Comparison

rubra vs Orca

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

Head to head
About

rubra

Save, organize, and share bookmarks with visual previews and notes. Create private or public collections for collaboration and easily find inspiration with tags and search.

Highlights
  • Save bookmarks with visual previews
  • Add notes to saved content
  • Organize with tags
  • Filter and search content
  • Create private or public collections
  • Collaborate on collections
  • Share collections
Features
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rubra is the app for collecting, organizing, and sharing what inspires you. Save bookmarks with visual previews, add notes, and never lose your favorite articles, stories, or ideas. Organize your content with tags, and easily sort, filter, or search to find exactly what you need. Create private or public collections and invite others to collaborate, keeping everything organized and accessible. Share your collections to inspire friends and the community. With rubra, collecting ideas, staying organized, and keeping inspiration at your fingertips has never been easier.

About

Orca

Organize your thoughts and experiences with custom categories. Track books, shows, places, and more in one central location. Never forget your opinions or details about things you've enjoyed.

Highlights
  • Customizable categories
  • Organize books, shows, places
  • Track personal opinions
  • Centralized organization
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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Have you ever read a book but forgot your exact opinions on it? Or watched a TV show but can't remember precisely how you felt about it? Then Orca is the app for you. It allows you to organize things in your life using custom categories. Now you can organize the books you've read, shows you've watched, places you've been, and more, all in one place!

Screenshots

rubra4 screens
Orca4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: rubra at 4 against Orca's 2. Orca's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for rubra against 5.0 for Orca. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
rubra versus Orca: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterrubraOrca
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerrubra agCole Horvitz

Customer experience

rubra

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Orca

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

rubra

No in-app purchases

None

Orca

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is rubra free?
rubra is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orca free?
Orca is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, rubra or Orca?
rubra and Orca are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do rubra or Orca have ads?
Neither rubra nor Orca shows ads.

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