Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to I built an app that brings back what social media used to feel like
I missed what social media used to feel like, so I made an app to share real moments without algorithms deciding what matters. On the Apple App Store only, sorry Android.
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 built this site as a quick test if a time boxed social media experience feels better than an endless one. So far I've just been using it with friends and it feels nice, but it seems like it is time to bring it to a larger audience. Let me know what you think! It is just based on EST for now, sorry.
2025 · seven39.com · its alternatives →
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touch grass▲525I wanted old school social media back. Actual connections with friends. Not pity likes and performances and highlight reels. All my friends have stopped posting. Everyone's a lurker now. I'm a lurker. The only time I see what anyone's doing is when it's a humblebrag. I have no idea what's actually going on in my friends' lives besides the ones I see every week or so. So I built touch grass. You post once a week: 3 easy questions, max 3 photos. Sunday 6pm mountain time (yeah its my time zone) everyone's posts unlock at the same time. You catch up on what your people have been doing, then…
2025 · touchgrass.now · its alternatives →
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Timehop 4.0▲277Celebrate the best moments of the past with your friends
2016 · timehop.com · its alternatives →
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I made what I believe is a joyful slow social media. Would love to know what you think!
2023 · bloom.tendtoyourgarden.xyz · its alternatives →
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Hey there, First time posting on Hacker News in about 2 years! The reason I’m posting is that I thought I’d write about the product I’ve been building, in hopes it resonates with people. Why build yet another social app? Because I deleted almost all social media around 3/4 years ago as it was just net negative on my life. There was very little that was truly interesting, I didn’t care about looking good to other people and because of the ‘media’ and ads, the apps were all designed to make me spend too much time for what I was getting. I hated it and what it meant for people’s behaviour,…
2022 · oncircles.com · its alternatives →
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Sharing your daily mood to boost your well-being
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Mood▲97Hey HN, I've had this idea stuck in my head ever since I published Year in Pixels [1]. I've been adding a little thing here and there to this app, and now it feels nice enough to share. It's very interesting what daily tracking does to one's mind. While I already have apps to track everything else like sleep, heart rate, etc., I was still missing something to track my mood. The simple act of thinking about how you feel a couple of times a day already changes things. A moment of reflection. I opted to add Astrology, Checks (habits), and other goodies. Hope you like it as much as I do. Best,…
Jun 2026 · mood.lasagna.pizza · its alternatives →
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Feelo App▲67Your space to channel your emotions and feelings
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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All events now and around. Create your own events and share.
2021 · instagram.com · its alternatives →
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I hope you are doing better today than yesterday. (TLDR in the comments; or enjoy my story :) ) Why: About 11 months ago, I launched my app for the first time on Reddit's r/lonely because I had previously experienced loneliness myself during grad school. I wanted to reach out to people going through similar experiences by providing them with what would’ve helped me in the past. I felt this was an important mission for me and a much more rewarding one than my day job that I quit my job to work on the app full-time. It was necessary because I did not come from a programming background. I…
2024 · main.d1lmgoealm7rq0.amplifyapp.com · its alternatives →
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I've often wondered whether there are any patterns or cycles to my moods so I built a simple iPhone app that occasionally pings me to ask how I'm feeling on a scale of 1 - 10. I also note down what I'm thinking or doing at that moment and automatically grab my location. I use the data to show some basic statistics on how I've been feeling on average over the past three days, past week and since I started tracking. There's also a graph of my moods over time. I'd love to get feedback on whether people would find something like this useful. I'm curious about what other things people would want…
2012 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Look back and share your tweets from months or years ago.
2020 · onthisday.me · its alternatives →
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Mobile app to create cute social media images on the go
2014 · abeautifulmessapp.com · its alternatives →
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my phone secretly robbed all my dreams and i didn’t even knew it got so bad. when i saw my screen time being about 11hrs with ~95 phone pickups per day, i realized how bad it got. my problem is that i could not avoid social media entirely as i post actively because i’m involved in marketing and branding. I tried the usual, app blockers & time limits, but i always find myself hitting “one more minute” like a junkie. i’m not looking for a complete social media absence or deleting everything as these radical solutions don’t fit my lifestyle and needs and i tend to come back needing even more.…
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Find friends based on your thoughts and not curated profiles
Dec 2025 · krylabs.com · its alternatives →
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Moodsnap 1.5▲63Now with Mood Match, a photo/music matching game
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Feel▲13To fellow dreamers & doers - I'm happy to share a big part of what I'd been tinkering with/thinking about for some time. In a world dominated by perfect curated lives, we created Feel, a text & audio, space to capture life as it truly is. A cozy and private corner to chronicle memories and explore ideas, make plans, capture the moments and feelings, or simply a way to come back home every day. Here is the new social, to help you ponder what really matters to you. Not open for prime time yet,but would love to hear your suggestions and thoughts welcome. A fellow traveller
2025 · feelapp.xyz · its alternatives →
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quotestagram/id592666165?ls=1&mt=8 Quotestagram is an iphone app that let's you easily turn memorable quotes into beautiful images to share on popular social networks. From concept to launch this app took 5 months. It was fraught with difficulties. I didn't know iOS programming. But the app is finally out and I would really love the community's feedback.
2013 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →
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