Quiet
Quiet is a free iPhone app. It opens Instagram without Reels and Explore, and when the minutes you chose are gone, it closes for the day.
Free, no in-app purchases · iPhone, iOS 17 or later · English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Português
Your feed, your stories, your messages and your profile load the way you know them. Reels and Explore are not there. The posts Instagram suggests between your friends stay by default, and one switch takes them out, which also gives the feed an end you can actually reach.
You sign in on Instagram's own page, so your password never touches Quiet.
You choose how many minutes a day you want, from five upwards. The time only runs while Quiet is in front of you. There is a quiet notice at five minutes and at one. When the time is gone, the app closes until four in the morning.
| You ask for | When it applies | How often |
|---|---|---|
| Less time | Right away | Whenever you like |
| More time | From the next day | Once a week |
That asymmetry is the whole app. Most limits fail because you can lift them the second they start to bite. This one lets the decision you make calmly bind the one you would make at eleven at night.
Deleting and reinstalling does not reset it: the limit lives in your phone's keychain. There is still a way out, "Make Quiet forget everything", and it takes the same wait as asking for more time.
Quiet runs on Instagram's mobile website, so pages load a beat slower than the official app. You cannot post from it, it sends no notifications when a message arrives, and Reels sent to you in a chat stay closed. If you want everything Instagram ships, keep using Instagram. If you would rather see what your friends posted and then put the phone down, this is built for that.
Install Quiet and sign in on Instagram's own login page inside it. Feed, stories, messages and profile are there; the Reels and Explore pages are refused. Then move the official app off your home screen, or delete it.
Yes. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads.
Screen Time limits the whole app, Reels included, and when the limit runs out it offers to ignore it. Quiet takes Reels and Explore away so the time you do spend goes to people you follow, and its limit cannot be raised for the day you are in.
Feed, stories, messages, likes, comments and profiles all work. Finding someone works by name and remembers the last eight profiles you opened. Posting photos or stories does not work, there are no push notifications for messages, and a Reel a friend sends you in a chat will not open. If you post a lot, keep the official app for that and use Quiet for reading.
You can't get it in Quiet, on purpose. The official app is still on the App Store, and nothing stops you. Quiet just won't be the one to give in.
Quiet is an iPhone app for iOS 17 or later. There is no Android version.
No. Quiet is made by Connexa GmbH in Switzerland and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Instagram or Meta.
Yes, the source is public on GitHub, including how Reels and Explore are taken out.