Instagram Alternatives

Instagram is described as 'Modern visual content platform featuring Stories, Reels, and IGTV, with tools for live-streaming, sharing, and exploring photo and video content' and is a very popular Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Instagram for a variety of platforms, including iPhone, Android, Web-based, iPad and Android Tablet apps. The best Instagram alternative is Pixelfed, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Instagram are Flickr, Loops by Pixelfed, diVine and 500px.

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Instagram alternatives are mainly Social Networks, but if you're looking for Photo Sharing Apps or Video Sharing Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include iPhone, Open Source, Android + Free, Android, iPhone + Social Networks, Online + Free and Linux. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Instagram.
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  1. Foto icon

    Foto

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    Foto app, a social media platform like Instagram, but for photographers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • Android
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  2. Retro icon

    Retro

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    Retro is a privacy-focused social app enabling users to share photos, videos, and screenshots with friends on a weekly basis, without distractions or need for editing, and offering control over past and present content visibility.

    24 Retro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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    Imginn

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    Imginn (named for some time as Imgsed) is a frontend app for browsing, downloading and backupping content from Instagram public views using public Instagram API.

    34 Imginn alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Main page
     
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    Photobucket

    Compression-free storage for photos and videos with mobile auto backup, album creation, privacy controls, sharing, 1TB capacity, editing tools, sorting features, and video playback across devices, all with an ad-free experience a...

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    Soapbox.pub

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    Soapbox is customizable open-source software that puts the power of social media in the hands of the people. Feature-rich and hyper-focused on providing a user experience to rival Big Tech, Soapbox is already home to some of the biggest alternative social platforms on the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  7. Photobucket icon

    Photobucket

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    Compression-free storage for photos and videos with mobile auto backup, album creation, privacy controls, sharing, 1TB capacity, editing tools, sorting features, and video playback across devices, all with an ad-free experience and carbon-neutral memory management.

    101 Photobucket alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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    • Some users think Photobucket is a great Instagram alternative, some don't.

    • Photobucket is the most popular commercial alternative to Instagram.

    • Photobucket is Paid and ProprietaryInstagram is Free and Proprietary
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    PicsArt

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    Offers photo filters, magic effects, drawing tools, stickers, and customizable text. Includes collage layouts, color adjustments, and cropping. Features a built-in camera, live effects, drawing layers, and direct sharing to a global community and external networks. Multi-language support.

    139 PicsArt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
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  10. Hive Social icon

    Hive Social

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    Share content and connect to people you love on Hive.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Pinksky

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    Pinksky is a 3rd party Bluesky client focused on photos.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
     
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    Instafel

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    Instafel is a project that aims to deliver the latest alpha builds of Instagram with developer options enabled — allowing users to explore Instagram's alpha features which is not released publicly yet.

    6 Instafel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
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  13. TikTok icon

    TikTok

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    Mobile platform for short music-powered video creation for a new generation of creators. It encourages user-generated content with quick video creation, offering a vast library of songs and multiple editing features, gaining global popularity among the youth as a cultural benchmark.

    53 TikTok alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
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    Photo Editor

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    Adjust color, add effects, rotate, crop, resize, frame, and draw on your photos. Color adjustment options include hue, saturation, contrast, and brightness. Additionally, Photo Editor offers a large variety of effects for your photos including gamma correction, auto contrast...

    107 Photo Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    Color (Levels)
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    Nerimity

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    Nerimity is an open-source, community-first chat platform built to deliver an elegant, powerful, and feature-rich experience.

    27 Nerimity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Nerimity is the most popular Linux alternative to Instagram.

    • Nerimity is Free and Open SourceInstagram is Free and Proprietary
    • Nerimity is Privacy focused and LightweightInstagram is not according to our users
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