Systems vs Quiet Orbit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Systems
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Systems – Never Forget a Step Again Most mistakes do not happen because you do not know what to do. They happen because one small step gets missed. You leave for work and forget your charger. You hand over a rental property and forget to photograph the utility meters. You prepare an Airbnb and forget to restock the coffee. You launch a website and forget to test the contact form. You deliver a client project and forget to send the invoice. Systems helps you capture repeatable workflows so nothing gets overlooked. Instead of relying on memory, sticky notes, scattered documents, or rebuilding the same checklist over and over, create a System once and run it whenever you need it. A System can be anything: • A morning routine • A travel packing list • A client onboarding process • An Airbnb turnover workflow • A website launch checklist • A restaurant opening procedure • A monthly bookkeeping process Why Systems Works To-do lists are for one-time tasks. Systems are for things you do repeatedly. When a process is written down, you do not have to remember every step. Just follow the System and focus on getting it done. How It Works 1. Create a System from a repeatable process 2. Break it into clear, actionable steps 3. Run it whenever you need it 4. Check off progress as you go 5. Improve your workflow over time Features • Reusable checklist Systems • Daily progress tracking • Calendar and timeline views • Categories, favorites, and search • Shareable links and deep links • Import and export support • Calendar integration • iCloud Sync (Beta) Built for People Who Think in Systems Pilots use checklists. Restaurants use opening and closing procedures. Businesses use standard operating procedures. Systems brings the same clarity and consistency to everyday life and work. Perfect For • Small business owners • Freelancers and consultants • Property managers and Airbnb hosts • Creators and professionals • Anyone who wants less mental load and fewer mistakes Subscription Required Systems is a subscription-based app. Start a renewable subscription with a 3-day free trial to explore all features before you're charged. Choose the plan that works best for you and cancel anytime during the trial if it's not the right fit. Start building your personal library of Systems today and stop relying on memory for the things that matter. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Quiet Orbit
This app uses a gamified approach to help you focus, with a timer that progresses your spaceship through different planets for every minute you concentrate. It also includes an optional app blocker to minimize distractions during your focus sessions.
- Gamified focus timer with spaceship progression
- Optional app and website blocker
- Unlockable planets, objects, and ship customizations
- Detailed focus session history and patterns
- Customizable ship paints and designs
- Protected breaks and reminders
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A calm focus timer with an app blocker, and a spaceship of your own. Every minute you focus flies it toward the next planet, and now friends can fly beside you. Pick 15 to 90 minutes, in steps of five. Choose which apps stay out. Hold the button to start. NEW: THREE MORE WORLDS Ceres in the asteroid belt, Europa at Jupiter and Charon at Pluto, each with its own things to find and its own sound. Premium now opens every world from the day you join, and each month one Premium world is open to everyone, for that month only. FOCUS WITH FRIENDS Invite up to three friends to a session. You all start at the same minute, wherever you are, and your ships fly side by side. Take the break together, then land together. Some things only ships flying together bring back. Hosting and joining are free. BLOCK WHAT PULLS YOU AWAY Choose the apps and websites to keep out for the length of a session. Quiet Orbit uses Apple's Screen Time system, so only what you choose is blocked, and only while a session runs. The block lifts on its own timer, so access comes back at the end whatever happens to the app in between. Blocking is optional, and the timer works the same with it off. PROGRESS THAT LASTS Fourteen destinations, from Earth orbit out to Pluto and its moon Charon. Every focused minute counts toward the next one, whether you sit down daily or once a week. Come back after a month away and the route is exactly where you left it. End a session early and the minutes you focused are kept. Finish every destination and the map closes every ring, with your hours and every world you flew. 323 THINGS TO FIND Finished sessions turn up things to keep: objects brought aboard, records from the places you reach, and the sound of fourteen worlds, plus 42 things only a crew of friends brings back. Each one has its own name and story. Decorate your ship with your favorites, with two of them beside you in the cockpit every time you fly. 33 badges mark the milestones. YOUR SHIP, YOUR COLORS Focused time earns new paints, engine lights and ships. Every world you finish adds its colors, your ship picks up others in flight, badges bring more, and a few come only from flying with friends. Paint the hull, wings and trim the way you like, while new ships take shape one session at a time. SEE YOUR PATTERNS An honest record of the work: a log of each week, focused time over the past week, the hours of the day you finish most often, and your longest sessions. WHAT'S INCLUDED Earth orbit and the Moon, a Premium world to visit each month, every session length, app blocking, protected breaks, sessions with friends, reminders, your streak, every badge, your ship with the paints and ships you earn, the view of your ship from behind while you focus (with your friends' ships when you fly together), and your history come with the app. Quiet Orbit Premium adds the other twelve worlds and their sounds, open from the day you join, five more cameras for watching your ship fly, among them one that circles it and one it flies past, two more ships, seven gradient paints, places to dock your ship and a name of your own for it, unlimited saved setups, private notes, every widget, and trends across weeks and months. Quiet Orbit protects one stretch of attention at a time. Your progress stays on your iPhone and in your own iCloud, and the apps you choose to block stay inside Apple's Screen Time, and only there. iPhone only. Requires iOS 18 or later. Made by Zeus Apps B.V. in the Netherlands. QUIET ORBIT PREMIUM Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. A subscription renews itself unless you turn that off at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://quietorbit.org/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Quiet Orbit at daily against Systems's every 4 weeks. Quiet Orbit also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Systems sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Quiet Orbit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Systems ships an update every 4 weeks, Quiet Orbit daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Systems | Quiet Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Kovacs | Zeus Apps B.V. |
In-app purchases
Systems
- Systems Pro Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Systems Pro (1 Month)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Systems Pro (1 Year)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Systems Pro (Lifetime)$49.99
Quiet Orbit
- Quiet Orbit Premium$3.991 Month
- Quiet Orbit Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Quiet Orbit Premium Lifetime$39.99









