Fossil Smartwatches vs Orbit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fossil Smartwatches
This companion app syncs with Fossil smartwatches to track fitness, sleep, and receive notifications. It allows users to control music, check commute times, and customize watch faces and shortcuts for personalized functionality.
- Fitness and sleep tracking
- Receive app and contact alerts
- Smartwatch remote control
- Customize watch dials and shortcuts
- Compare multiple time zones
- Integrates with Amazon Alexa
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The Fossil Smartwatches App is the companion app for Fossil's line of smartwatches. Track everything from steps to sleep, receive alerts from your favorite contacts and apps like Amazon Alexa and compare multiple time zones—all through the app. Turn your smartwatch into a remote control with customizable buttons that can control your music, check your commute time and more. The best part? You can further customize your smartwatch to perform your favorite functions by changing your dial design, complications, quick settings and shortcuts. Download now to stay connected.
Orbit
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Orbit is a journal you cannot scroll back through. Everything you write stays on this phone, encrypted, with no account and no cloud. And everything you write is eventually destroyed — on purpose. That is the whole idea. Write a thought. Seal it into a capsule. Launch it into an orbit of 6, 12, 18, or 24 months. Then let it go. WHEN IT COMES BACK Months later the capsule returns and lands in your orbit. You open it and read what you wrote — once. You may come back for a second look, one time. After that the note burns and is permanently gone. Not archived, not in a trash folder. Gone. You can let a note burn quietly, just for you, or send a final image of it out to someone before it goes. WHY IT WORKS THIS WAY Most journals become an archive you never reopen — a pile of old selves you can search but never quite face. Orbit gives a thought exactly one moment to land, at a distance far enough that you have become someone slightly different by the time it does. Writing something you know you will lose is a different kind of honest. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION, NOT BY PROMISE • No account, no sign-up, no email • No servers — your notes are never uploaded anywhere • Encrypted on your device, with the key in the iOS Keychain • Included in your own device backup, so a new phone keeps your capsules • We cannot read your notes. Not for support, not for anyone PAPER CLIPS Sealing a capsule takes paper, and you get two free sheets a day. Extra paper costs paper clips, which you can earn by watching an optional short video or buy in small bundles. Nothing is on a subscription and nothing expires. BEFORE YOU START Orbit destroys what you put in it. Burned notes cannot be recovered by you, by us, or by Apple. If you want a permanent record of your life, keep a different journal. If you want somewhere to actually put a thing down, this is that. Made by thebbit.lab.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fossil Smartwatches at none against Orbit's 3. Fossil Smartwatches also leads on ads (none vs shown). Orbit's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Orbit sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Fossil Smartwatches asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fossil Smartwatches ships an update every 3 months, Orbit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fossil Smartwatches | Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (51K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 51K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 246 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Fossil, Inc. | Feryanto Feryanto |
Bugs and requests
Fossil Smartwatches
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent disconnection between watch and app
- Step/sleep data disappearing or inaccurate
- Alarms and notifications not working reliably
- App crashes and freezes
- Incorrect time display after updates
Requested features
5 requests- More customization options for watch faces and buttons
- Improved sleep and activity tracking
- Integration with more apps and services
- Ability to disable notification banner on watch face
- Seamless sync between watch and app
Orbit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fossil Smartwatches
No in-app purchases
Orbit
- 40 Paper Clips$0.99
- 120 Paper Clips$2.49
- 320 Paper Clips$4.99









