This tool is a private visual planner, not a scheduler or an Instagram integration. It never connects to your account, never logs in, and cannot post, schedule, pin or publish anything. What it does is render the photos you add as a realistic 3-column profile grid so you can judge the aesthetic and plan the order. When the layout looks right you export a PNG to keep or share, then post the images yourself in the Instagram app. Nothing you add is uploaded — every image is handled in your browser with in-memory object URLs.

Instagram’s profile grid is three columns wide, and in early 2025 the thumbnails changed from 1:1 square to a taller 3:4 portrait crop. To avoid awkward cropping, upload feed posts at 1080×1350 px (4:5 portrait); posting at 1080×1440 px (3:4) matches the grid thumbnail exactly. The crop is always taken from the centre — wide photos lose their sides, tall or square photos lose their top and bottom. This tool offers both the current 3:4 and the classic 1:1 so you can preview either, but treat these specs as current best estimates because Instagram changes them without notice.

Privacy is structural. When you add images, the browser creates in-memory object URLs and the grid renders straight from them — there is no server, no upload, no database and no logging in the processing path, and no CDN. Those object URLs are revoked automatically when you remove a tile, reset, or leave the page, so nothing lingers in memory. The optional PNG export is composited on a local canvas and downloaded directly to your device. The tool works offline once cached, and closing the tab discards your plan. The only optional network use anywhere on the site is consent-gated advertising, which never sees your images.

A checkerboard feed alternates two kinds of post (for example a photo then a quote) so the grid reads as a pattern; switch on the checkerboard guide and each tile is tagged A or B so you can slot content into the right parity. The row-of-3 guide tints each three-tile row so you can plan themed rows or a puzzle layout. The colour-flow strip blends the average colour of every tile top to bottom, revealing whether your palette transitions smoothly or clashes — a common way creators achieve a cohesive look. Drag tiles (or use the move buttons) to rearrange, and turn on ‘Focus first 9’ to concentrate on what a visitor sees above the fold. These are planning aids, not guarantees of engagement.