The first social network you can trust.
Real videos. Real people. Your school keeps score. Everything on Portal is filmed live in the app — no uploads, no filters, no AI. Post your day, climb your school’s leaderboard, and take down the rival school.
Free · Takes 30 seconds · No waitlist · iPhone · 13+
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There’s a side of Portal only students can open.
Verify your school in the app and you unlock student-only posts, your school’s leaderboard and the Clash. Only verified students can see student-only posts — adults aren’t in that feed, by design.
- Student-only posts, visible only to verified students
- Your school is never shown publicly — posts show only the city
- Adults can’t DM students on Portal
- Everything’s filmed live, so nobody can post old pics of you or AI fakes
Film it. Rank it. Beat the rival.
Film it live.
The camera is the app. If it’s on Portal, it happened — right there, right then. No uploads, no filters, no AI.
Climb the board.
Every post counts for you, your school and your city. Streaks, trophies and 1v1 challenges.
Beat the rival.
School vs school competitions run all season. Per-student scoring, so any school can win — high school, college, even middle schoolers who are 13+.
Boerne vs Champion
Oct 19–31. Two schools. One board. Every real post you make counts for yours — and it’s scored per student, so this one’s anybody’s.
It’s always today.
Posts disappear from the feed after 48 hours. No pressure to be perfect — just be there.
1v1 your friends.
Most likes in 24 hours, 3 days or a week. Win trophies that stay on your profile.
Can you trust anything online anymore?
AI videos, deepfakes and bot accounts are everywhere. Here’s why we built Portal, and what it looks like inside.
Real people. Real places.
No AI allowed.
Not another feed full of fake.
Everything on Portal was captured by a real person, in a real place, in the moment. Here’s what you get.
Camera-only posting
Every photo and video is captured live in the app. No camera-roll uploads, so what you see actually happened.
No AI. No bots.
No AI-generated videos, no deepfakes, no fake engagement. Portal is for humans only.
Your city, right now
Location-based feeds show what’s happening near you from people who are actually there.
Climb the leaderboards
Rank up by likes, views, followers and comments in your school, city, state and the whole country.
48-hour moments
Posts stay live for 48 hours, then save to your profile as memories. The feed is always now.
Students only
Verified students get a side of Portal only students can open, school rankings and school vs school Clashes.
Streaks
Post every day to build your streak. Consistency gets rewarded.
Trophies & badges
Unlock badges, then pick which one flexes next to your name.
Statuses & @mentions
Drop statuses, comment, tag friends and see who’s talking about you.
They laughed at the first TikTokers.
Now they’re millionaires.
If you missed being one of the first on TikTok, Instagram or YouTube, this is your second chance to get in on day one, before everyone else shows up.
- YouTube “It’s just cat videos.”
- Twitter / X “Who cares what you had for breakfast?”
- Instagram “Who wants filtered food pics?”
- Snapchat “Disappearing photos? A fad.”
- TikTok “A dance app for kids.”
- Portal You’re reading this. You’re early.
Download Portal
Free on iPhone. No waitlist, no invite code.
Post a real moment
Shoot it live in the Portal camera. Your city sees it right away.
Start your streak
Post daily, unlock trophies and build momentum.
Climb the leaderboard
Rank in your school, city, state and the US while it’s wide open.
Your school. Your city.
Portal started in Texas and is now open across the US. From Boerne to both coasts, every school and city leaderboard is up for grabs. Smaller towns roll into their nearest city, so your posts always land in a live feed.
Built in Austin. Help us build it.
Real startup experience for your resume, a direct line to the founder, and a head start on something new.
Ambassadors & city captains
Outgoing and connected? Rep Portal on your campus or in your city. 18+.
Join the focus group
Test new features first and tell the founder what to build next. Austin and online.
Creators
Small creator or big, get in early and rank before everyone else shows up.
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Questions, answered.
What is Portal?
Portal is a free, camera-only social app for iPhone. You post real photos and videos captured live in the app, see what’s happening in your city, and compete on city, college, state and national leaderboards. No AI content is allowed.
Is there a waitlist?
No. Portal just launched and is open to everyone in the US. Download it and start posting right away.
Where is Portal based?
Portal is based in Austin, Texas. It’s live for users everywhere in the US.
Why can’t I upload from my camera roll?
Because that’s how fake content gets in. Every post is captured live in Portal’s camera, which keeps AI-generated and edited content out.
What happens to posts after 48 hours?
They leave the public feed and leaderboards and save to your profile as memories.
Is Portal on Android?
Portal is on iPhone today. Android is in the works.
Missed being early on TikTok?
Don’t miss this one.
People laughed at the first creators on YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok. Now they’re making millions. Portal just launched, the leaderboards are wide open, and it’s free.
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