Dumb Phone™ vs SpeechFast

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Dumb Phone™ compared with SpeechFast
Detail	Dumb Phone™	SpeechFast
What it does	Turn your iPhone into a minimalist phone to reduce distractions and dopamine hits	Hold fn and dictate in any app. Clean text lands at your cursor, and your voice never leaves your Mac.
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	AU	FR
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Pricing	Free to try; upgrade for $2.99/month, $9.99/year, or $24.99/one-time	€29.99 one-time purchase for 3 Macs, updates included. 7-day free trial available.
Key features	Simplify Home Screen with text buttons instead of colorful icons Break Bad Phone Habits by removing visual distractions Quick App Access to frequently used apps Customizable themes with dark or light mode Create Multiple App Launchers for different contexts Automate with Shortcuts integration	Local transcription on Mac's Neural Engine Automatic language detection across 25 European languages Text cleanup removes fillers, repeats and fixes punctuation Works offline in airplane mode No audio storage, only in-memory transcription Local 30-day history by default Works with any app that accepts keyboard input Requires Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 26
What makes it different	Completely replaces colorful app icons with text to eliminate visual dopamine triggers Significantly reduces screen time through minimalist design Makes all apps into simple text, reducing addictive behaviors	One-time purchase works on three Macs with included updates Automatic language detection switches languages mid-dictation Text cleanup with punctuation and filler removal
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	31 no change since last check	2 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	25	5
Citation Flow (Majestic)	39	21
Referring domains (Majestic)	174	9

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