Buddy vs Orbloom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buddy
Connect with real people for genuine conversations when you need to talk. Share your thoughts and feelings without judgment and find someone to listen anytime.
- Talk to real people
- Genuine conversations
- Non-judgmental listening
- Share your story
- Connect anytime
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Your Everyday Space for Real Human Connection When you have something on your mind, sometimes you just want someone to talk to. Buddy connects you with real people who are ready to listen and have a genuine conversation. How Buddy Works: - Talk It Out: Share what’s on your mind with someone who’s ready to listen. - Be Heard: Have a conversation without judgment or pressure. - Meet Someone New: Connect with a real person whenever you feel like talking. - Share Your Story: Talk about whatever matters to you, from everyday moments to things you usually keep to yourself. - Connect Anytime: Find someone to talk to whenever you want a little human connection. Download Buddy and start a conversation now.
Orbloom
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YOUR EFFORT. YOUR BUILD. YOUR POWER. Orbloom turns focused time and meaningful action into a fantasy power system fueled by what you do in real life. Complete a focused session to forge an Energy Orb. Discover Ability Orbs. Build skills piece by piece. Take your spirit beast into battle, test what you created, and return with new possibilities. REAL EFFORT → ENERGY ORBS → ABILITY ORBS → CUSTOM SKILLS → BATTLE → GREATER POWER FORGE REAL EFFORT INTO ENERGY Choose a natural environment and begin a focused adventure. Shape the atmosphere with ambient sound, or mute everything when you need silence. When the session ends, your effort can take form as an Energy Orb. The time you invested does not disappear into a timer—it becomes fuel for your world, your builds, and your spirit beast. BUILD POWER, ORB BY ORB Skills are constructed, not simply collected. Ability Orbs are the pieces of your build. Connect damage, buffs, debuffs, status effects, targeting, and costs to shape a skill with real battle mechanics. A fixed-damage orb can become the heart of a decisive strike. Strength, Flame, and other status orbs can turn the same structure into a completely different plan. One new orb can reinforce a familiar build—or become the missing piece of a stronger one. Experiment with combinations. Refine how the skill is expressed. Create a combat style that belongs to you. PROVE YOUR BUILD IN BATTLE Enter atmospheric realms with your spirit beast. Face regular enemies and bosses, manage Action Points, speed, initiative, and layered status effects, and see every part of your build resolve in combat. After you collect an Energy Orb, a first victory can grant a random Ability Orb. Bring the new piece back to your skill library, rebuild, and return stronger. Battle is not separate from the build. It is where the build proves itself. PLANT A WISH. BUILD A WORLD. Begin with something you genuinely want to achieve. Shape it into clear directions, create Inspiration Seeds, and watch a visual Goal Map form around it. Place an Energy Orb on the map and bind it to an Inspiration Seed. You can then choose one Ability Orb you have already discovered, once for each bound Energy Orb. Your goals do not sit outside the game. They give your accumulated effort a world in which to take form. GROW A BEAST THAT CARRIES YOUR EFFORT Every collected Energy Orb adds to the growth shared by all spirit-beast forms. Switch forms freely while keeping the Skills and Talents stored in your shared spirit core. Your companion does not grow through empty grinding. It grows from time you actually invested, work you actually finished, and power you learned to build. WATCH YOUR POWER TAKE SHAPE Follow your accumulated focus time, Energy Orbs, Ability Orbs, completed builds, opened paths, and spirit-beast growth. A focused session becomes an orb. An orb becomes a build. A build enters battle. A victory opens the next possibility. Focus in reality. Build your power. Enter the realm. Return stronger. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/orbloom-privacy-policy/1480ef77-9b01-464f-9e98-8ce71717d810/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Buddy at none against Orbloom's 2. Orbloom's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Orbloom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Buddy ships an update every 2 weeks, Orbloom every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buddy | Orbloom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | COLD BREW TECH PRIVATE LIMITED | 玲艳 胡 |
In-app purchases
Buddy
No in-app purchases
Orbloom
- Orbloom Pro Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Orbloom Pro Yearly3 Days trial$69.991 Year









