Have you always wished you could use Instagram without a smartphone? Do you want to create an Instagram account and share pictures with your friends even if you do not have a smartphone? Of course not everyone can afford a smartphone and that shouldn’t deprive one of the opportunities of socializing on Instagram.
Instagram is a cool mobile site where people share amazing photos with their friends, I love looking at pictures of my friends on Instagram. It’s always fun hanging out there. If you can’t use Instagram just because you do not have a smartphone, this article will teach you some ways you can use Instagram without a smartphone.
While you may not get the best Instagram experience with any of these methods as Instagram is best used on a smartphone, but you can at least create an account and share those amazing photos with your friends.
BlueStacks:
BlueStacks is an Android emulator that lets you simulate Android apps on a PC. With BlueStacks you can do virtually anything you can do on your Android smartphone on PC. Simply download and install BlueStacks on your PC, then install run the app and install Instagram just as you would install any app on your smartphone.
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Once installed, you can create an Instagram account just as you would’ve done on a smartphone and you can now be able to upload and share your amazing photos with your friends on Instagram. This is just one of the ways to use Instagram without a smartphone.
Pixsta:
Pixsta is yet another way to use Instagram without a smartphone. Pixsta which was popularly known as Instagrille runs Pokki. Simply download and install Pixsta on your PC and you can be able to use Instagram on your PC without a smartphone.
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Gramblr:
Gramblr is yet another way to use Instagram without a smartphone. With Gramblr all you need to do is sign in to Instagram, choose the photos you want to upload, add captions and hit the upload button. Gramblr works on Windows XP, Vista, 7/8.
Click here now to download Gramblr for PC. Mac users can also download from here.
InstaPic:
InstaPic is yet another way to use Instagram without a smartphone. InstaPic is a free Instagram Client for Windows 8. With InstaPic you can register a new Instagram account, sign in to an old one, upload photos, comment on photos, follow users and even like photos.
With InstaPic you can edit photos just as you could do on Instagram on mobile. Its photo editing features include brightness adjustment, saturation, contrast and several more. Click here now to download and install InstaPic on your Windows 8 PC.
Webbygram:
Webbygram is yet another way to use Instagram without a smartphone. Webbygram provides you with all the basic functionality of the Instagram mobile app. Simply sign in with your Instagram details, browse photos, comment on photos and even share to other social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
Pinstagram:
Pinstagram is an awesome web app that Pinterest experience of Instagram. Browse your photos and friends photos in a Pinterest style. When you hover over a photo it will reveal the comment, Like and Pin buttons. You can also click on a photo to reveal its full size. You can also be able to follow other users just as in Pinterest.
Do you know of other ways to use Instagram without a smartphone? Mine sharing those methods with me, maybe I can update this article and add your methods to the list. Use the comment form below to share your methods of using Instagram without a smartphone. Remember to subscribe to my blog.
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Hi Nwosu,
I’m glad I stumbled upon this as I was looking for a solution to this the other day but came up empty.
From the ones you listed, Pixsta seems to be pretty good. Have you used it? I’m going to give it a try.
George.
Hi Nwosu,
Thanks for sharing these resources. I’m getting more interested in using Instagram these days so these tools will be very handy.
Have you tried Statigram yet? I use that one a lot.
Thanks Ileane for dropping by and leaving such an awesome comment on my blog, its always a pleasure to see you around. I just checked out Statigram and its totally awesome. Thanks for the suggestion though.