Fixed a bug that signed you out. Need Instagram only for DMs and group chats? minulo hides Reels and Shorts for free. The usual Instagram icon opens it without Reels.
minulo is an iPhone app that hides Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and suggested posts while your DMs and friends' posts keep working. It covers 10 social networks, and hiding is free.
Keep social media.
Leave the endless scroll behind.
The core features that hide suggested posts, Reels, and Shorts are completely free.
Your DMs, your friends’ posts, and your own posts remain available.
You cannot simply quit social media when you need it for work, communication, and sharing.
minulo keeps social media available while hiding only the content pushed at you.
【WHAT YOU CAN HIDE】
・ Reels
・ Shorts
・ Recommended videos
・ Algorithmically suggested posts
・ Explore tabs
【WHAT YOU CAN KEEP】
・ DMs
・ Friends’ posts
・ Your own posts
・ Replies
・ Profiles you choose to visit
・ In-app notification tabs
※ Search may also be hidden on some services.
【VIDEOS SENT TO YOU STOP BEFORE THE ENDLESS SCROLL】
When you try to open a Reel or Short sent through a DM, minulo pauses before you enter the vertical video stream.
When you really want to watch it, select “Open for 5 minutes.”
After five minutes, blocking turns back on automatically.
This prevents one quick video from turning into 30 minutes of scrolling.
【HOW IT WORKS】
Just open the social media service you want to use inside minulo.
You can use it with Reels, Shorts, and suggested posts already hidden.
After checking a DM, you are less likely to be pulled straight into an endless video stream.
【SUPPORTED SERVICES】
・ Instagram
・ YouTube
・ TikTok
・ X
・ Threads
・ Facebook
・ Reddit
・ Snapchat
・ Pinterest
・ LinkedIn
【SWITCH BETWEEN ACCOUNTS】
Add your Instagram, X, TikTok and other accounts inside minulo and switch between them. Sign-ins stay only on this iPhone, and minulo never stores your password.
【YOU CAN BLOCK THE OFFICIAL APPS TOO】
Grant Screen Time access, and minulo will block the official social media apps you select when you try to open them from your iPhone Home Screen. It will then guide you to open the service through minulo instead.
This prevents you from hiding the feed in minulo, only to open the official app out of habit.
【HARD MODE PREVENTS IMPULSIVE CHANGES】
When Hard Mode is enabled, you cannot immediately change the following settings:
・ Turn off blocking
・ Switch hiding rules
・ Change Sleep mode
To unlock the settings, you must complete four steps:
・ Choose why you want to unlock
・ Solve mental math problems
・ Tap the color of a word, not the word itself
・ Wait for 60 seconds
The goal is not to make unlocking unnecessarily difficult.
It is designed to create a moment to think between the impulse and the action.
【WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR FREE】
・ Hide Reels
・ Hide Shorts
・ Hide suggested posts
・ Choose individual items to hide
・ Add the social media services you use
・ View DMs and regular posts
・ Block official social media apps (up to 2 hours at a time, or until you turn it off with Pro)
・ Take a break (5 min, 15 min or 1 hour) anytime
・ Track the times you chose not to open an app
・ Track your social media usage time
【WHAT PRO ADDS】
・ Sleep mode: set bed and wake times. Until morning blocked apps stay shut (or all but always allowed apps), and social media in minulo closes too. Need your phone one night? Turn it off for tonight in the Sleep tab
・ Use Hard Mode
・ Daily limit: a daily time limit for social media; once used up, it opens again after 5 a.m.
Try all of Pro free for your first 7 days.
【PRIVACY FIRST】
You sign in through the official login page provided by each social media service.
minulo does not collect or store your social media IDs or passwords.
Blocking official social media apps uses Apple’s Screen Time framework.
Information about the apps you select is protected by Apple’s system.
As a result, minulo’s developers cannot see which apps you have selected.
Spend your time
on what you choose.
Terms of Use (EULA):
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy:
https://minulo.app/privacy.html
Pretty tuff but I feel like on hard more there should be more than one break. Maybe even timed breaks or being able to time app blocking. For example in the morning all apps are blocked and in the afternoon but in between those times I can use my apps freely. Or maybe breaks but with cooldown times. So maybe 1 break now but for the next 4 hours no break.
New in 1.0.13
• Sleep mode (Pro): set a bedtime and a wake-up time. Until morning, the apps you block stay closed (or block everything except the apps you always allow).
• With Pro, blocking stays on until you turn it off. Need the real app for a moment? Take a 5-minute, 15-minute or 1-hour break, free and as often as you like.
• A simpler Block tab that shows what's blocked at a glance.
• Try Instagram without Reels and YouTube without Shorts right inside setup.
• Signing in with Google works more reliably.
• Try everything: all Pro features are free for your first 7 days.
• Bug fixes and stability improvements.
Version 1.0.13
The developer, ayumu kitabayashi, 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:
Purchases
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Other Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More