Comparison

Orbit vs Ka Lewa

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

Head to head
About

Orbit

Visualize the sun's movement and position with an intuitive clock interface and a sun compass. Utilize augmented reality to pinpoint the sun's location and track daylight hours for multiple saved places. This app works offline and is designed for photographers, travelers, surveyors, and architects.

Highlights
  • Intuitive clock visualization of sun movement
  • Sun compass for accurate position tracking
  • Augmented reality sun tracking
  • Multiple location support
  • Sunrise, sunset, dawn, and dusk times
  • Offline functionality
Features
Currently charting
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Tracking the sun position has never been so simple and beautiful. Orbit unique clock visualisation shows you the sun movement in a complete intuitive way. Turn the clock ring to see the sun movement and position at any time of the day. Orbit features a sun compass accurately tracks the sun position. Use augmented reality to track the sun position, with a pointer on the iPhone camera pointing you to the right direction. Add multiple locations to keep track of the day length, sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk time, sun position of your favorite places. Designed for photographer, traveller, surveyor and architect. Orbit will work even without internet connection. Features: ● Clock ring to track sun movement ● Sun compass to track the sun position ● Azimuth and elevation (numeric and pictorial) ● Check sun position on any location on any date ● Augmented reality view to track the sun using camera ● Sunrise and sunset time ● Day and night length, dawn and dusk time ● Browse any place their current local time Get Orbit now and be amazed how easy tracking the sun position, daylight length, and local time of your favorite places can be. _______________________ User reviews: - "Works in Arctic! It was great to find an app that gives a reasonable result in the Arctic here." - by Peter the gardener, UK - "Neat! Very nice app." - by Reitveld, USA - "Life saver" - by Dave C L, USA - "Perfect little app" - by Icantwinssss, USA _______________________ Support: Have any question or feedback? Please get in touch with our tech support at support@tapclay.com

About

Ka Lewa

Features
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The first ever weather and astronomical information app in Hawaiian! 12-hour and 3-day weather forecast, instant wind and waves information. Sunrise and sunset times, moonrise and moonset times and name of the night according to the lunar calendar. Next high and low tides.

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Ka Lewa3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ka Lewa at Free against Orbit's $0.99. Ka Lewa also leads on update cadence (every 9 months vs every 27 months). Orbit's advantage is chart position (#151 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.4). On 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

Ka Lewa is free to download; Orbit costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update every 27 months, Ka Lewa every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Orbit versus Ka Lewa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitKa Lewa
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#151 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTapclayE-Reo

In-app purchases

None

Orbit

No in-app purchases

None

Ka Lewa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ka Lewa free?
Ka Lewa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orbit or Ka Lewa have ads?
Neither Orbit nor Ka Lewa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or Ka Lewa?
Orbit ships an update every 27 months, and Ka Lewa every 9 months. Most recently, Orbit was updated on October 26, 2026 and Ka Lewa on October 26, 2026.

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