Comparison
Secret Followers vs FollowMeter
These two are not really the same kind of tool. FollowMeter is a phone app you connect to your own Instagram account to analyze your own audience. Secret Followers watches public accounts from the web, yours or anyone else's, without any Instagram login. Which one fits depends on what you want to look at.
Quick verdict
Choose Secret Followers if you want to follow what a public account does, with no Instagram login, from any browser, with scheduled checks every 12 hours and alerts. Choose FollowMeter if you want to analyze your own account on your phone, with extras like secret admirers, ghost followers, a not-following-back list and post statistics.
At a glance
| Feature | Secret Followers | FollowMeter |
|---|---|---|
| Watch other people's public accounts | Yes: any public username | Not described: its pages are built around your own account |
| No Instagram login | Yes: you only enter a public username | No: you connect your Instagram account in the app |
| Where it runs | Any web browser | iPhone, iPad and Android apps |
| Unfollow detection | Automatic checks every 12 hours (Standard plan), each unfollow logged with a timestamp | Each time you open or refresh the app; notifications on PRO |
| Alerts | Email or WhatsApp | Notifications for PRO users |
| Not following you back, ghost followers | No | Yes |
| Secret admirers (likes and comments without following) | No | Yes, ranked by engagement |
| Post and media statistics | No | Yes: likes, comments and a ranking of your posts |
| Anonymous story viewer | Yes, no account needed | Not listed |
| Free option | Free preview of any public username | Free to download, core tracking free; PRO adds unlimited history, media analytics, multiple accounts |
Two different ideas
FollowMeter reads the follower list of the account you connect and compares it over time. It then tells you who unfollowed you, who is not following you back, who engages without following, and which posts perform best. It is an analytics app for your own audience, on iOS and Android, and claims over 5 million downloads and a 4.8 rating.
Secret Followers works from the outside. You give it a public username, and it logs that account's follows and unfollows on a schedule, so you can see what someone else is doing. You can also use it on your own public profile, but it does not analyze likes, comments or posts.
Login and safety
FollowMeter asks you to sign in with Instagram. It says it only reads data you already have access to and never posts, follows, likes or messages for you. We cannot verify that, and the trade-off is real: you are giving an app access to your account, which is something any tracker should be judged on.
Secret Followers never connects to your Instagram account, so there is nothing to sign in to and no password to hand over. Treat any service that asks for your credentials as a security risk, whichever tool you choose.
Unfollows and how fresh the data is
FollowMeter updates when you open the app or pull to refresh, and PRO users get notifications when something changes. Secret Followers checks each tracked account by itself every 12 hours on the Standard plan, and writes every follow or unfollow as a timestamped event with an alert by email or WhatsApp.
Neither tool can recover unfollows from before tracking started. See why Instagram never tells you who unfollowed you.
What FollowMeter does that Secret Followers does not
Secret admirers, ghost followers, a not-following-back list and post statistics are FollowMeter strengths, and Secret Followers has none of them. FollowMeter also lists blocker detection, meaning which accounts blocked you. We could not test how it works. From the follower list alone, a block and an unfollow look identical, so read our guide to telling if someone blocked you before trusting any tool on that point.
Pricing
FollowMeter is free to download with core tracking included, and PRO is sold as a subscription whose price is shown in the App Store and Google Play listings rather than on its homepage. Secret Followers offers a free preview of any public username, then weekly and monthly plans listed on the pricing page. Check the live price on each before subscribing.
Which one should you pick?
Pick FollowMeter if the account you care about is your own, you want it on your phone, and you want admirers, ghost followers and post statistics. Pick Secret Followers if you want to watch a public account without logging in, or you want scheduled checks with alerts and an anonymous story viewer.
Try the free preview first
No account, no card: just a public username.
Frequently asked questions
Is FollowMeter free?+
Core follower tracking is free. A PRO subscription adds advanced insights such as unlimited history, media analytics, multiple accounts and notifications.
Does FollowMeter need my Instagram login?+
Yes. Its how-it-works steps tell you to connect your Instagram and sign in. Secret Followers does not: you enter a public username and nothing else.
Can FollowMeter track someone else's account?+
Its pages only describe tracking the followers of the account you connect. We found no mention of watching other people's accounts. Secret Followers is built for exactly that, on public accounts.
Can either tool show who viewed my Instagram profile?+
No. Instagram does not share profile visits, and FollowMeter says so itself. Any app claiming otherwise is not telling the truth. See [who views my Instagram profile](/blog/who-views-my-instagram-profile-the-most).
Can either tool track a private Instagram account?+
Secret Followers cannot: it relies on public data. FollowMeter works on the account you connect, so it does not apply to someone else's private account either.
FollowMeter details in this comparison come from the public homepage and FAQ of followmeter.com, checked on November 4, 2026. Download counts and ratings are FollowMeter's own claims. Secret Followers details reflect its current public pricing and product pages. Features, prices and page content can change after publication: always confirm current details on each provider's own site before subscribing.