Cosmos alternative

Omoro vs Cosmos

Once I have saved the images, what tells me what style they are? This page answers it plainly: what Cosmos is for, what it does well, where it stops, and what Omoro adds beside it.

What Cosmos is

A visual discovery app: save images from anywhere into clusters, and browse a feed curated by other people with taste.

  • A feed with real curation, not an algorithm chasing engagement
  • Clusters make saving feel like collecting
  • A clean app on phone and web
  • Image-first, with none of Pinterest's clutter

Where it stops

Cosmos is the nicest place to save an image you love. It does not say what the image is. Save fifty photographs with the same feeling and Cosmos gives you a beautiful cluster; the name of that feeling, the palette it runs on and the era it comes from are not in the cluster.

What Omoro is

Omoro is a visual research system: 224 named design styles, each taken apart into its palette, typefaces, materials, history and where it shows up in real work. The library is open to everyone without an account; the Studio, where your own references become one directable style, opens to the waitlist.

Side by side

CosmosOmoro
Built forSaving and discovering imagesNaming and explaining the style behind them
StylesClusters, unnamed224 named styles
PalettesNone660 palettes with hex codes
TypographyNoneFont pairings per style
Where it came fromNoneHistory, period and a timeline of every style
DiscoveryA curated feedA public gallery, plus a timeline and a compare tool
Free tierFree with a save limitThe whole library, no account

Which to use

Keep Cosmos. Keep Cosmos for the saving and the feed. It is where the images come from.

Add Omoro. Add Omoro for the naming. When a cluster has a look, the style page says what it is called and what it is made of.

Pricing

Cosmos is free with a limit on saves, with a paid tier. Omoro's library is free without an account.

What is coming

Next in the Studio, opening to the waitlist first: image and video generation from a style, collage building, inpainting, reference saving and taste detection.

Start with the library

224 styles and 660 palettes, free, no account. See what a documented style looks like before you decide anything.

Browse the stylesOpen one: BauhausThe palettesThe timeline