Dull — social media. less of it.
Instagram without Reels. YouTube without Shorts. That's it.
What it does
Dull loads Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and X with the addictive parts already stripped out. No Reels. No Shorts. No algorithmic feeds. What stays: posts, Stories, DMs, subscriptions, long-form videos — everything you actually opened the app for. What else: daily time limits, quiet hours, friction gates before opening, grayscale mode, usage tracking. Optional PIN lock and 24-hour commitment delay so you can't undo your own rules at midnight. Not a wellness app. Just a filter.
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all alternatives →- DIDull – Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)Apr 2026 · getdull.app · ▲153
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…
- IBI built an app to block Shorts and Reels2025 · scrollguard.app · ▲690
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…
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