What is the boring cockroach?

the boring cockroach is a quiet, anonymous social app for young india. five pulses a day, no followers, no DMs, no algorithm — and a 9 pm question room where the whole colony answers one prompt before it vanishes.

Is the boring cockroach the cockroach janta party app?

no. the boring cockroach is not affiliated with the cockroach janta party. it just liked the metaphor — the small, the tired, the unkillable.

Who can use the boring cockroach?

users 18 years and older, anywhere in india. the app is in closed testing on google play; a public release follows once a small colony has shaken bugs out.

How do I delete my account on the boring cockroach?

settings → delete account. one tap, hard delete, no backups, no recovery. full steps at https://theboringcockroach.com/delete-account.html

the boring cockroach · quiet, anonymous social app for india

Q: What data does the boring cockroach collect?

email for sign-in (never displayed), a handle you pick, your pulses + replies + reactions, and approximate location only if you drop a feeling on the map. no precise GPS, no contacts, no third-party trackers.

· what the colony does

small, quiet, on purpose.

every cap, every limit, every missing feature is intentional. cockroaches survive 300 million years by staying small and staying quiet. so does this app. drag to scroll →

five pulses a day. that's the limit.

the cap is the feature. you think before you type. you say it once. you don't perform.

· hard cap

anonymous by design.

you pick a handle. we never see your real name. that's the whole identity layer — your google account stays outside the door.

· privacy

no followers. no DMs.

cockroaches don't have fans. cockroaches don't slide. nobody can chase you here. nobody can grow a brand off you.

· no-growth

a 5-kilometre feelings map.

drop a feeling on the map. watch the colony breathe. every location aggregated to ~5km tiles before anything leaves your phone.

· low-precision

nine PM IST roll call.

once a day, the whole colony shows up for one minute. you count yourself in. that's the whole engagement loop.

· ritual

one-tap hard delete.

no backups. no soft-delete. no "we'll keep it for 30 days." you press delete and the colony forgets you exist.

· promise

a small cockroach standing alone, sunset behind

· what it isn't

the opposite of every other social app.

every feed you know was built to keep you scrolling, to reward the loudest take, to grow you into a brand. this one is the opposite — kept boring on purpose. that's the moat.

no follower counts
no upvote economy
no algorithmic ranking
no notification spam — only when someone actually replies to you
no ads · no analytics SDKs · no third-party trackers
no growth hacks · no streaks · no gamification

· inside the colony

scroll the app.

a peek at what the colony looks like from the inside. swipe →

· splash

· colony

· standing

· icon

a colony of cockroaches gathered together

· the colony

alone, with company.

anonymous doesn't mean lonely. every night at 9pm IST, the whole colony shows up, counts itself, and goes back under the fridge.

you'll never know who's there. but you'll know you're not the only one who showed up.

tap a heat-cell on the map and see what others nearby are feeling
drop a pulse, get an honest reply from someone with nothing to gain
reply with no name attached, no DM follow-up, no chase

· manifesto

every other social app rewards the loudest cockroach in the room.

the one with the most followers. the angriest takes. the biggest performance.

this app is for the boring cockroach — who keeps her head down, drops one honest pulse, and goes back under the fridge.

· follow the colony

soon, on three channels.

we don't post much. when we do, you'll find the boring cockroach here. claim the handle now if you want to follow before launch.

IG instagram@theboringcockroach

soon

𝕏 x · twitter@theboringcroach

soon

WA whatsapp channelthe boring cockroach

soon

· questions cockroaches ask

a few things up front.

is this the cockroach janta party app?

no. we are not affiliated with the cockroach janta party. we just liked the metaphor. the symbol belongs to whoever feels like one — the small, the tired, the unkillable.

why "boring"?

because the alternative is "engaging" — and engaging means designed to take your time, your attention, your mental quiet. boring means honest. boring means the app does what it says, no more.

who can use it?

users 18 and older, anywhere in india. the app is launching closed-testing first; a public release follows once we've shaken bugs out with a small colony.

what data do you collect?

email (for sign-in, never displayed), a handle you pick, your pulses + replies + reactions, and approximate location (only if you drop a feeling on the map). that's all. full breakdown on the privacy page.

how do i delete my account?

inside the app: settings → delete account. one tap, hard delete, no recovery. full steps on the delete-account page.

is there an ios version?

not yet. android first. ios when the colony is bigger. one cockroach can only build so fast.

quiet. loud. unkillable.

small, quiet, on purpose.

five pulses a day. that's the limit.

anonymous by design.

no followers. no DMs.

a 5-kilometre feelings map.

nine PM IST roll call.

one-tap hard delete.

the opposite of every other social app.

scroll the app.

alone, with company.

your data stays small, stays here, leaves clean.

soon, on three channels.

a few things up front.