Comparison

Stellata vs I Saved This. Why?

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

Head to head
About

Stellata

This app helps you visually organize saved links, images, videos, and PDFs. It automatically groups content by theme and offers multiple unique viewing modes, including a 3D galaxy and interactive moodboards. Collaborate with friends by merging libraries and discover content through visual search.

Highlights
  • Automatic content grouping
  • Multiple visual display modes (Grid, Board, Wall, Galaxy, Globe, Projects)
  • Interactive moodboard creation
  • Direct phone-to-phone collaboration
  • Import from existing platforms (Instagram, Pinterest, Are.na)
  • Visual and text-based search
  • Camera-based visual search
Features
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Some things stay with you. The image you stop for. The idea you come back to. Stellata is where they go. Tap Share in any app — Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Pinterest, a blog, anything — and the picture, the words and the video come across with the link. Screenshots, photos, videos and PDFs come in too, no link needed. Then it starts to sort itself. ALIKE SAVES DRIFT TOGETHER Every link is read on your phone: its words, and what its picture shows. Nothing is sent anywhere. Tags appear on their own, and saves that belong together drift into groups in the galaxy, so even from far off you can see what your saving is really about. The same links gather into themes you can filter by — branding, motion, space, whatever you turn out to be into. EIGHT WAYS TO LOOK Grid — everything you saved, at a glance, image first. Board — your saves spread over one plane, like a wall. Wall — your pictures in columns that go on forever, whichever way you go. Leave it be, and it drifts on its own. Galaxy — your library as a world in space, alike saves floating together in groups. Tap a link and a light travels out through everything it connects to, by picture, by meaning, by tag, through its own group and across to the others. Sort it by color, by time, by site or by style, or place words of your own, and the links they're about gather around them. Sphere — step inside the galaxy, your saves all around you, above and below. Drag to look around. Earth — your saves light up where in the world they are, on a globe or on a map. Timeline — every save on one line, newest first, opening out as you scroll back through the days. Projects — a space for a trip, a piece of work, or whatever you're into this week, each with a moodboard to lay out by hand: move, pinch and twist the pictures, then draw, write and join them with arrows. Send one out as a lookbook, a PDF of every save. Hold a finger still and draw a loop in the galaxy or on a board, and everything inside is picked, ready to move, share or delete together. SIT DOWN WITH A FRIEND Put two phones side by side and your libraries become one galaxy, each in its own color. See where your tastes meet, pass a link across, and leave with a little of theirs. The phones talk to each other directly — nothing goes through a server, and only what you choose to bring ever leaves your phone. BRING WHAT YOU ALREADY SAVED Your Instagram saves come across, and your Pinterest boards and Are.na channels too, so you start with your real collection instead of an empty page. FIND YOUR WAY BACK Type what you're looking for, or tap + to pick a color, a style or a photo, and the saves that fit fly in close. Or describe what a picture shows, like “cracked ice,” and Search finds it, even when no title or tag says so. It reads the words in your pictures too, so a screenshot turns up by what it says. Point the camera at a poster or a wall to see the saves that look most like it. Filter by site, by type, by color. SCAN WHAT YOU SAVED Smart Scan reads a save for what it holds: a recipe to cook from, its timers ringing even on a locked phone, a workout's sets, a trip's places on a map, an event's date, a product's specs, an app's type and colors. Play a video, and Stellata names its song. ON YOUR MAC TOO Stellata is on the Mac as well, your library kept in step by iCloud, and Stellata Unlimited comes along. IT STAYS YOURS Everything syncs through your own iCloud, and previews are kept on the phone, so your library is there with no signal. Share a project and a few people can save into it together, on one moodboard. No account to make, no feed, no one else's algorithm. STELLATA UNLIMITED The free plan holds 30 links. Unlimited holds any number, as a monthly subscription or a one-time purchase. If Unlimited ends, nothing is deleted: your newest 30 stay open and the rest wait for you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stellata.app/privacy.html

About

I Saved This. Why?

This app analyzes your saved screenshots to identify the reason you saved them. It helps you turn that information into actionable items like calendar events, reminders, or saved notes. Designed for simplicity, speed, and privacy, it processes data directly on your device.

Highlights
  • Screenshot text analysis
  • Calendar event creation
  • Reminder creation
  • Map integration
  • Information saving
  • On-device processing
  • Privacy focused
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You saved the screenshot for a reason. I Saved This. Why? helps you figure out what that reason was — and what to do next. Choose a screenshot and the app analyzes the text on your device to identify what you may have wanted to remember. Depending on the screenshot, you can: • Add an event to Calendar • Create a reminder • Open a place in Apple Maps • Save useful information for later The app is designed to be simple, fast, and private. Your screenshots are selected by you and processed on your device using Apple technologies such as Vision and on-device Foundation Models when available. No account is required. No ads. No user database. No screenshot uploads to our servers. Apple Intelligence availability depends on your device, language, region, system settings, and model availability. Stop wondering why you saved that screenshot. Turn it into something useful.

Screenshots

Stellata4 screens
I Saved This. Why?3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: I Saved This. Why? at none against Stellata's 2. Stellata's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Stellata sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. I Saved This. Why? 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 Stellata against 5.0 for I Saved This. Why?. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stellata has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stellata ships an update every 3 days, I Saved This. Why? every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stellata versus I Saved This. Why?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStellataI Saved This. Why?
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAbdullah AlkhatibHiroyuki Shibata

Customer experience

Stellata

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

I Saved This. Why?

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stellata

Subscriptions1
  • Stellata Unlimited$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Stellata Unlimited Lifetime$14.99
None

I Saved This. Why?

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stellata free?
Stellata is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is I Saved This. Why? free?
I Saved This. Why? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stellata or I Saved This. Why??
Stellata and I Saved This. Why? are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Stellata or I Saved This. Why? have ads?
Neither Stellata nor I Saved This. Why? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stellata or I Saved This. Why??
Stellata ships an update every 3 days, and I Saved This. Why? every 5 days. Most recently, Stellata was updated on October 29, 2026 and I Saved This. Why? on October 11, 2026.

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