Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Dull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)
I kept deleting and redownloading Instagram because I couldn't stop watching Reels but needed the app for DMs. Tried screen time limits, just overrode them. So I built this. Dull loads Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and X and filters out short-form content with a mix of CSS and JS injection. MutationObserver handles anything that lazy-loads after the page renders, which is most of the annoying stuff since these platforms love to load content dynamically. The ongoing work is maintaining the filters. Platforms change their DOM all the time, Instagram obfuscates class names, YouTube restructures…
Dull is an iOS app that loads Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and X while filtering out short-form video content like Reels and Shorts using CSS and JavaScript injection. Designed for users who want to access these… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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I wanted to find a way to use Instagram without ending up scrolling for two hours every time I open the app to see a friend's story. Most screen time apps I found focus on blocking the app itself instead of the addictive feed, so I created this app to allow me to keep using the "healthy" and "social" features and block the infinite scrolling (Reels) After implementing the block on Instagram Reels, I got addicted to YouTube Shorts and Reddit feed. So, I extended the app to cover these as well. To avoid replacing the scrolling for regular feeds, I also added a feature that shows a pop-up when…
2025 · scrollguard.app · its alternatives →
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Instagram.css▲446Complete set of Instagram filters in pure CSS
2018 · picturepan2.github.io · its alternatives →
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Panols 2.0▲254Tell a panoramic story with your instagram grid.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi, I'm a developer and first time i shipped the real product after observing the startups and indie hackers community for years. I had made so many useless apps [you should check my website https://ansh.life], but this time I built a very useful product that has a number of super easy-to-use tools in one app for video, music, and photo files. Users can compress, convert, resize, and do so much more with easy-to-use tools. Background: I developed a frame-by-frame video cropper to upload cropped landscape videos to Instagram Reels. However, it required FFmpeg, and as a noob video…
2025 · pimosa.app · its alternatives →
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Stop Reels▲163Hey HN, I just launched a free Chrome extension called Stop Reels — it blocks Reels/short videos on platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, without breaking other features like messaging or the regular feed. Why I built it Like many people, I found myself endlessly scrolling Reels even when I only opened the apps for something specific. The algorithms are too good at hijacking attention. There are tools to block entire sites, but none I found that just surgically block Reels and Shorts — and leave the rest of the platform functional (DMs, posts, marketplace, etc). So I built…
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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IGTV▲331Instagram's new app for watching long-form, vertical videos
2018 · about.instagram.com · its alternatives →
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A video creation app for easy editing & sharing
2025 · creators.instagram.com · its alternatives →
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Instagram-like image filters in pure JavaScript. Contribute to alexmic/filtrr development by creating an account on GitHub.
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A filter list for uBO that blurs all video and non-follower content from Instagram. Works on mobile with uBO Lite. related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016443
Mar 2026 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
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Instagram Reels▲345A new way to create and discover short videos on Instagram
2020 · about.instagram.com · its alternatives →
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So I came across this really cool new service that works like Instapaper for video, and thought I'd share it with HN. Just got my invite today and I've been LOVING it so far. It lets me discover videos, bookmark them and watch offline on my iPad or iPhone. (My hour long subway rides without internet aren't painful anymore. Phew)
2011 · getdenso.com · its alternatives →
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Make movies for Instagram, instantly.
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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CSSGram▲131Recreate Instagram filters with CSS filters and blend mode
2016 · una.im · its alternatives →
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Cut long videos into slices to post on your Instagram story
2017 · its alternatives →
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Deepmark▲108Your browser, X, Instagram and YouTube bookmarks in one private library. AI transcribes and describes every save; semantic search finds it in natural language.
Aug 2026 · usedeepmark.com · its alternatives →
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