Guides

Everything here is written to be genuinely useful without buying anything, including the methods that need nothing but your own phone.

The flagship

How to turn your iPhone into a dumb phone (2026): every method that exists, ranked from weakest to strongest. Grayscale, launchers, Screen Time, blocker apps, Assistive Access, dumbphones, and real supervision.

The second phone

Two iPhones, one number: the second-phone setup (2026): iOS 27 iPhone Handoff moves your number between a minimal second iPhone and your main one. What it needs, what it does not do yet, and how to make the second phone minimal for real.

App by app

The app index: one honest page per app people fight with. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, X, Reddit, Roblox, the App Store and Safari, plus the apps worth keeping (WhatsApp, Music, Notes, the camera).

Modes

The modes wall: the phone shapes people actually build (focus, kid, grandma, music player), each with its rendered screen. Or build your own.

Comparisons

Screen Time · Assistive Access · Light Phone: where each genuinely works, and when it doesn't.