Orbits vs CoTimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Family task management
- Calendar and list syncing
- Proactive routine learning
- Group chat integration
- Automated meal planning
- Home maintenance reminders
- AI-powered suggestions
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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/
CoTimer
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CoTimer is the shared clock for any group—families, partners, roommates, small teams, corporate pods. One timer. Many phones. Start it when something starts. Whoever can take it marks Done; who can’t marks Can’t so someone else steps in. Live status plus a log of what actually happened—without forcing a plan weeks in advance. BUILT FOR LOW PLANNING, LOW COMMITMENT No shift board required. No long “who’s on laundry this month?” setup. Start a shared countdown in the moment and let convenience decide. Perfect when you want things done now more than you want a schedule. ESPECIALLY HELPFUL WITH A BABY (AND SHARED CARE) Couples use shared timers for sleep stretches, feeding or bottle windows, pump reminders, and medicine intervals so both see the same clock and history—coordination only, not a medical product. Less 3 a.m. “did you already…?” friction. ALSO HOMES, HOUSES, AND WORK Oven and laundry, roommate handoffs, desk coverage, “ping me in 20,” ops and kitchen steps—anywhere a small group needs a shared end time without project software. TIMERS, ALARMS, STOPWATCHES Countdowns and alarms for shared end times. Stopwatches for elapsed time the whole group can see—same status chips and history. LIVE STATUS ON EVERY TIMER Status chips: Done, Can’t, Snoozed, ringing—so nobody’s guessing in chat. • Can’t — hand off live when you can’t take it • Snooze for everyone — move the shared end time • Remind me only — personal nudge, shared clock stays put HISTORY AND RUN LOGS Filter by timers, alarms, or stopwatches—and by Done, Missed, Snoozed, and Can’t. Expand a run for started → snoozed/can’t → finished (or missed). GROUPS AND ALERTS Invite anyone into a group, switch multi-home or multi-team life, and turn on alerts so phones ring when timers fire (best-effort; permissions still apply). FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME Core product free for a limited time. Fair-use limits may apply. GET STARTED Account → group → short timer → invite. Watch responses light up live. IMPORTANT Not a medical device, medication manager, or emergency service. Notifications may be delayed by Focus, battery settings, permissions, or connectivity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CoTimer at none against Orbits's 3. 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. Orbits sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. CoTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orbits | CoTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (47 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NemusAI, Inc. | Monkey Butler Software Inc. |
In-app purchases
Orbits
- Orbits Membership$3.997 Days
- Orbits Membership3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Orbits Membership7 Days trial$89.991 Year
CoTimer
No in-app purchases









