Driftwood: Calmer Social Media
no AI, ads or brainrot
Only for iPhone
Free
iPhone
Driftwood is a calmer form of social media, one where verified creators can share their work, connect with others and foster communities without brainrot, AI slop or ads.
- Verified Creators: Every creator on Driftwood is verified to ensure that they’re humans that produce high-quality work aligned with the philosophy of the platform. We want to feature art that does more than numb and exhaust you.
- Expressive Media: On Driftwood, users can create and share more than 15 formats of art — from videos and images, to poetry, curations, podcasts, recipes, articles, webpages, music and more. Everything’s designed to work seamlessly and interactively on the phone.
- No Brainrot, Doomscrolling or Ads: Rather than an endless, algorithmically-dictated feed, the Driftwood editors organize content into Curations, which tell cohesive stories and actually have a start and an end. Driftwood has no ads, and every piece of content that makes it to the public feeds has come from a verified human creator and been vetted by our editors.
redesigned the messaging services to make them clearer and prettier. fixed several bugs.
The developer, Finnian Macken, 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:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Finnian Macken
- Size
- 99 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2026 Finn Macken