InstaBetter

The best Instagram tweak yet, packed with features ranging from media saving to muting annoying users from your feed.

The most comprehensive tweak for Instagram yet. With over 10 new features and tweaks, you'll have more control over your Instagram experience.

Features

Save hi-res images and videos
Hold down on images to zoom
Mute users from the home and activity feeds
Hide sponsored ads
Custom Locations for Media
Show follow status on user profile (Similar to Twitter)
Share sheet for text and images
Open links in Instagram or in the new Safari View Controller.
Make any comment links clickable and open in Instagram.
Fake follower, following, and verified status
View DMs without notifying the sender
All features can be toggled on or off
Enable and disable InstaBetter with the flipswitch integration
Enable grid view, or toggle between it on the home feed
Confirm likes when double tapping photos or videos
Show the full time for feed items by clicking on the timestamp button
Enable or disable sound and auto-playing of videos
Hold down on direct message images and videos for sharing and save options
Double tap to view profile pictures
Repost content right from the Instagram app

Release 1.1.0

[FEATURE] Add zooming to feed images
[FEATURE] Add zooming to profile images
[BUG FIX] Correct "eachother" to "each other"
[TWEAK] Disable app rating messages
[FEATURE] Grid view on main feed
[FEATURE] Add alert to double-tap likes
[FEATURE] Add full timestamps to feed items
[FEATURE] Add option to auto play video sound
[BUG FIX] Fix DM read timestamps still being sent
[FEATURE] Add saving and sharing options to DMs
[BUG FIX] Prevent Mute button from showing on own profile

Release 1.1.1

[BUG FIX] Fix crash related to short captions

Release 1.1.2

[BUG FIX] Fix crash related to no captions

Release 1.1.3

[BUG FIX] Fix invalid ringer state on load
[BUG FIX] Fix crash on Instagram 7.6
[CHANGE] Replace "Save Media" and "Share" with new buttons under images and videos
[CHANGE] New preferences icons - by @AOkhtenberg

Release 1.1.4

[CHANGE] Add minor change to possibly lower memory usage
[BUG FIX] Fix very thick share/download icons
[BUG FIX] Fix crash when viewing profile image in activity tab
[BUG FIX] Fix share/save images not showing on 6+ - s/o to ThisBeChrisSas for testing

Release 1.2.0

[CHANGE] Revert to old style of Saving/Sharing. Now more consistent
[BUG FIX] Fix both Twitter buttons opening to the same page
[FEATURE] Enable Instagram's hidden account switcher
[FEATURE] Add preferences view to Instagram's settings
[FEATURE] Add ability to customize whether or not to auto play videos
[BUG FIX] Fix zoom/share attempting to display several times

Release 1.3.0

[BUG FIX] Fix muting not working for some users
[CHANGE] Revamp custom locations. Now select a location from a map, add a name and address.
[FEATURE] Add a toggle for displaying buttons or action sheet for saving/sharing
[FEATURE] Add confirmation to saving content with save button
[FEATURE] Remove activity from muted users from the activity feed. Only removes items where just a single user is involved.
[FEATURE] Add action list to DM photos rather than immediately zooming. Includes zoom and save.

Release 1.3.1

Submit the correct version to BigBoss

Release 1.3.2

Codebase cleanup
Make it possible to access native Instagram share sheet on own posts
Change save and share buttons to activate on inside touch events
Redo settings as a popup to fix black screen on iOS 9
Add done button to web view
Potentially fix freezing on app start

Release 1.3.3

Fix 7.9 crash when zooming on profile pics
Fix 7.9 crash when using account switcher

Release 1.3.3-6

Potentially fix iPhone 6(+) crashes

Release 1.3.4

Add Restart Instagram button to settings
Add custom notification sounds
Add option to disable like confirmation for save button

Release 1.4.0

Add done button to Instagram web view
Rewrite preference loading to reduce preference file size and hopefully resolve crashes
Add return key to captions and comments to create multiline posts and comments (use two blank lines between each)
Add localization support:

Russian: Mik Ovchinnikov (Instagram only)
Thai: @kn3w (Instagram only)
Khmer: /u/fidele007 (not supported by iOS)
Italian: Alessandro Grandi
Arabic: @MiRO92 (not supported in Instagram..yet)
Swedish: /u/andreashenriksson
Hebrew: Aran Shavit (@Aranshavit)

Release 1.4.1

Fix Russian translation not displaying correctly
Fix potential crash in activity tab

Compatible with Instagram 7.11 and older.

Release 1.4.2

Codebase cleanup
Fix Instagram 7.13 crash
New follow status label

Release 1.4.4

Support Instagram 7.14
Fix crash when opening action menus
Remove like percentages. They caused too many issues, including the No Internet Connection bug. They also display terribly with the latest updates.

Release 1.4.5

Further support Instagram 7.14
Fix mute/save/share buttons not appearing in menus
Rewrite muting to support future versions
Add fake verified symbol, similar to spoofing followers
Make spoofed followers/following/verified only appear for your profile
Support return key in future versions

Release 1.4.6

Support Instagram 7.15
Fix DM image saving displaying wrong text
Fix crash when double clicking to like photos
Fix grid mode still being enabled with InstaBetter disabled

Release 1.4.7

More Instagram 7.15 support
Fix not being able to save images/videos from action menu
Fix mute button not working

Release 1.4.8

Fix whitelist mode not working
Fix muted posts still appearing sometimes
Add InstaMute as a conflict to prevent issues
Use Safari Web Views for opening links in supported iOS versions

Release 1.4.9

Remove muted users and sponsored posts from the grid view
Add options for only muting the main feed and/or the activity feed

Release 1.5.0

Fix crash when sharing your own posts - thanks Justin!
Fix your own posts not being savable
Fix profile picture zooming. You can now double tap on profile pictures to zoom
Make profile zooming only work on the actual profiles, not in feeds/timelines
Make profile pictures high-res when zooming
Possibly make whitelist mode work on activity feed (activity feed muting needs more testing)

Release 1.5.1

Fix profile pictures not using their default action
Another attempt at fixing muted posts reappearing
Add support for Instagram 7.16
Fix various crashes on 7.16
Potentially fix double tap like confirmations
Fix disabling auto playing videos didn't work

Release 1.5.2

Fix auto play settings doing the opposite that they should

Release 1.5.3

Remove maximum account limit
Add support for Instagram 7.17
Fix crash when liking videos
Fix crash when clicking timestamps
Fix like confirmations on photos, not sure when they stopped working.

Release 1.5.4

Fix crash when opening unsupported links
Fix muting related crash
Add option for using Safari Web View vs Instagram web view
Rewrite media saving - Hopefully fixes video saving, and more efficient

Release 1.5.5

Add support for Instagram 7.18.1
Fix crash when liking videos
Fix double confirmation when liking some photos
Add repost button to action menu

Release 1.5.6

Add support for Instagram 7.19
Fix crash related to timestamps
Fix pictures not saving/sharing, sometimes crashing

Release 1.6.1

Add link parsing. Allows you to click any link within a comment or post in Instagram.
Change what you share. Choose between sharing the Instagram link, a direct link, or the actual photo/video.
Save photos and videos to a custom album specified in the settings
Disable saving to an album by removing the album name from the settings
Add support for reposting videos
Fix muting in following feed, which was recently broken.

Release 1.6.2

Support Instagram 7.20
Extend time for displaying save/zoom menu in direct messages
Fix compatability with iOS 7
Make preference pane compatible with iOS 7. Settings can only be accessed from the settings app.
Fix comments displaying as [...] on 64bit devices
Fix backwards compatability with Instagram < 7.20 for the action menu
Fix clicking the profile picture to access your profile being delayed/not working
Enable some Instagram beta features

Enable new volume HUD for all users
Enable 60 second videos for all users
Add setting to enable the new white interface

Add a flipswitch for enabling and disabling InstaBetter with activator or other tweaks

Release 1.6.4

Support Instagram 7.8
Update screenshots

Release 1.6.5

Compatability

Release 1.6.6

Fix video liking alerts

Release 1.6.7

Fix crash when old interface settings are enabled
Disable autoplay features for videos due to issues causing videos not to play at all
Force enable the old Instagram feed for all users
Also should force the grid mode to work again
Fix crash when trying to press the ... button
Instagram broke a LOT of things with the latest update, which is why I'm trying to hold onto the old feed as long as possible. Many of these things are not easily fixable, especially the grid feature on the main feed. The broken autoplay features may also be related to these changes. Please contact me on Twitter @itsjake88 if you have any questions :)

Release 1.6.8

Fix crash on older versions of Instagram
Fix link parsing
Fix reposting photos
Support Instagram 8.5.1 and older.

Release 1.7.0

Fix settings crash
Fix startup grid crash
Remove grid feature (this is no longer possible with the current Instagram codebase)
Support Instagram 9.0 and older

Release 1.7.1

Add toggle to hide navbar stories button
Add toggle to disable swiping between story camera/main feed/inbox
Fix saving/sharing photos/videos
Fix reposting photos (Videos are a WIP)
Add saving/sharing to stories
Fixed muting
Hide "Suggested Followers" in main feed when advertisements are hidden
Add toggle for marking stories as seen, add button to manually mark story as seen
Fix stories not having sound
Add upload button to better add photos from your library to your story (Videos are WIP)
Compatible with Instagram 9.0.2 and older

Release 1.7.2

Add toggle to hide navbar stories button
Add toggle to disable swiping between story camera/main feed/inbox
Fix saving/sharing photos/videos
Fix reposting photos (Videos are a WIP)
Add saving/sharing to stories
Fixed muting
Hide "Suggested Followers" in main feed when advertisements are hidden
Add toggle for marking stories as seen, add button to manually mark story as seen
Fix stories not having sound
Add upload button to better add photos from your library to your story (Videos are WIP)
Make the default video/photo upload allow choosing content older than 24hrs
Compatible with Instagram 9.0.2 and older

Building

Setup theos on your system.
Adjust the theos symlink to match the path to your installation.
Run make clean package
The package will be available in the debs directory.

License

InstaBetter is not affiliated with Instagram or Facebook.

Depiction Description

The most comprehensive tweak for Instagram yet, with over 15 new features.

Save high resolution media (Images & Videos)
Hold down on images to zoom
Double tap on profile pictures to view a high-res version
Mute users from home and activity feeds
Hide Sponsored Ads
Show follow status on user profile (Similar to Twitter)
Show like counts as percentages
Share actions for text and images
Open links in Instagram
View DMs without notifying the sender
Confirm double-tap likes with an alert
Tap times to display timestamps
Enable or disable auto playing of video and sound
Save and zoom DM content
Set custom notification sounds for Instagram alerts
Available in English, Russian, Italian, Arabic, Hebrew, and more.

InstaBetter will always be free, and does not add any ads to the Instagram app.