Circles: Healthy Social Media
Chat and share with friends
Only for iPhone
Free
iPhone
Circles is a private social app for the people you actually care about. No algorithms, no ads, no strangers. Just your people.
Social media promised connection. It delivered an ad machine designed to keep you scrolling, sell your data, and fill your head with content from people you've never met. You stay because your real friends are there — buried under influencers, ads, and an algorithm that decides what you see.
Circles breaks that cycle. Bring the people who matter — five, ten, maybe twenty — and leave the rest behind. Once they're here, there's no reason to go back.
==CREATE YOUR CIRCLES
Make a circle for any group — family, close friends, your running crew, the 2 people who actually want to see pictures of your food. Each circle is a private space where you share what matters with exactly the right people, and nobody else.
==CHAT WITHOUT THE NOISE
Message your friends one-on-one or in groups. No 200-person group chats spiralling out of control. No strangers. Just real conversations with people who actually know your name.
==SHARE MOMENTS, NOT CONTENT
Post photos and updates to all your contacts or just specific circles. No begging for likes, no worrying about what strangers will think, no performing for an audience.
==SEE EVERYTHING, THEN YOU'RE DONE
There's no algorithm deciding what you see. You see everything your people share, in the order they shared it. When you've seen it all, you're done. No infinite scroll. No suggested posts. No rabbit holes. Just small, purposeful catch-ups.
==NO TRICKS
No notifications begging you to come back. No streaks. No dark patterns. No "you haven't posted in a while." Circles doesn't want anything from you.
==PRIVATE BY NATURE
None of your content in Circles is public. No discover page. No suggested friends. No way for a stranger to find you or follow you. Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest. It's never sold, shared with advertisers, or mined for profiles.
==YOUR DATA IS YOURS
Circles doesn't sell your data, build ad profiles, or track your behaviour. Row-level security means you can only access your own data. You can delete your account anytime — no guilt trips.
Ratings & Reviews
- Notifications for reactions and comments on moments now show as a badge on the Activity tab instead of the Moments tab.
- Fixed some rare issues with the chat bubbles animation
- Circles are now in the Friends tab instead of the Profile tab
The developer, Chicos Interactive, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Numa A Bertron
- Size
- 54.8 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2026 Circles