Losing work hours to Reels? minulo hides Reels and Shorts for free and keeps your DMs. Set a schedule (Pro) and your feeds stay closed while you work and at night.
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.
【LOCKED MODE PREVENTS IMPULSIVE CHANGES】
When Locked Mode is enabled, you cannot immediately change the following settings:
・ Turn off blocking
・ Switch hiding rules
・ Change your schedules
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, as often as you like)
・ Track the times you chose not to open an app
・ Track your social media usage time
【WHAT PRO ADDS】
・ Switch automatically by day of the week
・ Switch automatically by time of day
・ Schedule templates such as Night (11 PM–7 AM)
・ Use Locked Mode
・ Blocks longer than 2 hours
・ Block social media completely (it won’t open inside minulo either)
・ Create and save multiple block lists
【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
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Minu went traveling this time — and came home speaking five new languages: Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Traditional Chinese and Russian.
• minulo is now available in Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Traditional Chinese and Russian
• A redesigned Block tab: tap the switch, pick a length and the apps, and start
• “Open for 5 min” now counts down 10 seconds before opening (up to 3 times a day)
• Choose which apps appear in the widget, and in what order
• New: Invite friends
• Pro: a daily time limit, Locked Mode for each schedule, and “Same time tomorrow” from your log
• Smoother motion and haptics, plus bug fixes
Version 1.0.10
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