
Orbit: Family Location
Family location that forgets
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Orbit shows your family on one map, tells you when they get to school or home, and lets anyone ask for help in one press. It's private by default: location history is deleted after 2 days, nothing is sold, and there are no trackers.
SEE EVERYONE ON ONE MAP
• Everyone in your loop as they move, each with their own avatar, device and battery.
• Your Loop shows who's home, who's on the move, and who has gone quiet.
• Ask somebody where they are, and their phone or watch reports in. They see who asked.
PLACES THAT MATTER
• Home, school, practice, grandma's: drop a pin, pick a size, choose an icon.
• Arrivals and departures without asking. "Tess arrived at Southside Elementary."
• Choose who you hear about, per person and per place. Everything still shows on the timeline.
A TIMELINE OF THE DAY
• Arrivals, departures, check-ins and drives, newest first, kept for 14 days.
• Check in with one of a few quick messages: Arrived safely, On my way, Running late, All good, or your own words.
• Drives show distance, time and top speed. Routes are never kept.
HELP, WHEN IT MATTERS
• Hold Help for a second and a half and everyone in your loops is alerted with your location.
• It reaches people even when they've muted everything else, and works without unlocking Orbit's app lock.
• "I'm on my way" tells you somebody is coming.
• Get help alerts your family, not emergency services. In an emergency, call 911.
FOR THE PEOPLE IN YOUR CARE
• Supervise a child's sharing so it stays on, with a speed alert for new drivers, sent once after the drive, never during it.
• Add a child without an email address or password, and sign their phone in with a short code.
• Supervision is never hidden. Your child can see it, and so can everyone in the loop.
ON THE WRIST
• Orbit on Apple Watch works on its own: with a cellular watch, a child can leave the phone at home.
• Check in, see alerts, and hold Help, right from the watch.
• Set it up with a six-character code, typed into a parent's phone.
MAKE IT YOURS
• Avatars for everyone: animals, characters, sports, space or initials, in a colour of your choice.
• An icon and colour for every place and every loop.
• Light or dark, imperial or metric.
ONE FAMILY, WHATEVER PHONE THEY CARRY
Orbit works the same on everybody's phone and watch, so nobody in the family is left out because of what they carry.
PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
• Location history is deleted after 2 days. The timeline is kept for 14.
• No ads, no trackers, and your data is never sold.
• Orbit's staff never see where you are.
• Pausing sharing tells your loop. Nothing is done behind anyone's back.
SUBSCRIPTION
Your first loop is free for 30 days, with no card needed. After that, one subscription, monthly or yearly, covers every loop you own, and everyone you invite joins free. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed or cancelled in your App Store account settings.
Location sharing in the background uses more battery. Orbit is built to keep that low and to report only when you've moved.
Terms: https://stayorbit.app/terms
Privacy: https://stayorbit.app/privacy
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What's New in Orbit
1.0.1
October 29, 2026
• When Home overlaps another saved place, arriving there now counts as arriving home. • Orbit starts GPS less often while you stay in one place. • Settings → Notifications explains how to let Get help through a Focus. • Settings → Devices is clearer: plain words, only what needs your attention, and long lines no longer get cut off. • Timeline: clearer wording when someone's phone stops updating. • Apple Watch: alerts now show in place of the check-in dial instead of covering it, and alerts passed on from your iPhone say whose phone it is.
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