tiny social

browse on purpose.

tiny social is a little iphone browser for instagram, youtube and x. the parts built to keep you scrolling are left out. no reels, no shorts, no for-you feed.

download on the app store
  1. 1pick a site, choose how long you mean to stay
  2. 2use it as normal, just without the addicting parts
  3. 3when your time is up it asks you to stop
the tiny social home screen: two pixel birds, a time limit, then instagram, youtube, x and open supported link
the menu
instagram's following feed inside tiny social, stories and a friend's post, with a red arrow pointing at the gap where the reels tab has been removed, and a session timer and an i'm done button at the bottom
friends only, no reels tab

what it changes

instagram

  • your feed is the people you follow, newest first
  • no reels tab. ones sent to you won't roll on to the next one
  • explore keeps the search, the suggestions are removed

youtube

  • shorts are gone, search results included
  • no suggestion rail beside what you're watching
  • no preview for home screen videos

x

  • home is the following tab, never "for you"
  • no algorithm for short form video. you won't roll on to the next one

for the best experience

delete instagram, youtube and x from your phone. tiny social is then the way in when you actually want them, and none of the above can be undone by a tap on the old icon.

your login, your data

tiny social is a browser, not a copy of these sites. it loads the real instagram, youtube and x in apple's own web engine, and you sign in to each of them yourself, on their own pages, exactly as you would in safari. we never see your data.

the sites themselves still see you the way they would in safari, and their own privacy policies cover what you do there. the full policy is two minutes long.

social media with just the good parts.

download on the app store