Products

Dumb Phone

Make your phone less addicting

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AI Benchmark
Monthly visits
23.3K
Down16.5%MoMSep 2026
MRR
$2,000Claimed
Disclosed 2026-09-29Indie Hackers
Entry price
Unknown
Freemium model, plan pricing not identified yet
Creators
Michael Tigas
@michael_tigas· 5,416 followers
Launched
2y ago
2024-07-31 · Est.

Traffic & revenue

Monthly visitsData through Sep 2026 · Oct 2026 pending
MRRSelf-reported, unverified · Indie Hackers
  • Sep 2026$2,000Self-reported MRR · unverified
Events1 revenue disclosure · 8 changes

Revenue evidence

Publicly disclosed & verified revenue figures, sorted by date

Marketing moves

Launches, search & content, referrals, promotions
  • Launched on Fazier (33 upvotes · 6 comments)Launch

    Dumb Phone — Turn your iPhone into a Dumb Phone

    Oct 7, 2024 · 2y agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Uneed (#1)Launch

    Dumb Phone — Turn your iPhone into a dumb phone

    Sep 26, 2024 · 2y agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Product HuntLaunch

    Turn your iPhone into a minimalist style phone

    Jul 31, 2024 · 2y agoLaunch page

Third-party reviews & case dossiers

Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics
Fazier
2024-10-07Source
What engineers like:
Simplify Your Home Screen; replace colorful app icons, wallpapers, and pesky notification badges with simple text buttons Break Bad Phone Habits; use your phone without being coerced into easy distractions when you pick it up, and forgetting why you needed it in the first place Quick App Access; select essential apps that you frequently access so they’re always a tap away Style Your Minimalist Phone; choose from a Dark or Light theme, the text font, size, positioning, color, and more Create Multiple App Launchers; make one for work and another for leisure, then easily switch between them so you only see important apps during the day Automate With Shortcuts; link Dumb Phone’s shortcut actions to automations and seamlessly adjust your minimalist home screen
Best suited for:
Stop dopamine hits each time you pick up your iPhone Reduce cognitive distractions

Open Source & Self-Hosting

GitHub · MCP / Skill
GitHub Stars
Public repo
Forks
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License
See repository
Primary language
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Store data

App Store
App Store App Store
Update date not synced
Rating
Rating not syncedRating count not synced
New ratings last mo
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Price & IAP
FreeIAP data not synced
Current version
—Store metadata

Store assets, rating histograms, install tiers, and screenshots are synced from Apple App Store, Google Play, and Chrome Web Store.

Traffic sources

Sep 2026

Traffic breakdown

Channels

  • Direct40%
  • Organic Search32%
  • Referrals10%
  • Social6%
  • Other11%

Countries

  • United States49%
  • United Kingdom15%
  • Spain10%
  • Germany10%
  • Australia6%

Search

Domain authority —Domain registered 2024-07-26

KeywordMonthly volume
dumb phone39.1K
dumb phone app2,130
apps that dumb down your phone350
dumbphone app310
dumbphone app setup140

Traffic data: Vaneform

Pricing

Website does not list public plan prices.

Trial: None · Observed 2026-10-30 · Source page

Pages & changes

Tracked since 2024-07-31

Key pages

Weekly snapshots

Changes

  1. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Removed technology: Amazon S3Features

    Amazon S3→—

  2. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Removed technology: Amazon Web ServicesFeatures

    Amazon Web Services→—

  3. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Removed technology: HTTP/3Features

    HTTP/3→—

  4. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Removed technology: Radix UIFeatures

    Radix UI→—

  5. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Adopted technology: TurbopackFeatures

    —→Turbopack

  6. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Adopted technology: Vercel AnalyticsFeatures

    —→Vercel Analytics

Questions & evidence

How much website traffic does Dumb Phone get?
Vaneform estimates 23.3K website visits in 2026-09. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
What is Dumb Phone and what platforms does it support?
Dumb Phone is catalogued under Browser Themes & New Tabs: Make your phone less addicting. Supported platforms: Mobile App.
Is Dumb Phone open source?
Dumb Phone has a public repository (https://github.com/teeeeeegz/dumbphone-presskit) with its source repository published.Source
What is Dumb Phone's publicly disclosed revenue?
Indie Hackers records a founder-reported figure of $2,000 /mo stated on 2026-09-29.Source

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