Comparison

Orbits vs FreedomTimeCard

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, calendars, lists, and meal planning. It integrates with existing apps and learns routines to proactively handle chores and reminders, reducing the mental load for families.

Highlights
  • Family calendar and task management
  • Integrated meal planning
  • Proactive routine learning
  • Syncs with existing calendars
  • Home upkeep reminders
  • Group chat integration
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

FreedomTimeCard

Effortlessly track hours and earnings across multiple income streams. Generate professional PDF invoices or quick summaries with just a few taps. Your data is securely stored in your own Google Drive.

Highlights
  • Multiple job timers
  • Customizable invoicing
  • Google Drive data sync
  • Earnings tracking
  • Tax estimation
  • Lock Screen/Dynamic Island integration
Features
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Track your hours and what you earn across multiple jobs, clients, or projects, then send an invoice in a few taps. FreedomTimeCard is a time tracking app for people with more than one source of income: side jobs, gig work, freelance clients, consulting, project work, contract shifts. Start a timer when you begin, stop it when you finish, and the app records the hours, applies the right pay, and shows you what you made. SEND AN INVOICE IN A FEW TAPS When a pay period ends, or a job is done, send it straight from the app: • A PDF invoice with your business name, logo, and payment details, your client's billing details, and a due date • Or a quick text or email with the hours and pay, or just the hours • Bill several jobs for the same client together on one invoice • Custom invoices: pick exactly the sessions to bill for a client, across jobs and dates • Keep each client's details in one place • See what's outstanding, mark invoices paid, and void one sent by mistake • A reminder on the dashboard when a pay period ends MADE FOR MULTIPLE JOBS Every job you set up gets its own timer, its own pay, and its own rules. Run more than one at a time if your work overlaps. Each job carries: • Its own pay: by the hour, a flat amount per visit, or a flat amount for the whole job • Its own rounding, to the minute or up to the next 15, 30 or 60 minute increment • Its own pay period, weekly, biweekly, semimonthly or monthly • An optional payment lag, for work you invoice now and get paid for later Your rate and rounding are recorded onto each session as you stop it, so changing a rate later never rewrites what you already earned. YOUR DATA, IN YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE Everything the app records, including every invoice you send, is written to a Google Sheet in your own Google Drive. Not our servers. We have no copy and no way to read it. That means your timesheet is yours in a way most apps can't offer. Open it in Google Sheets on any device. Sort it, chart it, hand it to an accountant, or keep it after you stop using the app. It stays readable whether or not you subscribe. SEE WHAT YOU ACTUALLY MADE Watch your earnings climb while a timer runs. The dashboard shows each job's current pay period, with hours, gross pay, and year to date. Enter your own federal, self-employment and state rates and the app shows what to set aside from each period, so a tax bill is something you planned for rather than something that arrives. BUILT FOR HOW THE WORK ACTUALLY HAPPENS • Timers keep running when you close the app, and survive a restart • The running job and elapsed time on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Clock out with no signal and the session is saved on your phone, then synced when you're back • A reminder if a timer has been running longer than you meant • Edit or delete any session afterwards • A fresh sheet each calendar year, with your jobs and clients carried over TRY IT FIRST Tap Explore with Sample Data to try the whole app on example data before signing in. Nothing you do in the demo is saved. NO ADS, NO TRACKING, NO SELLING YOUR DATA There is no advertising in this app and no advertising software in it. We do not sell or share your information. Crash and usage reporting can be switched off in Settings, and never includes your hours, rates or earnings. Your first session is free. After that FreedomTimeCard is $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year, with a one month free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://freedomfinancialapps.com/freedomtimecard/terms Privacy Policy: https://freedomfinancialapps.com/freedomtimecard/privacy FreedomTimeCard is a time and pay tracking tool. It is not a payroll provider, an employer of record, or a tax service, and its tax figures are simplified estimates based on rates you enter, not tax advice.

Screenshots

Orbits4 screens
FreedomTimeCard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FreedomTimeCard at 5.0 against Orbits's 4.5. FreedomTimeCard also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). Orbits's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 4). 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 FreedomTimeCard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FreedomTimeCard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orbits has 34 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbits ships an update weekly, FreedomTimeCard every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Orbits versus FreedomTimeCard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitsFreedomTimeCard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (34 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better4
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNemusAI, Inc.Freedom Financial App Development LLC

Customer experience

Orbits

All ratings33 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FreedomTimeCard

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 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
2 purchases

FreedomTimeCard

Subscriptions2
  • FreedomTimeCard Premium1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • FreedomTimeCard Premium (Annual)1 Month trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Orbits free?
Orbits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FreedomTimeCard free?
FreedomTimeCard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Orbits or FreedomTimeCard?
FreedomTimeCard is rated higher. Orbits averages 4.5 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while FreedomTimeCard averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Orbits or FreedomTimeCard have ads?
Neither Orbits nor FreedomTimeCard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbits or FreedomTimeCard?
Orbits ships an update weekly, and FreedomTimeCard every 4 days. Most recently, Orbits was updated on October 25, 2026 and FreedomTimeCard on October 24, 2026.

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