A healthy social app for you and your people.
Post, chat, and share moments with your real friends. No algorithms, no ads, no brain rot.
I'm still building Circles. Want me to let you know when it's ready?
Post, chat, and share moments with your real friends. No algorithms, no ads, no brain rot.
I'm still building Circles. Want me to let you know when it's ready?
Somewhere along the way, social media went from "Connecting with your friends" to "an ad machine designed to rot your brain and sell your data". Companies mining your every move. Apps designed to keep you scrolling forever.
Circles is different. No public posts. No algorithm. No ads. And definitely no influencers. You see what your people share, and that's it. It's social media the way it should have been — small, private, and healthy.
Read the full philosophyMessage your friends and family. One-on-one or in groups. No noise, no strangers, no 200-person group chats spiralling out of control.
For family, close friends, or the 2 people who actually want to see pictures of your food. Share what matters with exactly the right people — and nobody else.
Post photos, text, and updates to all your contacts, or just specific circles. No begging for likes, no worrying about what strangers think.
Circles is free. No ads, no subscription, no catch.
If it ever becomes unsustainable for me to run it, I'll introduce a small one-time payment, for new accounts only. This means anyone who already has an account keeps it free for life.
Why does this matter? Because apps that run on ads need you addicted — the more you scroll, the more ads they show. Circles doesn't sell ads, so there's no reason to keep you hooked. The pricing model is what makes a healthy social app possible.
Read the full pricing storyA private social app for your real friends and family. Chat, share photos and posts — but only with the people you choose. No public profiles, no strangers, no algorithm.
Instagram is a broadcasting tool for an audience of strangers, driven by an algorithm. Circles is the opposite — nothing is public, there's no algorithm, and you see everything your people share. Then you're done.
WhatsApp is a chat app. Circles combines chat with social sharing — post photos and updates to specific circles of people, all in one place. Also, Circles isn't owned by Meta.
No. Just the ones who matter. Five, ten, maybe twenty people. That's the whole point.
Right now, yes. Completely free. If server costs grow beyond what I can cover, I'll introduce a small one-time payment for new accounts. Anyone already on Circles keeps it free for life.
Subscriptions create an incentive to make apps addictive — if I charged monthly, I'd need you coming back to keep paying. A one-time payment removes that incentive entirely. More on why this matters.
Right now I don't. I pay for the servers myself. When the time comes, a small one-time payment from new accounts covers costs without ads, data selling, or any of the usual garbage.
Encrypted in transit and at rest. I don't sell it, share it with advertisers, or mine it for profiles. Row-level security on the database means you can only access your own data.
I'm Numa. Just me. No company, no investors, no board. One person making something I wish existed.
Yes, anytime. Through the app or by emailing contact@use-circles.com. Data wiped within 30 days. No guilt trips.
No. Ads are the reason social media is broken. Here's why.
No.
Not yet. iOS only for now. It's just me building this, so one platform at a time.
Use Circles, free your brain from the Meta chains.
I'm still building Circles. Want me to let you know when it's ready?