ORB Leader vs CAS Trips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ORB Leader
This tool helps Award Leaders manage participants for The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award. It allows for quick processing of registrations and section approvals directly from a mobile device. Requires the latest Online Record Book system and a valid Award Leader login.
- Manage Award participants
- Process registrations
- Approve sections
- Mobile device management
- Works with ORB Next Generation
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This application was developed by The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation as a simple, and fast tool, to assist Award Leaders in managing their Award participants from a mobile device. From this App, the Award Leader is able to quickly and easily process multiple actions, such as Award Registrations and Section Approvals, anytime, anywhere. Your Award must be using the latest version of the Online Record Book system (sometimes known as "ORB Next Generation") and have a valid Award Leader login to the system in order to be able to use this App.
CAS Trips
This app serves as a comprehensive guide for educational trips, offering information on destinations, UN Sustainable Development Goals, and packing lists. It also provides tools for documenting experiences and learnings, consolidating all trip-related resources in one place.
- Trip destination information
- UN SDG exploration
- Packing list management
- Experience documentation tools
- Learning tracking
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The CAS Trips app is your essential pocket guide for all CAS destinations. Learn about your trip, explore UN SDG's, keep track of your packing list and discover smart ways to document all your experiences and learnings. It's all of CAS Trips, all in one place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CAS Trips at 100% against ORB Leader's 33%. CAS Trips also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). ORB Leader's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ORB Leader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of ORB Leader's written reviews are positive against 100% of CAS Trips's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ORB Leader ships an update every 4 months, CAS Trips every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ORB Leader | CAS Trips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation | CAS Trips s.r.o. |
Customer experience
ORB Leader
CAS Trips
In-app purchases
ORB Leader
No in-app purchases
CAS Trips
No in-app purchases
