Best modded instagram app for Android?

Hi, I've been using Instander for some time, but even the early beta is outdated by now, and doesn't work correctly. Does anyone have any recommendations on good Instagram mods? I know about AeroInsta, Honista, MyInsta and few others, but not sure which are safe.

PS: please tell me if this isn't the right community for this question, I'm not sure but it seems like the best one PPS: I know precisely how bad instagram is, and I still want/need to use it, so please don't waste your time telling me that.

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revanced manager has 12 patches for it, the ad blocking ones work at least. although I'm also running an ad block DNS, but I haven't tried any of the other features because the ad block is the only recommended one.

I'm currently using Distraction Free Instagram which allowed me to disable the explore and reels tabs. Also appears to block ads. ~~Sadly not open-source~~
- I do too. It is open source https://www.distractionfreeapps.com/source.html
  
  That's an unconventional way of sharing source. How do we know the built apk is built from that source?
- Is the ad blocking a separate option somewhere? There are sponsored posts in the feed for me.
  Edit: it also doesn't do what it says on the tin, it goes right back to the suggested posts if there are no new ones from people you follow.
- Tried it but nothing showing up in the feed.
  Is there anything else to do?
  
  Take a look at the settings

I use Revanced Instagram.

Any specific issue you have with Instander? It's working perfectly fine for me. Only if people post to their story it takes a few minutes to show.
- The latest version is so old I got a prompt to update every time I opened the app.

Aeroinsta I couldn't get installed, their website forces me to turn off my adblocker but I think it picked up Firefox's tracker blocking
Honista I couldn't log in, it forced me to turn off my VPN ad blocking (DuckDuckGo blocking trackers)
I wouldn't trust either with the ad-free experience
MyInsta is simply just the Instagram site on mobile. I do get Instagram's first party ads, still
- MyInsta is not just the website. It's a mod just like the others. https://myinsta.app The developer claims to not obfuscate his additional code, which seems nice, but I didn't check that.
  
  I never checked the website's functionality, but the app just serves me something that looks 1:1 like Insta's mobile site, plus Instagram's first party ads. I got the impression it was just an Electron browser with adblock pre-installed
- If memory serves me well, Barinsta used to be good, now I can't get it to log in, anymore

I use myinsta. It's great for removing ads, etc. But there are some minor glitches (eg. repeatedly asking for contacts/location permissions) and it seems to take up more storage.

I haven't used it in a while but Aeroinsta was good and probably safe (despite their shady website). Gets rid of unnecessary stuff like ads and allows downloading.

Right now I'm using InstaPro. It's receiving frequent updates and as for now, I don't have any major complaints about it.
If you want to download it, its official website is instamod.net. Watch out for fake links you may find on Google.
- Just went on instamod.net, filled with malware ads popping everywhere on my screen
  
  Always use an adblocker. With ublock, no issues at all.

tiktok.
f meta.
- I don't care about those dumb reels so tiktok is not an instagram alternative for me anyways. Also I would never install that thing on my device. There aren't many apps worse than Instagram for privacy, but TikTok is definitely one of them.
  
  thats cute. thinking apple, meta, alphabet or x would be nice guys.
  tell me what can fly higher: a bird or a plane?

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