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These days, making social plans can be both tricky and tedious.

With so many choices available to you, landing on one thing can at times feel overwhelming.

Photographer Rachael Short using an iPhone to take photos outside.

Outsideis an app that tries to solve both of these problems.

With all that, it aims to be the first place you go when filling up your spare time.

Use Outside well and youll get more time to spend, well, outside.

An event planned in the iOS app Outside.

Tools & requirements

Quick steps

Step by step guide

1.

Make your first plan

Tap theCreatebutton at the bottom of the app.

Enter a name for your plan or select one of the options beneath the name field.

Three iPhones side-by-side with the Outside app running on each of them.

Now pick a date for the event on the calendar and tapNext.

TapCalendarand allow access in the subsequent permissions box.

Calendar syncing requires a subscription but allows you to keep everything up to date.

Three iPhones side-by-side with the Outside app running on each of them.

Anything added to your calendar app will be sent to Outside, and vice versa.

grab the calendar you want to sync.

TapRemindersto set when and how often Outside will give you a nudge about your plans.

Three iPhones side-by-side with the Outside app running on each of them.

When youve got everything set, tapCreate.

you’re able to view all your plans by tapping theCreatebutton.

Get AI suggestions

One of the key components of Outside is its AI assistant.

Tap theAssistantbutton at the bottom of the Outside app.

It will respond with suggestions for your next event.

Note that at the time of writing, Outside cant make booking reservations for you.

However, the apps developer says this is in the works.

What Outsides AIcando is add events to the apps calendar.

Get more from Outside

Tap theOutsidebutton at the bottom of the app.

Tap and hold one of your plans to bring up some more options.

These include interactive countdowns for upcoming events, a list of your plans, and more.

Its a good way to ensure youve got plenty to do, even if youre short on ideas.