Guides
Use your phone on purpose.
Practical guides to a calmer phone, and plain comparisons with other minimalist apps.
Updated 27 September 2026
Guides
How to make your phone boringA step-by-step guide to making your iPhone or Android phone boring: greyscale, notifications, home screen, and a pause before noisy apps.
How to stop doomscrollingPractical ways to stop doomscrolling on your phone: why it happens, how to break the loop, and how to add a pause before the feed opens.
A dumbphone alternative that keeps your smartphoneThinking about a dumbphone? Here is how to get most of the calm without losing maps, banking, the camera and group chats.
Comparisons
QuietOS vs Niagara LauncherNiagara is a fast, beautiful Android launcher. QuietOS is built to cut screen time, asking how long before every noisy app opens. Here is how they compare.
QuietOS vs OlauncherOlauncher is a free, open-source, text-only Android launcher. QuietOS adds a pause before noisy apps and closes them when time is up. Compare them here.
QuietOS vs Minimalist PhoneMinimalist Phone and QuietOS both aim to break phone addiction. Here is how their approach, features and pricing compare on iPhone and Android.
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