When Did Amino Shut Down? The Exact Timeline (2024–2026)
Amino was removed from the App Store and Google Play in 2024, and AminoApps.com went into permanent maintenance in 2025. Here is the exact shutdown timeline.
When Did Amino Shut Down? The Exact Timeline
Amino's shutdown happened gradually across 2024 and 2025 — no single announcement, no farewell post. Here is the precise sequence of events.
The direct answer
Amino's mobile apps were removed from the iOS App Store and Google Play Store during 2024. The web client (aminoapps.com) was switched to a permanent maintenance page in 2025. The platform's backend was decommissioned silently — no official farewell, no shutdown date announcement, no account-export tool. By 2026 the platform is functionally dead.
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The full timeline
- 2014 — Amino launched as a series of single-community apps.
- 2017-2018 — Merged into a single unified app. 100M+ downloads.
- 2019-2020 — Peak: 300M+ lifetime downloads.
- 2021 — MediaLab acquired Amino. Layoffs followed within months.
- 2022 — Push notifications became unreliable. Bug reports started going unanswered.
- 2023 — Moderation system collapsed into aggressive auto-bans. Many long-time leaders left.
- 2024 — Mobile apps pulled from iOS App Store and Google Play. Existing installs continued working with broken features.
- 2025 — AminoApps.com switched to permanent maintenance. Servers decommissioned. Most active communities had already migrated by this point.
- 2026 — Platform fully dead. No comeback in sight.
Why no exact date was announced
MediaLab — the company that owned Amino since 2021 — has a documented pattern of quietly retiring acquired products rather than announcing shutdowns. Whisper, Kik, and Genius all followed similar paths under MediaLab's ownership. Amino's shutdown was not announced because announcing it would have triggered a wave of account-export requests, refund requests for the premium features that had been sold, and PR damage. Letting the apps quietly disappear from the stores was cheaper.
What this means for you
If you are reading this and still have an old install of Amino, the app may still launch but most features (chat, posting, notifications, login) are broken or deprecated. Your old account, profile, communities, and posts are not retrievable — there was no export tool.
The pragmatic move is to rebuild on a new platform with a fresh roster. Step-by-step migration guide here. The closest like-for-like replacement is Aminoka — see also top 10 Amino alternatives in 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
When did Amino shut down? +
The Amino mobile apps were removed from the iOS App Store and Google Play during 2024. The web client (aminoapps.com) was switched to a permanent maintenance page in 2025. By 2026 the platform is dead.
Did Amino shut down completely? +
Yes. The apps were pulled, the website is in maintenance mode, and the servers behind chat / posts / notifications have been decommissioned. The platform is no longer operational.
When was Amino removed from the App Store? +
During 2024 on both iOS and Android. MediaLab did not announce specific removal dates and the listings disappeared without notice.
Is Amino coming back? +
There is no publicly announced plan to bring Amino back. No acquirer has been named. Treat it as permanently gone.
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