Comparison

Orbits vs Busy B Planner

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

Head to head
About

Orbits

This family assistant helps manage household tasks, from calendars and lists to meal planning and home upkeep. It syncs with your existing apps and learns your routines to proactively handle chores, reducing the mental load on your family.

Highlights
  • Family task management
  • Calendar and list syncing
  • Proactive routine learning
  • Group chat integration
  • Automated meal planning
  • Home maintenance reminders
  • AI-powered suggestions
Features
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Stop being the only one who remembers what needs doing. Orbits is the family assistant that runs your household, both in-app, or from your family group chat — calendars, lists, reminders, meal planning, scheduling and more — so nothing falls through the cracks. • Works with the apps you already use — Two-way sync with your favorite apps like Gmail, Outlook, Apple Calendar and more. • Proactive, not reactive — Orbits notices patterns on its own. It learns your grocery list, your meal prep cadence, your weekly routines, and starts suggesting or doing things before you ask. • The family group chat, wrangled — Bit joins you and your family where you communicate best, and actions things that need doing without you even asking. • Built for the whole family — Real shared context, conflict management, and more; Orbits shows everyone what's next; no one needs to be nagged (and if they do, Bit will take care of it!) • Meal planning, without the headaches — Just ask Bit for a list of meals for the week and consider it done. Bit even accounts for leftovers! • Home upkeep on autopilot — Air filters, smoke alarm batteries, oil changes. Orbits remembers the boring stuff so you don't have to (and even calls the technician for you!) • Gets smarter the more you use it — The longer Orbits runs your household, the less you have to think about it. The features described above require an Orbits subscription, available as an in-app purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Busy B Planner

This app helps busy individuals and families manage their daily tasks with a visual and intuitive interface. Capture ideas instantly, organize them into categories, and plan your day with smart features. Syncs seamlessly across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Running list for instant capture
  • Categorization with subcategories
  • Voice and Siri integration
  • Daily and weekly planning views
  • Repeating tasks
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • On-device intelligence for suggestions
Features
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Busy B Planner is a warm, visual to-do app for people juggling everyday life. Brain-dump anything you need to remember into the Running list the moment it hits you, with no decisions required up front. Then file each task into a category, with optional subcategories, whenever you're ready, so capturing never gets in the way of doing. Add dates and times, flag what matters, repeat what comes back every week, and duplicate a task in one tap. Plan around Today and Tomorrow, and see your whole week at a glance on iPad. Everything syncs across your iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud. No account to create, no sign-up required. WHY BUSY B • Running list: capture anything, anytime, then sort it when you're ready • Capture your way: type it, say it with voice capture, or ask Siri: "Add pick up dry cleaning tomorrow to Household in Busy B." • Dates, times and reminders: including a heads-up before something is due • Today & Tomorrow views: see exactly what matters right now • Categories and subcategories: organise your way, drag and drop to arrange them, or sort alphabetically or by date added • Flag & file: swipe to flag your most important tasks or file them into a category • Repeating tasks: daily, weekly or monthly • Duplicate: copy a task, with its date, reminder, repeat and category, in one tap • iPad Command Centre: a full three-pane layout built for iPad, not a stretched iPhone app • iCloud sync: your tasks, everywhere, automatically • Nine hand-crafted themes, with dark mode BUSY B INTELLIGENCE • Daily briefing: open the app to a short, on-device read of what matters today, not just a count • One-tap filing: on-device intelligence sorts your Running list into the right categories, and you review before anything moves • Catch-up: a look at tasks you keep skipping, each with a suggested next step • Voice capture: tap the mic and just talk. Busy B adds the task with the date filled in and takes its best guess at the category Busy B Intelligence is built with Apple Intelligence. Every suggestion is generated on your device. Nothing is sent to us, and nothing trains a model. Voice capture needs iOS 26 or later, and its date and category suggestions, like the briefing, filing and catch-up, need an Apple Intelligence-capable device with Apple Intelligence turned on. The rest of Busy B works on every supported device. BUSY B PRO Try Busy B Pro free for 7 days with the yearly plan. After that, choose monthly, yearly or lifetime. Pro unlocks unlimited categories and subcategories, every theme, repeating tasks, voice capture and Busy B Intelligence. Your task data stays yours: synced privately through your own iCloud account. Simple enough to open and start typing. Powerful enough to organise a busy life. Subscription details: Busy B Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. The 7-day free trial applies to the yearly plan for new subscribers; after the trial it renews at the yearly price shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://busybplanner.com/privacy

Screenshots

Orbits4 screens
Busy B Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Busy B Planner at 5.0 against Orbits's 4.6. Orbits's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 11) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Orbits sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Busy B Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Busy B Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 11 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbits ships an update weekly, Busy B Planner every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Orbits versus Busy B Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitsBusy B Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (39 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings39 — better11
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNemusAI, Inc.Makram Atiyah

Customer experience

Orbits

All ratings39 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Busy B Planner

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Orbits

Subscriptions3
  • Orbits Membership$3.997 Days
  • Orbits Membership3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Orbits Membership7 Days trial$89.991 Year
3 purchases

Busy B Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Busy B Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Busy B Pro - Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Busy B Pro - Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Orbits free?
Orbits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Busy B Planner free?
Busy B Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Orbits or Busy B Planner?
Busy B Planner is rated higher. Orbits averages 4.6 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Busy B Planner averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Orbits or Busy B Planner have ads?
Neither Orbits nor Busy B Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbits or Busy B Planner?
Orbits ships an update weekly, and Busy B Planner every 4 days. Most recently, Orbits was updated on November 5, 2026 and Busy B Planner on November 5, 2026.

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