UTM SE vs Orca
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UTM SE
Experience classic computing by running old-school games and software. This emulator supports various display modes and processor architectures, allowing you to run pre-built systems or configure your own.
- Run classic software and games
- VGA and terminal modes
- Emulates x86, ARM, PPC, RISC-V
- Pre-built or custom machine configurations
- Built from QEMU
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UTM SE is a PC emulator that allows you to run classic software and old-school games. * Supports both VGA mode for graphics and terminal mode for text-only operating systems * Emulates x86, ARM, PPC, and RISC-V architectures * Run pre-built machines or create your own configuration from scratch * Built from QEMU, a powerful and widely used emulator
Orca
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Welcome to Orca — The Ultimate Synchronized Stadium Sound & Light Engine. Why just cheer when you can control the entire arena? Orca transforms thousands of smartphones into a single, massive, perfectly synced digital sound system and visual tifo. Whether you're a stadium Capo, a festival DJ, or throwing an epic party, Orca lets you drop the beat with atomic microsecond precision across every device in the room. No internet at the moment of the drop? No problem. EXPLOSIVE STADIUM-GRADE FEATURES: • ATOMIC TIME SYNC: Zero echo. Our advanced NTP true-time engine ensures every single phone drops the track at the exact same millisecond. • AGGRESSIVE HAPTICS: Don't just hear the bass—feel it! Phones physically thump and vibrate in your hands in perfect sync with the beat, turning the crowd into a living, shaking organism. • BLINDING STROBE & DIGITAL TIFO: Turn the dark stands into a breathtaking light show. Camera flashlights strobe automatically, and screens pulse with your team’s colors. • CUSTOM SPONSOR MOSAICS (Premium): Upload your club crest or sponsor logo, and watch it flash synchronously across thousands of screens in the dark. • OFFLINE SURVIVAL MODE: Stadium 5G networks always crash. Orca pre-loads the heavy audio files in advance. When the countdown hits zero, it plays flawlessly from local memory—requiring zero bandwidth! • MULTI-ROOM DASHBOARD: Manage permanent QR codes, monitor your live crowd capacity with the Pod Radar, and queue up multiple tracks like a pro DJ. HOW IT WORKS: 1. The Host creates a "Sonar Room" and shares the QR Code. 2. The Crowd scans to "Join the Pod". 3. The Host schedules the drop time. 4. When the countdown hits ZERO, the entire crowd erupts in perfect unison! Lead the crowd. Start a Sonar. Let the stadium ROAR! *Note: This app contains intense flashing lights and strobes. A photosensitivity toggle is available for listeners. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Orca at every 9 days against UTM SE's every 4 months. UTM SE's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. UTM SE sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Orca sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
UTM SE ships an update every 4 months, Orca every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UTM SE | Orca |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (565 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 565 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.6 GB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Turing Software, LLC | Meshal Alamri |
Bugs and requests
UTM SE
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to select .img files as floppy boot images
- Crashes when trying to leave a VM
- Crashes when adjusting virtual CD-ROM drive settings
Requested features
3 requests- Add support for JIT compilation to improve performance
- Improve Magic Keyboard support
- Allow exporting VMs to run on other platforms
Orca
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UTM SE
- Transistor$0.99
- Chip$4.99
- Computer$9.99
Orca
- Wave$9.991 Month
- Current$49.991 Month
- Tsunami$199.991 Month
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