FollowSpy alternative: Snytch vs FollowSpy

Updated: 26 October 2026

Short answer: Snytch and FollowSpy both track public Instagram accounts without asking for your Instagram login. The differences are in what they track, how often they check, and how they price it. FollowSpy, at followspy.ai, tracks new follows, followers and unfollows of public accounts. Snytch is built for people who want the follows, the unfollows and the one-way follows of an account, with an honest check about every 2 hours rather than a real time promise.

	Snytch	FollowSpy
Instagram login needed	No, public data only	No, per its site
What it tracks	Follows, unfollows, new followers, who does not follow back, story alerts	New follows, new followers and unfollows with timing; a separate Story Viewer for public stories
Check frequency	About every 2 hours (not real time)	Claims real time and instant updates, per its site
Tracked accounts included	3 people on Snytch Pro	Not stated on its homepage
Languages	English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian, Russian	Not listed on its homepage
Price	From 9.99 EUR per week or 29.99 EUR per month (11.99 or 34.99 USD outside Europe)	Not shown on its homepage (a quarterly plan promotion is advertised)
Free plan	No free plan, the price is shown before you pay	No free trial mentioned on its homepage

The column for FollowSpy repeats what its own site says, checked on 26 October 2026. Sites change: verify on followspy.ai before you decide.

Where FollowSpy fits

According to its own site (checked 26 October 2026), FollowSpy needs no Instagram login, covers new follows, new followers and unfollows, and has a separate Story Viewer for public stories. It markets itself as real time. If a story viewer matters to you, that is a feature Snytch does not have.

Where Snytch fits

Snytch is a web app that follows who a public account follows and who follows it, confirms a departure on a second pass before alerting you (so a glitchy list does not create a fake unfollow), and shows who the account follows without being followed back. You can watch accounts together with friends in a squad. It says plainly that it checks about every 2 hours: it is frequent monitoring, not live.

How to choose

Pick the tool whose list of features matches what you actually need. If you want follows, unfollows and one-way follows on public accounts, with a clear price and no Instagram login, Snytch covers it. If you need a story viewer, check FollowSpy directly.

FAQ

Is Snytch a good FollowSpy alternative?

If you want to track follows and unfollows on public Instagram accounts without logging in, yes. If you need what only FollowSpy offers (a story viewer), it is not a replacement for that.

Does Snytch ask for my Instagram password?

No. Snytch only reads public information and never asks for your Instagram login.

Is Snytch real time?

No. It checks about every 2 hours on most accounts and says so. A change is confirmed on a second pass, so you usually learn it within a few hours.

Get started in 4 steps

Open snytch.co and sign in with an email code, Google or Apple. You never sign in to Instagram.
Type the @ of a public account: yours or anyone else's.
Snytch saves a reference snapshot of the account's followers.
It rechecks about every 2 hours and alerts you when someone follows or unfollows.

See who unfollowed you →
No Instagram login. Public accounts only. They will never know.