Outside is an iOS app that helps you get the most out of life and spend more time with the people you care about. Add your countdown widget to look forward to events and share your calendar with friends to find time to spend together.
👋 Hey Product hunters!
I'm Blake and I'm excited to share Outside with you today - it's an iOS app designed to help feel excited about the future!
Outside started from a frustration Ryan and I had. It felt like our apps were eating away our time and did not feel like they did much keep us excited about the future. The tools we had for personal organisation felt too clinical and to make time with friends was still overly manual and essentially just lots of group chats. We had enough - and it looks people felt our pain too with over 400,000 added events on Outside this year so far!
It’s an app where you can add events in your life you’re excited about and they’ll be displayed beautifully in app, on a map and on your own countdown widget with lots of styles to choose. Life get’s busy, we know that and we’ve found we need something to look forward to in order to stay motivated. Outside’s your app to help you do that.
Example use cases:
🏖️ Look forward to vacation🧑🧑🧒🧒 Family weekend breaks👫 Date night with partner👯♀️Reunion with friends
To save you time, you can connect your calendars and make the events you’re excited about look much more engaging. Any event going on in your life like a vacation, moving out or a reunion with friends can be personalized just the way you like to match the occasion.
We believe that memories and experiences help us live better happier lives. Our goal is to help you have more of them and also to have them with the people you care about most. Every event on Outside can be turned social by inviting your friends/family or a partner. Start planning together, use your own private group chat and get shared reminders so nobody forgets to show up.
To help you figure out who’s free when, there’s a shared calendar where at a glance you can tell who’s free. Saving you time with the back and forth in dm’s seeing who’s free. We’ve heard from families, couples and friend groups that this has been a game changer for them. Less admin and more time together!
Outside is a tool for your own personal productivity but also a social tool with the people that matter most. You can use it solo or with other people.
Features:
🔢 Countdowns & widgets: Look forward to your events in the most fun way with 15+ widgets to choose from.
📆 Sync calendars: Apple, Google calendar events automatically appear in Outside and update with any changes.
🙋♂️ Shared calendar: See everyone’s schedule in one place and spot the gaps everyone’s free in one place.
🗺️ World map: Fill your word map with your events on your interactive world map.
✨ Personalise everything: Wallpapers, reminders, countdowns, notes - create any event you want, just the way you want.
🤖 Planning assistant: Upgrade your events by finding unique spots or places with your assistant in every event.
Download Outside today and let us know what you think. Save 40% on premium with the code “PH40”. Thanks for taking the time to check us out!
Blake
Thanks - this is a very real need - I often set alarms on top of important Google calendar events b/c the notification just isn't good enough or will get overridden by some other DnD setting etc.
Would be great to see this on m Pixel!
This feels so intuitive, it's hard to imagine that it's not a ubiquitous way of managing your social life!
Great to see you share Outside with us, Blake! It's refreshing to see an app that emphasizes not just organizing our lives, but also cherishing moments that matter. The idea behind the countdown widget is fantastic—definitely a fun way to keep the excitement alive!
I love how you’ve focused on minimizing the back-and-forth that usually comes with scheduling events. The shared calendar feature sounds like a real game changer for groups trying to sync up. Thank you for creating something that helps us all prioritize connections with family and friends in a busy world.
Count me in for the 40% off with "PH40"! Can’t wait to check it out and see how it can enhance my planning.
Hey Blake! Love the concept behind Outside—finally an app that prioritizes having fun over endless admin. The countdown widget sounds like a game changer! 🎉 Can't wait to plan my next vacation and get my friends involved without the usual DM chaos. Also, the shared calendar feature will definitely save me from those "are you free?" messages. Excited to give this a try! Upvoted!
Love the design style of UIs and the countdown feature. Thought there were no devs who would work on the basic tools like calendars nowadays. Turned out I'm totally wrong.
It’s impressive how Outside streamlines organizing and sharing plans, making it easier to stay connected and look forward to important moments. Congrats on the launch!
Great to see this launch, Blake! Outside really addresses a common issue we all face—balancing busy lives while trying to cherish moments with loved ones. The countdown widget is such a fun way to stay motivated about upcoming events; I can already imagine how it would look on my home screen!
I love that you’ve integrated shared calendars and the planning assistant—that’s genius for coordinating with friends and family. The ability to see who’s free at a glance could save a ton of back-and-forth messaging. Personally, I can’t wait to try out the world map feature; it's a unique touch that can really enhance the planning experience.
Thanks for creating something that not only focuses on personal productivity but also enriches social connections. Looking forward to using Outside and recommending it to my friends! Keep up the awesome work, makers!
This sounds like an amazing app, Blake! Love the idea of making memories more engaging. Can't wait to give Outside a try! Thanks for sharing!
Congrats on the launch @blakefolgado! For someone like me who’s juggling work and life every day, Outside is going to be super helpful. I’m definitely downloading it to give it a try!
This app seems like a great way to stay organized and connected with loved ones. Can you customize the countdowns?
My favorite feature is the shared calendar. This would make scheduling activities with my friends so much easier!
Hey, Blake Outside is a very entertaining app. I found it very useful. Congrats on the launch.
Love the count down timer! I used to have that set up for important anniversaries and dates - but the app doesn't connect with my calendar, so I stopped using it.
This is much more than just the countdown - lots of group functionalities too. Love the name. Spend less time inside the app, but more outside with your important ones. The AI planner could be helpful as well.
For me personally, I think the hardest part is piecing together all the tools. For example, a lot of chat is gonna happen in Whatsapp or Message, I wonder if somehow the app can seemlessly work to streamline everything. Not sure if I can get my friends to download this app, so maybe there is a way for me to invite them and they add this app as a mini app? Not sure, but def lots of potential there!
My fave part is your "premium" page - the upgrade, the trial timeline, and expectation is well set. Textbook case study for growth.design!
Congrats on the launch @blakefolgado and team!
Blake and the team are honestly amazing. They ship updates fast and really pay attention to what users are doing. This is just the start, I’ve already seen so much growth since I first downloaded 🚀
This is great - it's been hard to find a good countdown app that isn't bogged down by distracting in-your-face ads. Amazing bonus to be able to add multiple people to an event. I'll have to try this out!
Love this app! Hands down the best countdown app out there, and so much more too! Plus, I love mission to actually make plans, get connected, and go outside!
I've been using the app since the beginning and love how far you've come so far. Can't wait to see what else is in store.
Keep up the epic work!
Wow I resonate with your frustrations so much. Day job, startup, partner, friends - too many different cals! I can't keep up! Definitely downloading!
