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Last updated September 2026
Outernet saves the places and events you find on TikTok and Instagram. Sorti saves everything: places, recipes, products, outfits, articles, screenshots, on iPhone and Android. Free, with no daily save limit.
TL;DR - Quick verdict
Both apps start from the same habit: you see something on TikTok or Instagram, you want to remember it, and the platform’s own save button buries it. Outernet answers that for one kind of save, things to do out in the world. Sorti answers it for everything you save.
If your saved folder is a mix of a ramen spot, a pasta recipe, a jacket you want, and an article for later, the question is whether you want one app per kind of save, or one app that sorts them all.
Outernet (listed on the App Store as “outernet: go outside & explore”) is an iPhone app launched in March 2026 by Danielle Egan and Athena Leong. You share a TikTok or Instagram post, a link, a screenshot, or a photo, and its AI pulls out the place, date, and time, then puts it in a feed, a calendar, and a map. It saves places and events, plus undated activities.
As of September 2026, the iPhone app is invite-only and Android has a waitlist. Outernet is free to start, and its premium plan, $6.99 a month or $39.99 a year, lets you save more items per day.
Outernet is focused, and the focus shows. Turning a saved event into something with a real date and time on a calendar is a smart answer to “I saved it and then missed it.” If your weekends are planned from TikTok, it is built for you.
Our view is simply that people save far more than outings. The same person who saves a pop-up also saves recipes, outfits, products, and articles, and an app that only understands places and events leaves the rest of that folder unsorted.
| Feature | Sorti | Outernet |
|---|---|---|
| Places & restaurants | ✓ | ✓ |
| Save by sharing from TikTok & Instagram | ✓ | ✓ |
| Screenshots & photos | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recipes (ingredients & steps extracted) | ✓ | - |
| Products with price drop alerts | ✓ | - |
| Outfits & fashion | ✓ | - |
| Articles & links on any topic | ✓ | - |
| PDFs & documents | ✓ | - |
| Audio memos | ✓ | - |
| Creator Mode & affiliate links | ✓ | - |
| iPhone, open to everyone | ✓ | - |
| Android | ✓ | - |
| Unlimited saves, free | ✓ | - |
| Price | Free forever | Free tier, premium $6.99/mo |
Outernet details are based on its App Store listing and TechCrunch coverage as of September 2026.
Outernet extracts places and events. Share it a recipe reel or a product link and there is nothing for it to build. Sorti reads every save and files it by what it is: a recipe becomes a card with ingredients and steps, a product gets its price tracked, a restaurant gets a location and a link to maps.
Outernet’s free tier limits how many items you can save per day, and the premium plan raises that limit. Sorti has no cap: every feature is free, with unlimited saves, no ads, and no paywall.
Outernet is iPhone-only today, by invite, with Android on a waitlist. Sorti is open to everyone on both iPhone and Android, with your saves synced between devices.
Sorti monitors the price of products you save and notifies you when it drops, and Creator Mode lets creators share their saves with affiliate links. Outernet does not cover shopping.
You are on iPhone, you have an invite, and what you save is almost entirely restaurants, events, and things to do that you want on a calendar.
Your saves are a mix: places and plans, but also recipes, products, outfits, travel ideas, articles, and screenshots. Choose Sorti if you use Android, share with people who do, or do not want a daily limit on how much you can save.
Outernet saves places and events from TikTok, Instagram, links, and screenshots, and puts them on a feed, calendar, and map. Sorti saves everything, places included, plus recipes, products, outfits, articles, PDFs, and memos, and sorts each one automatically. Sorti runs on iPhone and Android and every feature is free. Outernet is iPhone-only by invite, with a premium plan to save more per day.
Outernet has a free tier. Its premium plan costs $6.99 a month or $39.99 a year and lets you save more items per day. Sorti is completely free, with unlimited saves and no paywall.
Not yet. As of September 2026, Outernet's iPhone app is invite-only and Android is on a waitlist. Sorti is available on both iPhone and Android today.
Outernet is built around places and events, so a recipe or a product has nothing for it to extract. Sorti turns a recipe into a card with ingredients and steps, and tracks the price of a saved product with alerts when it drops.
Sorti. It saves the same TikTok and Instagram finds, places and restaurants included, and adds everything else you save, with no daily limit, on iPhone and Android, for free.
★★★★★ Highly rated on the App Store and Google Play
“Easy to let Sorti use AI to sort and name my screenshots saving me a lot of time doing it myself.”
- Gali Nickel, App Store review
“I’ve been trying to find a way to organize all my bookmarks, links, videos, articles, etc. and have tried several second brain apps. But Sorti just organizes it all for me, no prompting for summaries or tags, no manual sorting. This is what all other second brain apps should have been.”
- symphonychick, App Store review
You can also explore all Sorti features or see the full comparison hub.
Screenshots, Instagram saves, TikTok recipes, links from anywhere - Sorti organizes it all automatically. Free forever, iPhone and Android.
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