Social media that actually brings you closer.
motion is built for real connection, not endless scrolling. Make real friends, check in on the people you love, and find support the moment you need it.
Made for teens, built for everyone. Coming soon to iPhone.
No ads. No algorithm. Just your people.
motion. is a social media app that keeps you close to your friends without taking you out of the real moments. And when you meet someone new, you don't just follow them, you actually bond.
Stay close to your friends.
Know what's really going on with the people you love, with no algorithm in between. And when you can't be there, a hug isn't a tap: you press and hold until it reaches them, and they feel you holding on.
Meet people, then actually bond.
Match introduces you to people who are into what you're into. When it clicks, make it a Bond. It only shows up if you both say yes.
Keep the moments, not the scroll.
Share how you really feel, keep the memories you'd miss, then log off.
You opened it for a minute.
Sound familiar?
Other apps want your attention.
We want you to log off happier.
Social media stopped being social. It became a slot machine, built to keep you scrolling, comparing, and coming back. motion is the reset: an app designed to help you log off and get back to the people who matter.
1, 2: sources are on the facts page.Our Privacy Policy will put these promises in writing before launch.
See the facts →You can be there,
even when you can't be.
Press and hold. No words to find, nothing to explain. They just feel it.
Try it out
Support that
knows your world.
When things get heavy, Lumi listens, really listens. And instead of keeping you in a chat with a bot, Lumi gently points you back to the real people already in your corner.
- ✦ Tell Lumi how you feel, any time, no judgment, ever.
- ✦ It remembers your friends and your chats, so it knows who's there for you.
- ✦ One tap takes you straight to the friend who said “I'm always here.”
Lumi isn't a therapist. It's a bridge back to your people, the ones who love you.
best night ever 😭
maya- we have to do this again
- who took this 💀
- i miss this already
Some moments are worth keeping.
Keep them together.
Stories disappear on their own, anywhere from five minutes to two days. Keeps are for the ones you'd miss. Save them for yourself, or start one with your people: junior year, the trip, prom night.
- ✦ Start one with your closest friends. Everyone adds their own stories, plus photos from their camera roll.
- ✦ Leave a note on a memory. When anyone watches it back, your words rise up with it.
- ✦ Set the hours for a big night, and while it's on, your stories are already set to go in.
- ✦ A year later, it comes back. One year ago shows up on Home, on the day.
When it's shared
- Nobody gets added without saying yes.
- The most private person decides who can see it.
- If you leave, the moments you added leave with you.
What nobody sees
- Who said no to an invite.
- Who left. There's no “Aiden left” message.
- Anything from someone you've blocked, or who's blocked you.
A few rules
we don't break.
Every social app has features. These are the choices behind ours.
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Bonds
Nobody can claim you.
Best friends, partners, siblings: a bond only shows up if you both say yes. And if one of you wants it kept quiet, it stays quiet for both of you.
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Bonds
Breakups don't get announced.
Either of you can end a bond, any time, and the other person never gets a notification. That's hard enough without an audience.
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Birthdays
Your birthday is for your friends.
Only friends can see it, and it lands on your day, in your time zone, with birthday hugs and notes from the people who actually know you.
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Posts
Feelings over likes.
Tag how you actually feel, from Happy to Anxious to Grateful. There are no like counts to chase.
Meh Happy Excited Loved Sad Anxious Chill Bored Grateful Angry Confused Tired Motivated Nostalgic Proud Creative In Love Hopeful Stressed Silly Romantic -
Journal
Nothing to keep up.
No streaks. Your Journal counts reflections, never the days you missed.
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Match
Friends, not followers.
Match introduces you to people who are into what you're into: music, games, art, whatever's yours.
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Messages
Your messages are yours.
DMs are end-to-end encrypted, so what you say stays between you and them.
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Restrict
Stepping back shouldn't start a fight.
That's what Restrict is for.
See how it works ↓
You can step back
without making it a thing.
Blocking gets noticed. It gets brought up, and it usually makes the thing bigger than it was. So a lot of people never take the distance they need, and just keep absorbing it instead. Restrict is the quiet way to take it.
What it does
- Their messages go to Requests instead of your inbox.
- They stop seeing your stories and your posts.
- They stop seeing when you're online.
- Reading what they send never marks it Seen.
- You still see everything of theirs, completely normally.
What they see
- Nothing changes.
- Your profile, your picture, and your name in search all stay exactly where they were.
- No notification, no label, no hint.
It's undetectable by design, not by accident. motion. never sends the fact that you've restricted someone to their device, so their app is never handed a reason. Their feeds are filtered on our side, and they simply receive less, which looks identical to you not posting.
We deliberately don't hide your profile picture or take you out of their search. A picture that vanishes for one specific person is a tell.
One tap undoes it, and everyone you've restricted stays in a list in Settings, so you never have to keep track.
Blocking is still there when you want it. Restrict is for the times you'd rather nothing happened at all.
The point was never the person you stepped away from. It's everyone else in your day.
About a year ago, I caught myself scrolling for hours. One minute I was bored. The next, I looked up and it was 11pm. These apps promised to connect me with people. Honestly? I just felt worse after.
That's when I thought of motion. Real social media. One that doesn't just connect you with your friends, but is actually private. Not the kind that claims it and sells you out anyway. No ads. Ever. A place where finding someone new on motion feels like a spark of curiosity, not just another number.
So I took that idea and spent hours, real hours, building something for people like me. People who want their time to actually mean something. No addiction loops. No tricks. An app I'd genuinely want to open.
My mission with motion. is to change the way we all think about social media.
Questions?
Answers.
Everything worth knowing before you join.
What is motion.?
motion. is a privacy-first, anti-addictive social media app for iPhone, built to bring you closer to your real friends instead of keeping you scrolling. It has no ads, no algorithmic feed, and no like counts. You can meet people through shared interests, share honest mood-tagged posts, send hugs, chat with end-to-end encrypted messages, and lean on Lumi for support. motion. is currently pre-launch, with an open waitlist at getonmotion.com.
Is motion. free, and does it have ads?
motion. is free, and it has no ads, ever. Lumi has an optional paid tier for people who want more conversations with it each day, and that's how motion. pays for itself. You are not the product: your attention and your data are never for sale.
How is motion. different from other social media apps?
motion. is designed to help you log off happier, not scroll forever. Instead of an endless algorithmic feed, ads, and like counts, it focuses on real connection with people you actually know: honest mood posts, private encrypted chats, hugs, and Lumi, which points you back toward your real friends. The whole app is built to be anti-addictive and private by design. Want to see why that matters? Our facts page lays out what government agencies, courts and the companies themselves have said about how other apps handled people's data, with a link to every source.
What is Lumi?
Lumi is motion.'s built-in support feature. When things feel heavy, Lumi listens without judgment, and then, instead of keeping you talking to a bot, it gently points you back to a real friend who is there for you. Lumi is not a therapist. It is a bridge back to your people.
Is motion. safe for teens? Is it private?
motion. is for ages 13 and up, and it's private by design. Direct messages are end-to-end encrypted, photos can disappear after they're seen, and there are no ads or data games behind the scenes. You can restrict, block, or report anyone. And if someone tells Lumi something that sounds like they're really not okay, it shows real crisis resources, like 988, right away.
What is Restrict?
Restrict is a quiet way to take someone out of your day. Their messages go to Requests instead of your inbox, they stop seeing your stories, your posts, and when you're online, and they are never told. You still see everything of theirs completely normally, and one tap undoes it.
When does motion. launch, and what platforms is it on?
motion. is coming soon to iPhone (iOS) and has not launched publicly yet. You can join the waitlist at getonmotion.com to be notified the moment it is ready.
How do I join motion. or get on the waitlist?
Go to getonmotion.com and join the waitlist with your name and an email or phone number. You will get one heads-up when motion. launches, with no spam.
Is motion. the same as the Motion calendar app?
No. motion. (getonmotion.com) is a social media app for making and keeping real friends. It is not Motion, the AI calendar and task app at usemotion.com, and it is not Apple Motion, Apple's video software.
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