How to Automate Reels with Photos on Instagram [2025 Guide]

Let’s be real: trying to automate Reels with photos across dozens of Instagram accounts is a massive challenge. If you’re a marketer, a BlackHatWorld power user, or an account farmer, keeping profiles secure is already hard — and publishing content across a mountain of phones makes it even harder.

But what if we told you there’s a single, budget-friendly tool that handles all of this? Forget the high-risk, manual grind. In this guide, we’ll show you exactly how to get it done safely and efficiently. Ready to see how it works? Let’s dive in.

Before Automating Something

Picture this: a desk full of smartphones, a big mess of charging cables, and a file that stores all your passwords and account information. Sound familiar? For years, this has been the common method for many marketers and account farmers—the old way of using many phones. Each phone runs a different account, maybe with its own SIM card or VPN, always trying to keep things separate and avoid getting noticed by Instagram.

But let’s be honest, this method is a big problem. It wastes your time and money, and it’s very hard to do when you have a lot of accounts. Here are the actual costs you’re paying:

Financial Cost

The clearest cost is phones and equipment. Dozens or hundres of phones, many data plans, and special proxies add up fast. You are basically building a small and expensive data center just to post content.

Time Cost

Your time is valuable, and managing accounts manually eats up a lot of it every single day. The daily work of posting content and nurturing each account to keep it active is already a constant task. But the real time-waster—the one that causes the biggest headaches—is when an account gets banned. You can’t guarantee it will never happen. When it does, you have to start all over: reset the phone, change all the settings, and go through the entire setup process again. This recovery cycle is what truly drains your time and energy.

Account Management Chaos

How do you keep track of everything? Which phone has which account? What are the specific notes for each one? Do you have to tape notes to the back of every phone? This messy system makes it easy to make mistakes, like posting the wrong content to the wrong account.

Difficult Network Management

Then there’s the network problem. If you manage accounts from different parts of the world, using a local SIM card for each one is impossible and too expensive. So, you probably use VPNs or proxies. But this creates a lot of extra work. You have to set up a specific network for each phone and keep track of it. For example, Phone A must use Network A, and Phone B must use Network B. If you have many accounts, this becomes very hard to manage. It’s easy to get confused and make a mistake, and using the wrong network for an account is a huge risk that can get it flagged instantly.

In short, you are working very hard for very small results and taking a big risk. In 2025, you shouldn’t have to work this hard. It’s time for a better, simpler way.

The Smart Way to Automate Instagram

So, if the old multi-phone method is slow, expensive, and risky, what’s the alternative?

The answer is GeeLark. A powerful tool designed to solve all these problems from a single, easy-to-use dashboard.

Here’s how GeeLark changes the game:

True Account Safety and Isolation

The biggest fear when managing multiple accounts is getting banned. GeeLark solves this problem by giving each of your Instagram accounts its Android cloud phone. To be clear, this is not an Android emulator or a “virtual machine”. Each cloud phone runs a full version of the Android operating system, with options ranging from Android 10 all the way to Android 15. It provides the exact same environment as a real, physical smartphone.

This means every account operates in a completely separate and authentic space. Instagram sees a real device with its own unique fingerprint, making it extremely difficult to link your accounts or flag them for suspicious activity. You can manage thousands of these cloud phones right from your laptop, eliminating the need for physical space and hardware.

Complete Network Control

To operate globally, you need full control over your network. GeeLark’s cloud phones offer perfect support for all major proxy types. Whether you use static, dynamic, or mobile proxies from your favorite provider, you can easily assign a unique IP address to each cloud phone.

By connecting your proxies, the cloud phone adopts that network identity. This allows you to easily and safely manage Instagram accounts from anywhere in the world, without paying for expensive international SIM cards. You no longer have to worry about mixing up networks; each cloud phone has its own dedicated connection, giving you total peace of mind.

The Power of Automation

GeeLark offers a library of ready-to-use automation templates for all major social media platforms. You can think of these templates as simple scripts that run on your cloud phones.

Using this feature requires zero technical skill. You don’t need to know how to code or write scripts. All you have to do is decide what you want to post and when you want to post it. Simply choose the template, upload your photos, and set your schedule. GeeLark handles the rest, publishing your Reels across all your selected accounts automatically.

With just one computer, you can manage hundreds or even thousands of Android phones and easily use automation to publish your Reels.

Ready to learn how? Here is the step-by-step guide on how to automate your Reels on Instagram.

How to Automate Photo Reels in GeeLark

Step 1 Sign Up and Install GeeLark

• Visit the GeeLark website and sign up for a free account.
• Download and install the GeeLark software. It works on Windows, macOS, and Linux, so you can use it on almost any computer.

Step 2 Create Cloud Phone Profiles for Your Instagram Accounts

• Open the GeeLark dashboard and click “New profile.”
• Give each profile a name you will remember (for example, “IG-Market01”).
• Assign a unique network (proxy) to each profile so every account gets its own IP address and location. This helps you manage accounts for any region without needing physical SIM cards.
• Select the Android version you want—choose from Android 10 to Android 15. Each account gets a real Android environment, not an emulator.

Once you finish, your profiles will act like real, separate smartphones in the cloud.

Step 3 Import and Set Up Your Instagram Accounts

• First, you need the Instagram app on your new cloud phones. GeeLark makes this easy with its bulk installation feature. Instead of installing the app one by one, you can select all your cloud phone profiles and install Instagram on all of them at the same time with a single click.
• Once the app is installed, simply open it inside each cloud phone profile and log in to the specific Instagram account for that profile.

Step 4 Choose the Template

• Go to the “Automation” section in GeeLark and open the Marketplace.
• Search for “Instagram publish Reels gallery”.
• Click the template, then hit “Create a regular task”.

This template was made to help you bulk-schedule Reels using photos as your content.

Step 5 Configure Your Task—Decide What and When to Post

• Select which Instagram profiles you want to use for publishing.
• Set the posting time for each account. Want to publish right now or later? Choose the schedule that fits your needs—all in a few clicks.
• Upload images for the Reels.
• You don’t need to write any code or scripts!

Step 6 Start the Automation and Relax

• Click “Confirm publication”.
• GeeLark now takes over. Your cloud phones will automatically open Instagram, create your Reels from your images, and post it according to your schedule.
• You can close the GeeLark app or even turn off your computer! Everything runs securely in the cloud.

Step 7 Check Your Reports

• Visit the “Task Logs” to see updates on each task.
• View results, screenshots, and success statuses for every account.

Pro Tips

• Use different posting times for each account to avoid patterns.
• Make sure each profile has a unique proxy.
• Explore other automation templates in the Marketplace to expand your workflow—GeeLark can help with Facebook, YouTube, and more.

That’s it! You’re now set up to publish Instagram Reels with photos across hundreds or thousands of accounts, all from a single computer. No more wasted time, no more expensive phone farms, and zero technical headaches.