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Tired of phone notifications? Check out this new mobile application to help you out

Updated on: 18 February,2026 09:49 AM IST  |  Mumbai
Shriram Iyengar | shriram.iyengar@mid-day.com

The app tweaks your colourful user-interface into a basic black-and-white text-based interface

Tired of phone notifications? Check out this new mobile application to help you out

The app’s monochrome interface

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Constant notifications popping up on the screen, the distracting, interminable scroll on Instagram, and the impending doom of procrastinated tasks seems to be a common experience. The Minimalist Phone app taps into this very generational problem. The trick is not a restriction, but a change in user display.


The app tweaks your colourful user-interface into a basic black-and-white text-based interface. It is almost a throwback to the old DOS screens, with the apps listed in a row. With the freedom to set a time-limit on the use of the apps you choose, or to completely block other notifications, this might be a detox we all need.



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