings people together around the things they care about, from niche hobbies to local recommendations to support groups. Share your take, join the conversation and connect with your communities. Some features may not be available in your country or region.

About

DumbScroller

This app offers a digital detox by simulating the familiar scrolling experience of social media without any engaging content. It provides placeholder feeds to satisfy the habit of scrolling, helping to break screen addiction by replacing harmful reflexes with harmless ones.

Highlights
  • Simulates social media scrolling
  • Placeholder content feeds
  • Targets scrolling habit
  • No accounts or notifications
  • Meaningless interactions (like, comment)
  • Screen time solution
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Stop doom scrolling with Dumb Scroller! Like a decaf espresso, Dumb Scroller gives your brain the familiar ritual of scrolling through social media — without any of the hooks that keep you trapped. It's a digital detox that works with your habits, not against them. Choose from surrogate versions of the apps you can't put down — a photo feed, a short-form video stream, a microblog timeline, a friend feed, and a video platform — all filled with harmless placeholder content. No real posts. No outrage. No algorithm. Just the soothing muscle memory of mindless scrolling, minus the consequences. Your brain craves the pattern — the pull-to-refresh, the double-tap to like, the endless scroll. Dumb Scroller delivers that pattern in its most inert form. Over time, the compulsion fades. The itch gets scratched without the screen addiction getting fed. Why it works: • Targets the scroll habit itself, not just the content • Replaces your phone addiction reflex with a harmless alternative • No accounts, no notifications, no data collection, no feed algorithm • Multiple app styles reminiscent of popular social media platforms • Infinite scrolling, liking, bookmarking, and commenting — all completely meaningless • A screen time solution that doesn't lecture you or block your apps Dumb Scroller doesn't shame you with screen time reports or fight your willpower. It simply offers your restless fingers something to do while your brain quietly forgets why it needed to scroll in the first place. Break the cycle. Keep the ritual. Scroll dumb.

Screenshots

Forum, a Facebook app4 screens
DumbScroller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Forum, a Facebook app at none against DumbScroller's 1. Forum, a Facebook app also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 5) and chart position (#15 vs unranked). DumbScroller's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, 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

Both are free to download. DumbScroller sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Forum, a Facebook app asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DumbScroller holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forum, a Facebook app has 11K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Forum, a Facebook app versus DumbScroller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForum, a Facebook appDumbScroller
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings11K — better5
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#15 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB4 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMeta Platforms, Inc.Shaun Salzberg

Customer experience

Forum, a Facebook app

All ratings10,796 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews189 reviews
Positive53.4%
Neutral7.9%
Negative38.6%

DumbScroller

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Forum, a Facebook app

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DumbScroller

One-time1
  • Unlock all styles$0.99

Questions

Is Forum, a Facebook app free?
Forum, a Facebook app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DumbScroller free?
DumbScroller is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Forum, a Facebook app or DumbScroller?
DumbScroller is rated higher. Forum, a Facebook app averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while DumbScroller averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Forum, a Facebook app or DumbScroller have ads?
Forum, a Facebook app shows ads; DumbScroller does not.

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