Comparison

iBaby Home vs Orbit

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

Head to head
About

iBaby Home

This app works with smart baby monitors to track your infant's heart rate, breathing, and sleep patterns without physical contact. It provides real-time alerts for irregularities and historical data analysis to help optimize your baby's well-being. Seamlessly monitor and care for your baby from anywhere with HD video and two-way audio.

Highlights
  • Contactless health monitoring (heart rate, breathing)
  • Real-time alerts for irregularities
  • Sleep state and quality analysis
  • HD video with night vision
  • Two-way audio communication
  • Soothing music and bedtime stories
  • Shareable photos and video clips
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iBaby Home — Your Smart, Contactless Baby Health & Care Companion iBaby Home is a next-generation health management app designed to work seamlessly with iBaby’s intelligent baby monitoring devices. Powered by advanced non-contact physiological optical sensing technology (Yobi-PPG™), the app allows parents to monitor their baby’s heart rate, breathing rate, and sleep state in real time—anytime, anywhere. With intelligent anomaly detection and instant alert notifications, iBaby Home helps you respond quickly when irregularities occur. The built-in historical data review, trend analysis, and sleep-quality assessment features use smart algorithms to help parents better understand and optimize their baby’s sleep patterns and overall well-being. Caring for your loved ones has never been more seamless and stress-free. As the official companion app developed by iBaby Labs, Inc. for the iBaby Monitor i20 and the smart monitoring series, iBaby Home enables quick device setup and effortless control of all iBaby monitors. Whether it’s day or night, you can always check on your baby in crystal-clear HD quality. Core Features Smart Health Monitoring • Real-time heart rate and breathing rate monitoring (Yobi-PPG™) • Non-contact, safe, and comfortable for babies • Sleep state detection with intelligent alert notifications • Historical trends, sleep analysis, and data-driven insights Crystal-Clear HD Video & Audio • Watch HD live video with enhanced night vision • 360° pan and tilt to follow every movement • Talk to your baby with two-way audio • Control the view with intuitive swipe gestures Soothing & Interactive Care Tools • Play soothing music or lullabies • Record and play bedtime stories so your baby always feels your presence Sharing & Family Connection • Capture HD photos and video clips • Invite unlimited family members and friends to join the baby-watching experience Expandable for Your Whole Home • Add multiple iBaby monitors to care for your baby, pets, elderly family members, or even your home plants — all in one app

About

Orbit

Features
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Your family, your pets, your bike, your bag — all in one orbit. Orbit is South Africa's family safety and tracking platform. One app connects your Orbit Ring health wearable, Pet Track collar, Bag Tag, Bike Tracker, and Air Tags into a single family dashboard. Whether you are a parent tracking your child's school route, a partner sharing location on a late-night commute, a pet owner who needs to know the gate is closed, or a cyclist who needs to know their bike is safe — Orbit keeps everyone in orbit.

Screenshots

iBaby Home3 screens
Orbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

iBaby Home and Orbit are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
iBaby Home versus Orbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriBaby HomeOrbit
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB238 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiBaby Labs, Inc.ShenZhen Jimi IoT Co.,Ltd

In-app purchases

None

iBaby Home

No in-app purchases

None

Orbit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iBaby Home free?
iBaby Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iBaby Home or Orbit have ads?
Neither iBaby Home nor Orbit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iBaby Home or Orbit?
iBaby Home ships an update every 3 weeks, and Orbit every 3 weeks. Most recently, iBaby Home was updated on October 24, 2026 and Orbit on October 28, 2026.

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