PrivaNota vs Orbit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PrivaNota
This app offers private, offline transcription and summarization of voice recordings. It uses AI to generate notes, identify key topics, and suggest calendar events, making it ideal for meetings, lectures, and interviews. All data is processed on-device for enhanced privacy.
- AI Meeting Assistant
- Offline on-device processing
- Live recording and transcription
- Automated summaries and key topics
- Searchable and editable notes
- Export and sync capabilities
- Calendar event suggestions
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Private meeting notes, without third-party AI. PrivaNota records and transcribes conversations on your Apple device, so you can stay present. Turn meetings, lectures, interviews, appointments, and voice notes into searchable transcripts, clear summaries, action items, and suggested calendar events. RECORD AND TRANSCRIBE • Start recording with one tap • See a short transcription preview while recording • Use the built-in microphone, AirPods, or a paired Bluetooth device • On iOS 27, capture audio from selected apps, your microphone, or both • Highlight important moments while recording • Choose from supported speech-recognition languages UNDERSTAND EVERY CONVERSATION • Create concise AI summaries with key topics, decisions, and action items • Ask the AI Assistant detailed questions and follow-ups about your notes • Tap citations in answers to read the original transcript passages • Follow a quote’s timestamp to the exact caption, with a gentle highlight to guide you • Get summaries and answers adapted to each conversation type • Organize recordings with categories and suggested tags • Review suggested events before adding them to Calendar • Search titles, transcripts, and every summary part to find details in long recordings • Edit transcripts and highlight the moments that matter MEMORY ACROSS NOTES • Use relevant context from earlier notes in answers and summaries • Add About you details for more personal responses • Review, edit, forget, or exclude remembered context LISTEN AND REVIEW • Play audio alongside the transcript • Tap a transcript line to jump to the matching moment • Adjust playback speed and skip silence with PrivaNota Pro CHOOSE HOW AI RUNS • Summaries and AI Assistant work fully on device and offline • Prefer Apple Private Cloud Compute for larger context and deeper reasoning when available • Automatically fall back to on-device AI when you are offline or PCC is unavailable PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Audio recording and speech recognition are processed on your device • No account, analytics, or third-party AI providers • Protect access with system authentication • Make manual backups and restore them through Files MADE FOR APPLE DEVICES • Use Siri and Shortcuts to start, pause, resume, or stop and save recordings • Set a note name and category when starting a recording from Shortcuts • Begin recording from the Home Screen widget • Export and share your notes PRIVANOTA PRO Unlock unlimited AI summaries, AI Assistant, suggested tags, PDF export, premium themes, manual backup and import, additional playback speeds, and silence skipping. AI features require a compatible device with Apple Intelligence enabled. Feature availability and supported languages may vary by device and region. PrivaNota Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. The subscription renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms & Conditions: https://privanota.ifritlabs.dev/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://privanota.ifritlabs.dev/legal/privacy
Orbit
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Meet Orbit — the assistant that keeps track of what you said you'd do. Orbit turns your calendar, reminders, notes, and messages into a single clear picture of your commitments. Your data stays on your device by default, and nothing is ever sent anywhere until you explicitly approve it. YOUR MORNING, MASTERED Every day starts with a personalized briefing. Orbit surfaces your meetings, reminders, and the commitments you've saved — summarized and ready to act on. No app-hopping, no information overload. Just what matters, right when you need it. ASK ANYTHING Orbit's conversational assistant understands the way you think and talk. Ask "What's on my plate today?" or "Do I have anything free on Friday afternoon?" Orbit connects the dots across your schedule, reminders, and personal memory to give you real answers. Before Orbit sends anything to an AI provider, it shows you exactly what will be sent and asks for your permission. You can revoke that permission at any time in Settings. CAPTURE ANY COMMITMENT Paste an email, a message thread, or a note, and Orbit pulls out the tasks, dates, and promises hiding inside it. Turn any of them into a real Calendar event or Reminder with one tap — you approve every action before it happens. INBOX TRIAGE (PREVIEW) Orbit includes an inbox triage workspace that sorts messages into Needs Reply, Commitments, Newsletters, and Noise. In this version it runs on clearly labeled sample messages so you can try the workflow. Direct Gmail and Outlook sync is planned for a future update. This feature is free for everyone. A MEMORY THAT KEEPS UP WITH YOU The Personal Memory Store keeps the commitments and context that matter to you, stored on your device. Search it, act on it, or delete any part of it whenever you want. PRIVACY YOU CAN INSPECT Your contacts are never uploaded to any server — Orbit reads them on-device only. The Privacy Dashboard shows you exactly what Orbit has stored and where it came from. The Undo Center lets you reverse actions Orbit took, including removing events and reminders it created. One tap erases everything Orbit knows and returns the app to a clean slate. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Voice input lets you talk to Orbit naturally, hands-free. Native integration with Apple Calendar, Reminders, and Contacts means Orbit fits into your existing workflow without friction. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION Orbit is free to use, including inbox triage and 5 AI questions per day. Orbit Premium (Monthly or Yearly auto-renewable subscription) unlocks unlimited AI questions, a smarter AI model, the daily briefing, and unlimited importing. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://xxxjayxxx.com/PrivacyPolicy Your day is waiting. Download Orbit and take control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Orbit at 18.0 against PrivaNota's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. PrivaNota sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Orbit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PrivaNota ships an update fortnightly, Orbit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PrivaNota | Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandre Becourt | XxxJAYxxX LLC |
In-app purchases
PrivaNota
- Weekly$1.997 Days
- Monthly$6.991 Month
- Yearly$69.991 Year
Orbit
- Orbit Premium Monthly / Yearly$4.991 Month
- Orbit Premium Monthly / Yearly$29.991 Year









