Raven vs Orbit

Introducing Raven. Where every message is a journey, not just a notification. In a world brimming with instant gratification, Raven invites you to slow down and savor the anticipation of communication. Our app transforms your messages into enchanting adventures, carried across a real-world map by a cast of charming characters, each with their own leisurely pace. Imagine your words being carefully transported by a diligent raven, an amiable alpaca, or even a whimsical wizard, making their way through digital landscapes to deliver your thoughts and feelings. Raven is not just an app; it's a return to the art of letter writing, reimagined for the digital age. Here, the journey of your message is as significant as its content, turning each communication into a memorable experience. Await the arrival of your letter with bated breath, and experience the joy of reading it only once your chosen character reaches its destination. Key Features: • Choose Your Courier: Select from our eclectic mix of messengers. • Real-World Map Navigation: Send and receive letters superimposed on a beautifully detailed map, tracing the path your messenger takes in real time. • Delayed Gratification: Embrace the suspense and delight of waiting for your message to be delivered. The slower pace enhances the value and impact of each word exchanged. • On-Time Reads: Messages can only be read once the messenger arrives, making each communication a unique and private event between sender and receiver. • Simple, Intuitive Design: Easy to use, Raven allows you to focus on what's important – crafting meaningful messages for friends, family, or anyone you choose.

Your favorite people, one glance away. Orbit connects you with your partner and your best friends through live widgets. Whatever they send — a photo, a doodle, a note, a mood — appears right on your Home Screen, moments after they send it. No feed, no followers, no noise. Just the people you choose. HOW IT WORKS 1. Invite up to five friends, each with a private invite code 2. Add the Orbit widget to your Home or Lock Screen and pick whose it is 3. Send something — to one friend or several at once — and it lands on their screen in seconds SEND MOMENTS, NOT MESSAGES • Photos that show up right on their Home Screen • Hand-drawn doodles (bad drawings strongly encouraged) • Sticky notes, big-text notes, tiny love notes • Emoji moods with hundreds of style combinations • Voice mails they can play — and react to — from the widget • Songs from Apple Music, with the cover, title and artist • A remote shutter that snaps and prints straight onto their screen PLAY ON YOUR WIDGETS • Tic-Tac-Toe and Connect Four — take your turn without opening the app • Step races and Activity Ring battles, powered by Apple Health • Cheer each other on mid-workout, in real time • Playground: a table of photo cutouts you move around together — with one friend, or in a Circle of up to six STAY CLOSE, EVEN FAR APART • Count down to the days you share — trips, anniversaries, birthdays • My Day: today's events and reminders, one glance away • See the live distance between you • Peek at each other's weather • Share your heartbeat • Keep a shared list you can both check off from the widget • Schedule surprises to appear on their day, right on time MAKE IT YOURS 20+ widget types and hundreds of designs to mix. Browse the gallery, bookmark the looks you love, publish your own — and pick shared themes together, because their widget is half yours. For Me adds free clocks, calendars, the moon and more, just for your own Home Screen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Orbit is for a few people, on purpose: up to five friends, each with a space of your own. What you share with one friend stays between the two of you — when you disconnect, that space is deleted, and if you ever delete your account, everything you shared goes with it. Permanently. FREE TO START Sending emoji widgets is free, forever. Orbit Plus unlocks every widget type and experience; subscriptions auto-renew until canceled and can be managed in your App Store settings. MADE BY ONE PERSON Orbit is an indie app, built with a lot of love and an unreasonable number of late nights. Something wrong? Email me from the app — I'll fix it. Your people are closer than you think. Pull them into Orbit. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/