Comparison

ManicTime vs OrbMail

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ManicTime

This mobile app complements a desktop time-tracking service, allowing users to monitor their work hours remotely. It enables viewing recorded time, manual entry, and access to phone location history, functioning seamlessly with the cloud or server versions of the main application.

Highlights
  • View work time
  • Manual time entry
  • View phone location history
  • Syncs with ManicTime Cloud/Server
  • On-the-go work tracking
Features
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This is a companion application to ManicTime. If you are already using ManicTime, it is a great way to keep track of your work while you are on the go. With ManicTime you can: • View your work time • Enter work time manually • View phone location history Application will only work with ManicTime Cloud and ManicTime Server (v3.3 or newer)

About

OrbMail

Features
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OrbMail — your email, seen as a system. OrbMail is a fast, private mail client for iPhone that turns your inbox into something you can actually read and act on. It connects directly to Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, Yahoo or your own IMAP server — with no OrbMail servers in between. Type your address and OrbMail detects your provider and its servers for you. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • What's happening — in the Daily, each cluster gets its own headline and a short, human read of what's moving: who is waiting on whom, what's due and what to do today. Ask Siri “What's happening in OrbMail” and it tells you, without opening the app. • Clusters — group senders into areas (Family, Work, Finance…) and see your mail as a living diagram of who writes to you and about what. OrbMail can suggest the clusters for you. • Awaiting reply — OrbMail surfaces the threads where the ball is in your court, so nothing slips. • Clean reading — messages render beautifully; remote tracking images are blocked by default. • Your way — Automatic, Light or Dark theme, larger text when you need it, and drafts that save themselves. PRIVACY, BY DESIGN OrbMail has no servers of its own. It talks directly to your mail provider and no one else. Your email, password and tokens travel only to your mail provider — never to OrbMail or any third party. Everything OrbMail works out (What's happening, headlines, clusters, awaiting reply) is computed on your iPhone. Credentials live in the iOS Keychain; local data is encrypted with iOS Data Protection. No analytics, no trackers, no OrbMail account. APPLE INTELLIGENCE, ON DEVICE The AI-written text uses Apple Intelligence, runs entirely on device and requires iPhone 15 Pro or later with iOS 26 and Apple Intelligence turned on. On other iPhones, OrbMail still shows What's happening as a plain summary built on the device, suggests clusters by topic and domain, and works as a fast, private mail client. Languages: English, Español, Deutsch, Italiano, Français, Português, 中文, 日本語.

Screenshots

ManicTime2 screens
OrbMail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OrbMail at daily against ManicTime's every 4 months. ManicTime's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ManicTime ships an update every 4 months, OrbMail daily. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ManicTime versus OrbMail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterManicTimeOrbMail
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinkit d.o.o.Julio Aris Serey

In-app purchases

None

ManicTime

No in-app purchases

None

OrbMail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ManicTime free?
ManicTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OrbMail free?
OrbMail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ManicTime or OrbMail have ads?
Neither ManicTime nor OrbMail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ManicTime or OrbMail?
ManicTime ships an update every 4 months, and OrbMail daily. Most recently, ManicTime was updated on October 4, 2026 and OrbMail on October 14, 2026.

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