Authentic Social Media
See friends, not influencers
Free · Designed for iPad
See your people's real lives. Let them see yours.
No feed, no algorithm, no ads: just the faces that matter to you
Social media wasn't built for your actual friends. It was built to keep you scrolling.
Think about it. When did you last open Instagram to see what your best friend is actually doing right now? Instead, you got ads, influencers, and an algorithm deciding what matters. Three hours later, you're watching strangers argue about something you don't care about.
Authentic is different.
Just your people. Just their faces. Open the app and you see the people who matter to you—what they're doing today, where they are, how they're feeling. No feed. No algorithm. No ads. No influencers. Nothing to scroll.
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HOW IT WORKS
Share moments with your people whenever you want. A photo from your morning coffee. Your view from the office. Dinner with your family. Your people see it. That's it.
But there's also something called a Glimpse.
Once a day, at a random time, you get a notification. You have 2 minutes to share a photo—whatever you're doing right now. No planning. No staging. No picking the perfect angle. Just your life, in that moment.
You don't pick the perfect moment. The moment picks you. That's what makes it real.
Your people are doing the same thing. So you see their unplanned moments too. Tuesday at 2:47pm. Saturday morning still in bed. The boring parts. The real parts.
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WHY I BUILT THIS
I'm Atin. I got tired of the doom scroll.
I wanted a place to see my friends' faces without the noise. Without spending an hour I didn't mean to spend. Without feeling worse after than before.
So I built something smaller. Something focused. Something that takes a few minutes a day, not a few hours.
No hundred million dollars in funding. No growth hacking. No "engagement optimization." Just a place that respects your time and your relationships.
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WHAT YOU GET
• Your people's faces, front and center
• Share photos anytime, or capture a daily Glimpse
• No algorithm deciding what you see
• No ads, ever
• No follower counts or likes
• No strangers, no influencers, no "suggested for you"
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The social app for people who are tired of social media.
Instagram is for influencers. Authentic is for humans.
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The developer, Authentic Technologies Inc., 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
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Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
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Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Authentic Technologies Inc.
- Size
- 59.4 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © Authentic Technologies Inc.