Comparison

MentalShift vs outernet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MentalShift

Discover thought-provoking quotes through a dynamic feed. Save favorites, set reminders for positive mindset shifts, and gain new perspectives on life.

Highlights
  • TikTok-style quote feed
  • Save favorite quotes
  • Home screen quote display
  • Scheduled positive notifications
  • Account for personalization
Features
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Scroll through a “tik-tok” style feed of carefully selected quotes designed to provoke thoughtfulness and foster healthy perspective on life. Create an account to save your favorite quotes and display them on your home screen and schedule Mental Shift notifications designed to promote a positive mentality throughout the day.

About

outernet

This app encourages users to explore the real world by saving and organizing places and events. It helps you plan outings, from casual coffee shop visits to elaborate date nights or family vacations, turning online interests into offline adventures.

Highlights
  • Save and organize places/events
  • Research and summarize event details
  • Create collections of locations
  • Plan date nights and family days
  • Build vacation itineraries
  • Collect stamps for completed adventures
Features
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Outernet is creating a new type of internet use, in which our phones serve as a map of IRL exploration that gets us outside, instead of keeping us stuck scrolling indoors. Outernet helps you save and organize the places/events you want to check out, so it’s easy to actually go! You can share any place/event to Outernet (via tiktok, instagram reels, website URLs, screenshots, or pictures), and we’ll do the research, summarize what you need to know, and organize your plans so it’s easy to actually go. And as you complete your saved adventures, you collect stamps! When you’re on the Outernet, you can: - Actually remember to check out that cool pop-up, arts festival, woodworking class, etc. - Create a collection of trinket box locations or top coffee shops in your city, then check each off as you explore it - Plan date nights that’ll blow your partner’s socks clean off - Organize family days that both the kiddos and adults enjoy - Easily create itineraries for your vacations (both in the books and aspirational) - And most of all, spend more time outside doing things, instead of just being online watching them! This is only the beginning of Outernet reshaping how we use the internet, and we’d love to have you join us on our adventure. We’ll cya outside! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MentalShift4 screens
outernet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MentalShift at none against outernet's 4. MentalShift also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). outernet's advantage is ratings volume (248 vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. outernet sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MentalShift asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MentalShift against 4.9 for outernet. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: outernet has 248 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of MentalShift's written reviews are positive against 96% of outernet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MentalShift ships an update every 2 days, outernet every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MentalShift versus outernet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMentalShiftouternet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.9 (248 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better96.2% of reviews
Number of ratings4248 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB131 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJohn GarciaOuternet Explorer Inc.

Customer experience

MentalShift

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

outernet

All ratings248 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.4%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.9%
Negative2.8%

In-app purchases

None

MentalShift

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

outernet

Subscriptions4
  • Outernet Explorer's Club | Month$4.991 Month
  • Outernet Explorer's Club | Month$6.991 Month
  • Outernet Explorer's Club | Year$29.991 Year
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  • Outernet Explorer's Club | Year$39.991 Year

Questions

Is MentalShift free?
MentalShift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is outernet free?
outernet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MentalShift or outernet?
MentalShift is rated higher. MentalShift averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while outernet averages 4.9 from 248 ratings.
Do MentalShift or outernet have ads?
Neither MentalShift nor outernet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MentalShift or outernet?
MentalShift ships an update every 2 days, and outernet every 10 days. Most recently, MentalShift was updated on October 5, 2026 and outernet on October 21, 2026.

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