100% private · works offline

Catch up on everything they sent you.

Fell behind on the reels and posts your friends DM you? Load your Instagram export and see every share in one full-screen grid, with the conversation around each one.

Free · no sign-in · nothing is uploaded
Features

Built for clearing the backlog

Instagram buries shared posts inside endless chat threads. DM Catch-up pulls them all out so you can go through them like a feed.

Explore-style grid

Every post, reel and photo from your DMs, with live previews. Filter by person, type, account or date.

See the conversation

Open any share to see what you both said around it, or jump straight into the full chat at that moment.

Tracks what you've seen

Seen posts dim as you go. Hide them, or jump to the first unseen one and pick up exactly where you left off.

Search everything

Find captions, @accounts and messages across every conversation in an instant.

Phone or desktop

Install it to your home screen or dock. Keyboard shortcuts on desktop, touch-friendly on mobile.

Opens instantly next time

Your parsed export is kept in this browser, so returning is one tap. Forget it whenever you like.

How it works

Four steps, about five minutes

You only need your own Instagram data export. Instagram usually emails it within a few minutes to a few hours.

Request your data

In Instagram: Settings → Accounts Center → Your information and permissions → Download your information.

Pick Messages

Choose Some of your information, tick Messages, then Download to device.

Choose JSON

Set your date range, Format: JSON and Media quality: Low to keep the file small.

Drop the ZIP

When the email arrives, download the ZIP and drop it into DM Catch-up. No unzipping needed.

Privacy

Your messages never leave your device

  • The export is read and unzipped right in your browser. There is no server and no account.
  • A parsed copy stays in this browser's storage only, and you can remove it with one tap.
  • Post previews load from Instagram like any embedded post. Turn them off in settings if you prefer.
Install

Put it on your home screen

DM Catch-up is a web app you can install. It opens in its own window and works offline once loaded.

Open the app
iPhone & iPadOpen in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
AndroidIn Chrome, tap Install app above, or menu ⋮ → Add to Home screen.
Windows, Mac & LinuxIn Chrome or Edge, click the install icon in the address bar, or the button above.