A social app that doesn't make you feel bad.
Intentional design. Real friends. No performance metrics.
A social app that doesn't make you feel bad.
Intentional design. Real friends. No performance metrics.
Social media is broken.
Comparison trap
73% of Gen-Z feel worse after 30 minutes on Instagram — the feed is a scoreboard, not a living room.
Algorithm hijacking
You don't see friends — you see what maximizes outrage and envy.
Public scoreboards
Follower counts and likes turn every post into a performance.
Infinite scroll
Dwell time is the product. Your evening is the inventory.
Stranger theater
Creators you don't know crowd out people you do.
Rebuilt from zero
Public metrics. Stranger algorithms. Ads optimized for dwell time. Anxiety by design.
No follower counts. Friends only, chronological. Zero ads. Reactions over performance.
Off the charts — zero paid acquisition
I open Bounce when I want to feel closer to people — not worse about myself.
— Beta user, age 19
Three moves. That's it.
See
Open a chronological feed of real friends only — no strangers, no ads.
Share
Drop a photo, voice note, or vibe. No editing theater.
React
Honest reactions. Instant. No public scoreboard.
Simple. No dark patterns.
Free
$0 forever — core feed, friends, reactions.
Plus
$4/mo — themes, longer voice notes, custom reacts.
Crew
$9/mo — shared spaces for friend groups up to 12.
Show, don't pad
Asymmetry beats another identical third column.
Clear north star
One decisive story beat — not a wall of equal tiles.
Get your feed back.
Free on iOS & Android. No ads. No algorithm. Just friends.
Built by Gen-Z for Gen-Z.
Free forever · No credit card · No ads · No BS