Back 2 Basics - Dumb Phone
iOS app by William C. Andrews Jr.. Productivity · William C. Andrews Jr.
- Store rating
- 0 / 5
- Store rating count
- 0
- Download price
- 1.99 USD
- In-app purchases
- Unknown
- Version
- 1.9
- Listing last refreshed
- 2026-09-07
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Store description excerpt
In a world of infinite scroll, endless notifications, and apps engineered to capture every second of your attention, Back 2 Basics gives you your phone back. Back 2 Basics is a minimalist launcher for iPhone that replaces your cluttered home screen with a clean, distraction-free interface showing only the essential apps you actually need: Phone, Messages, Camera, Maps, Mail, Photos, and Calendar. Who It's For Back 2 Basics is for anyone who has ever picked up their phone to make a call and found themselves scrolling social media twenty minutes later. It's designed for: • People reducing screen time and smartphone dependency • Anyone on a digital detox who still needs a fully functional phone • Parents setting up a simple, focused phone experience for teenagers • Older adults who want a straightforward, easy-to-navigate interface • People with ADHD or focus challenges who benefit from fewer on-screen distractions • Anyone who wants to use their phone as a tool, not an entertainment device What It Does • Clean, minimal home screen with only the apps you choose to enable • Real-time local weather — enter your zip code for accurate local forecasts • Dark and light mode support • Customizable layout — centered or left-justified options • Built-in guides for configuring Screen Time and silencing notifications • Works entirely with your existing iPhone apps — no subscriptions, no replacements The Problem It Solves The average smartphone user touches their phone over 2,600 times a day. Most of those touches are habitual, not intentional. The apps on a standard home screen are designed by some of the world's best engineers to pull you back in — and it works. Back 2 Basics strips away the noise. No social media shortcuts. No entertainment apps front and center. No algorithmic rabbit holes. Just the tools you need to communicate, navigate, and capture moments — then put the phone down. Simple by Design Back 2 Basics works alongside iOS, not against it. Pair it with Screen Time to restrict access to other apps, activate a Focus mode to limit distractions, and let Back 2 Basics serve as the calm front door to a more intentional relationship with your phone. You still have an iPhone. You just use it on your terms now. Ever feel like software today is just... too much? You open an app to do one simple thing, and suddenly you're buried in menus, features you'll never touch, and a subscription bill that keeps showing up whether you use it or not. That's exactly why we built "Back 2 Basics" at Bajr Studios. We had a simple idea: what if software just did what it's supposed to do — really well — without all the bloat? No confusing menus. No endless feature creep. No monthly subscription nickel-and-diming you for functionality you didn't ask for. Just software that works, priced fairly, one time. Because let's be honest — a lot of that "extra" complexity out there isn't for you. It's there to make the software feel indispensable enough to justify ch
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