Playhouse AR vs Relationship Orbit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Playhouse AR
Discover curated real-life social events and hangouts tailored to your preferences. This app helps you reconnect with friends and find new social opportunities nearby, refreshing suggestions frequently.
- Personalized social map
- Curated IRL social experiences
- Frequent suggestion updates
- Find hangouts anytime, anywhere
- Reconnect with friends
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Playhouse is your personalized college social map, curating perfectly matched IRL social experiences every 5 minutes or 5 steps. Make social networks social again and find your perfect hangout, anytime, anywhere!
Relationship Orbit
A private space for couples and close friends in long-distance relationships to share moments, plan visits, and stay connected. It offers a calm, intentional experience focused on presence, memory, and anticipating reunions.
- Living globe with shared presence
- Shared timeline for text, voice, and photos
- Visit planning and reunion tracking
- Private invites via code or link
- Optional location and contact sharing
- Focus on intentional connection
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Orbit is for couples and close friends in long-distance relationships who want a calm, beautiful place to stay connected—not another noisy chat app. YOUR ORBIT See the people you care about on a living globe. Each person has their own space with presence, weather, and the moments you share. THE TRAIL Build a shared timeline together—text, voice memos, and photos that sync when you're both signed in. Filter by person and revisit what mattered. HORIZON Plan visits and track reunions. See what's coming next so the distance feels a little shorter. INVITES Invite someone into your orbit with a simple code or link. When they join, you're connected for shared trail and horizon features. PRIVACY & CONTROL • Sign in with email • Location sharing only when you choose • Microphone and photos only when you add voice or photo entries • Contacts access optional—for suggesting people to invite Orbit is designed to feel warm and intentional: one place for presence, memory, and the countdown to being together again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Relationship Orbit at 5.0 against Playhouse AR's 4.3. Relationship Orbit also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). Playhouse AR's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Relationship Orbit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Playhouse AR has 77 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Playhouse AR's written reviews are positive against 100% of Relationship Orbit's.
Playhouse AR ships an update every 8 days, Relationship Orbit every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Playhouse AR | Relationship Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (77 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 178 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAI Reality INC | roni kriger |
Customer experience
Playhouse AR
Relationship Orbit
In-app purchases
Playhouse AR
No in-app purchases
Relationship Orbit
No in-app purchases
