Trace Social

Your apps. Without the feed.

You open Instagram to reply to someone and lose twenty minutes to Reels. Trace Social takes the endless part out and leaves the rest working.

One email, when it is ready. No newsletter, and no App Store date promised.

No backendThere is no account and no server. The app talks to the same websites your browser would, from your phone.

One line decides itA reel someone sends you and the Reels feed are different addresses. One plays, the other never opens.

Every rule is yoursEach block is a switch you can turn off. Nothing is hidden from you or decided on your behalf.

One line decides everything.

A reel someone sends you and the Reels feed are different addresses. Trace Social blocks the feed and lets the single one through, so the video your friend sent plays, and when it ends nothing is handed to you next.

Gone

Reels, Shorts and For You
Explore and discovery grids
Trending, Live and Spotlight
Suggested posts in your feed
Swipe-to-next after a video ends

Kept

Messages and group chats
Posts from people you follow
Search, so you can still find friends
Links and videos people send you
Your profile, stories and posting

Nothing leaves your phone.

Trace Social has no backend. There is no account, no sync and no server. The app loads the same websites your browser would, straight from your iPhone.

1. Open through Trace

A home screen of your apps. Tap one and it fills the screen, with the feed surfaces already stripped out.

2. Shield the originals

Screen Time puts a shield on the real apps, so the calm version is the easy one to reach rather than a thing you forget you installed.

3. Tune it

Every rule is a switch. Turn Explore blocking off if you want it, or turn a whole app off. Your choices, on your device.