Comparison

Daboo vs Orbit

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

Head to head
About

Daboo

Features
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Your screen time, next to your friends'. Least time wins. 5 hours a day on your phone is 76 days a year. Daboo helps you win them back by turning it into a daily race with the people who'll actually notice. IT TRACKS ITSELF Give Daboo Screen Time access once and it counts your daily total automatically. Nothing to type, nothing to remember. SET A GOAL Pick a daily limit and see every day against it. Time over your goal shows up in orange, so a bad week is obvious at a glance. RACE YOUR FRIENDS A daily leaderboard ranks you and your friends by who used their phone least. Switch between yesterday, your 7-day average and your 30-day average. KNOW WHERE YOU STAND A morning notification tells you how you placed, and a weekly recap shows how your week went. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Only a rounded daily total leaves your phone, never which apps you used, and only friends you add can see it. No ads. No third-party trackers. Delete your account and all your data any time. Put the phone down. Your friends will notice.

About

Orbit

This app helps you set and enforce app usage limits to regain control of your screen time. It leverages social accountability by allowing you to share your progress and commitments with a small group of friends, fostering mutual support and motivation.

Highlights
  • Enforced app limits
  • Social accountability groups
  • Daily time budgets
  • Scheduled app blocking
  • Focus session lockouts
  • Shared commitment tracking
  • Group chat for support
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Screen time goals, kept together. Not alone. Orbit helps you set real, enforced limits on the apps that pull you in, and share that commitment with a small group of friends called an Orbit. It uses Apple's Screen Time technology for limits that actually hold, backed by the one thing app blockers have always been missing: people who notice. THE PROBLEM Social media is engineered to win. The algorithms exploit your brain's wiring for connection and novelty, and willpower alone doesn't beat technology built to defeat it. You've tried app limits and ignored them. You've deleted apps and reinstalled them. Your friends struggle with the same thing, but everyone's failing alone. HOW ORBIT WORKS Set goals. Choose the apps and the limits that matter to you, with three goal types: • Daily Limit: a time budget for an app each day. • Scheduled Block: apps locked during the hours you choose, such as mornings, work, or bedtime. • Focus Session: an on-demand timed lockout for when you need to lock in. Hit the shield. When you reach a limit, the app is blocked. The shield is deliberately passive. There's no "just 5 more minutes" button on the block screen. Make a real decision. To get past a limit, you open Orbit, find the goal, and override it through a short countdown that shows your Orbit's shared commitment. Overriding is always possible; it's just never frictionless or invisible. Your Orbit sees it. Every override is shared with your group instantly. You build streaks together, and if someone slips, the Orbit knows. A built-in group chat keeps the accountability and encouragement flowing. WHY THIS WORKS Every accountability model that actually works, like sponsor systems, group programs, and training partners, runs on human connection, not solitary willpower. Orbit points the same social psychology that keeps you hooked (connection, accountability, not wanting to let people down) back toward getting your time back. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your raw Screen Time data never leaves your iPhone. Orbit shares only the accountability summaries you'd expect, whether you stayed within a limit or overrode it, and only with the friends in the Orbits you choose to join. No ads. No trackers. No selling your data. SOLO OR TOGETHER Use Orbit on your own for enforced limits, or invite a few friends and make it a team effort. You can't fight the most advanced attention technology in the world alone. Together, you have a shot. note iPhone only. Requires iOS 26 or later and Screen Time access.

Screenshots

Daboo3 screens
Orbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Daboo at 17.0 against Orbit's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Daboo against 5.0 for Orbit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Daboo versus Orbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDabooOrbit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB19 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRyan TishMILLER JACK LILLIE

Customer experience

Daboo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Orbit

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Daboo

No in-app purchases

None

Orbit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daboo free?
Daboo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Daboo or Orbit?
Daboo and Orbit are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Daboo or Orbit have ads?
Neither Daboo nor Orbit shows ads.

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