Followers Track alternative (no password, no app)

How it works

1. 1

   Cancel Followers Track and lock the account

   Open Settings → your name → Subscriptions on iPhone and cancel the Followers Track plan, or it renews after you delete the app. Then in Instagram change your password under Accounts Centre → Password and security, and remove the app from Settings and privacy → Website permissions → Apps and websites.

2. 2

   Request your export from Instagram

   In the Instagram app: profile → menu (☰) → Settings and privacy → Accounts Centre → Your information and permissions → Export your information → Create export → Download to device. Tick only Followers and following, set the date range to All time and the format to JSON, then start the export.

3. 3

   Wait for the email and download the ZIP

   A followers-only export is usually ready in 10–20 minutes. Instagram emails a download link (valid for four days) and also shows it under Export your information. Save the ZIP to the device you'll use for the check.

4. 4

   Open the ZIP on UnfollowChecker

   Upload the ZIP here. Everything runs inside your browser; the file isn't sent to a server. The count of accounts not following you back is free, the raw followers and following CSVs are free, and the named list is a one-time $2.99.

Why people leave Followers Track

Followers Track (listed as Followers Track Reports, from a developer that also ships several near-identical "Reports" apps) is a login-based iPhone tracker. It asks for your Instagram credentials, reads your lists, and charges $5.99 a month, $17.99 for six months or $23.99 a year for the tabs people actually want, at the time of checking. Its App Store rating sits well below the category leaders, and the reviews explain why.

Reviews mention the app taking a very long time to load lists and crashing when unfollowing several accounts in a row. Reviews mention receiving password-reset notifications from Instagram hours after using the app, and being asked to re-verify the Instagram login again and again. Reviews mention figures that don't add up — one describes being told a thousand accounts don't follow back on an account with eleven hundred followers in total. And reviews mention that nearly every feature beyond the first screen sits behind the subscription. The feature-by-feature breakdown is on the Followers Track vs UnfollowChecker page; this page is about getting out cleanly.

Before you leave: three things to do

The app had your password and a session on your account. Close both off before you switch:

• Cancel first, delete second. iPhone: Settings → your name → Subscriptions → Followers Track → Cancel Subscription. Deleting the app alone leaves the plan running, and reviews mention refund requests going unanswered.
• Change your Instagram password in Accounts Centre → Password and security, then open Where you're logged in and end any session you don't recognise. If the app ever asked for a two-factor code, assume it logged in from its own server.
• Revoke the app under Settings and privacy → Website permissions → Apps and websites (also reachable from Accounts Centre → Your information and permissions → Apps and websites).

The three best Followers Track alternatives

Followers Track bundled a non-follower list, an unfollowers feed and an in-app unfollow button. No single password-free tool replaces all three, so pick by the one you used most.

How the export method works instead

Instead of a third party signing in to read your lists, you ask Instagram for them directly. Accounts Centre's Export your information feature produces a ZIP with followers_1.json (more parts for big accounts) and following.json, each a plain list of usernames and follow dates. UnfollowChecker loads those files in your tab, builds two sets, and shows the difference. The numbered steps above cover every screen; if the export looks wrong, how to download your Instagram data export covers the common mistakes, like choosing HTML instead of JSON or a date range shorter than All time.

Because the data comes from Meta's export system rather than from API calls made in your name, there's nothing for Instagram to flag — see is it safe to use Instagram unfollow checkers for how that differs from a tracker app's traffic.

What you lose by switching

Followers Track showed a running feed of unfollowers with timestamps. The export method can't timestamp an unfollow; it can only tell you that someone was in one export and not the next. You also lose the in-app unfollow button (you unfollow in Instagram, by hand), the follower-growth chart, and the ability to add a second account without a second export. If any of those were worth $5.99 a month to you, the honest answer is that no password-free tool gives them back — the best Instagram unfollow checker roundup ranks what each option can and can't do.

What this tool can't do

It reads one export at a time, so it can't check an account you don't have an export for. It can't alert you, since it has no connection to Instagram. It can't act on your account. And it can't detect blockers or profile viewers, which Instagram doesn't include in the export at all. For a fresh picture, request a fresh export; the free Instagram unfollow checker page lists what's free each time.

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