Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to This Is Not Allowed
A gallery of banned content from our favorite social apps
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This Is Not Allowed launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Never worry about using banned hashtags on Instagram again.
2020 · flick.social · its alternatives →
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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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to Stories▲345Trim and share stories to Instagram from any app
2020 · tostories.app · 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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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…
Apr 2026 · getdull.app · its alternatives →
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Add augmented reality face filters on Instagram Stories
2017 · about.instagram.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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A photo app to challenge your creativity
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Turtle▲79Challenge the world with non-passive social media
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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At work, school or home? Make Reddit SFW Again.
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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A web component to apply Instagram-like filters to photos
2019 · webphotofilter.com · its alternatives →
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AppAction▲95A better way to share Instagram posts on social media
2015 · ariabahmani.co.com · its alternatives →
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Convert panoramas to square videos for Instagram.
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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