Saving from Instagram
Downloaders save the video file. These apps keep what you saved findable.
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To get the recipe or place out of a post, use Recalo or Albo. Albo pins places on a map. Recalo saves recipes, places, movies, books and to-dos, ready to search from ChatGPT or Claude. To back up past saves, use Dewey.
Turns a post into the recipe, place, movie or list in it.
It reads the caption, what's said in the video, the top comments, and the text in each photo and what it shows.
Every save on a map, with friends' saves too.
Its paid prices here are from the App Store.
An ad-free library that sorts what you save by type.
Plans with AI start at $7.99/mo.
Syncs the Instagram posts you already saved, from your desktop.
Posts you save in Instagram come in the next time you open your desktop browser. Pro is $7.50/mo billed yearly.
Free, unlimited bookmarks for any link, from browser or phone.
Pro also keeps permanent copies of pages.
Free, built in, and only you see what you've saved.
✓ means the app lists it. – means we couldn't find it on the app's own website, help pages or store page.
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| Feature | Albo | Dewey | mymind | Raindrop | Recalo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price* | Free tierweekly import credits. Paid plans from $4.99/mo or $29.99/yr in the App Store | Freemanual sync, one account. Pro $10/mo or $7.50/mo yearly, lifetime $225 | Free | Free for 100 cards, then from $4.99/moplans with AI from $7.99/mo or $79/yr. The free plan is in its help centre, not on the pricing page | FreePro $3/mo or $28/yr | Free tierPro $3.49/mo or $34.99/yr |
| Runs on | iPhone, iPad, Android, web, browser extension | Web, Chrome and Firefox extensionsno phone app listed | iPhone, iPad, Androidsaved posts also show on instagram.com, but saving is app only | iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, browser extensions | iOS, Android, Mac, web, browser extensions | iPhone, iPad, webon Android, use the web app |
| Saves from | Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Reddit, Facebook, screenshots, your browserplus browser extensions, and files from mymind, Raindrop, Pocket and Notion | Instagram Saved, X, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky and moresyncs what you already saved, from the desktop | Instagram only | Instagram, web pages, screenshots | Any linkan Instagram post saves as a bookmark | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, websitesand answers from Google's AI Mode, ChatGPT and Claude, in the iPhone and iPad app |
| What it pulls out of a post | Places, recipes, products, films and shows, books, events, workouts and morea recipe with ingredients, steps and nutrition; several places from one post, each with its address, hours and a pin on your map | –backs up the post, images and caption | –keeps the post itself | Sorts by typerecipe, product, book, article, with AI summaries | –keeps the link and a preview | Recipes, restaurants, places, movies, TV shows, books, notes, checklists and to-dosa recipe with its ingredients and steps, a place linked to Maps |
| Reads the caption, what's said and comments | ✓caption, the video and screenshots; comments not stated | ✓caption only | – | –reads text in images | –Pro searches YouTube transcripts | ✓caption, what's said, top comments, and the text in each photo and what it shows |
| Search your saves | ✓by keyword, vibe or filters, chat with Albo or Siri, or from ChatGPT or Claude | ✓captions, tags, authors and notes | –not documented in Instagram's help pages | ✓keyword, color, brand, date, text in images | ✓full text on Pro | ✓in your own words, in the app or from ChatGPT or Claude |
| Reminders and to-dos | ✓a grocery list, and reminders that bring saves back. No dated to-dos found | – | – | ✓to-dos in notes, no reminders listed | ✓reminders on Pro | ✓checklists with reminders |
| Works in ChatGPT or Claude | ✓set up by hand as a custom connector; it can also save links and write documents | – | – | ✓an MCP for Claude and ChatGPT, set up from the app's settings | ✓official connector, listed with Pro | ✓ChatGPT app and Claude connector. How to connect |
| Map of your saves | ✓with friends' saves | – | – | – | – | –coming soon |
| Share with friends | ✓shared collections with chat and voting, and a shareable grocery list | – | ✓collaborative collections | –mymind says no collaboration | ✓ | ✓notes and checklists, to view or edit, and recipes as a copy |
Many "Instagram saver" apps, like InstaSaver and Story Saver, are downloaders: they save the video file to your phone. The apps above keep what you saved findable, and some pull out the recipe or place in it.
We make Recalo, so this part is our pitch.
Share a reel or post to Recalo and it saves the right thing. TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, websites and AI answers work too.
In Instagram, tap and hold Save to file a post into a collection. To get the recipe or place out of a post, share it to Recalo or Albo. Dewey syncs posts you already saved, from your desktop browser.
Instagram's help pages don't document a search in Saved. Dewey syncs your saved posts and searches their captions. Recalo, Albo and mymind search what you share to them.
Instagram's own collections are free. Dewey and Raindrop have free plans. Albo and Recalo have free tiers with paid upgrades. mymind has a free plan for up to 100 cards, and paid plans from $4.99/mo.
Recalo saves the recipe with its ingredients and steps. Albo does too, adding nutrition, a meal planner and a grocery list. See recipe apps compared.
Albo pins the place on your map, and Recalo saves it linked to Maps. See apps to save places, compared.
