Comparison

Astrid Tasks vs Orbit Mail

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

Head to head
About

Astrid Tasks

This personal assistant app helps users and their friends accomplish important tasks in both personal and professional life. It is reimagined and rebuilt with AI capabilities, inspired by a popular app from the early 2010s.

Highlights
  • Personal task management
  • Collaborative task completion
  • AI-powered assistance
  • Inspired by classic task app
  • Supports friends and work tasks
Features
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Astrid is your personal assistant dedicated to helping you be your best self - happier, healthier, and more productive! Astrid can help you and your friends to do the important things in both life and work. Astrid is inspired by the retired Astrid Tasks from the early 2010s, now entirely re-imagined, rebuilt, and powered by AI.

About

Orbit Mail

Consolidate Gmail, Outlook, and iCloud into a single, streamlined inbox. This app uses AI to automate replies, organize messages, and help you quickly clear out unwanted emails, saving you significant time.

Highlights
  • Unified inbox for Gmail, Outlook, iCloud
  • AI-powered email drafting and replies
  • Automatic message organization
  • Natural language inbox queries
  • One-tap cleanup of newsletters
Features
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Stop drowning in email. Orbit Mail brings Gmail, Outlook, and iCloud into one clean inbox and puts AI to work on the boring parts — so you spend minutes on email instead of hours. • ONE INBOX — Gmail, Outlook & iCloud together, finally. • AI THAT REPLIES FOR YOU — drafts sitting ready in your own voice. • AUTOMATIC ORGANIZATION — smart folders keep the noise away. • ASK YOUR INBOX ANYTHING — "what needs a reply today?" and it answers. • ONE-TAP CLEANUP — clear out newsletters you never open. Free to start. Every new mailbox includes a 14-day Pro trial — unlimited AI, unlimited accounts. Pro is $15.99/mo or $99/yr after. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.myorbitmail.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.myorbitmail.com/privacy.html Orbit Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: $15.99 per month or $99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings.

Screenshots

Astrid Tasks4 screens
Orbit Mail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Astrid Tasks at none against Orbit Mail's 2. Astrid Tasks also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1). Orbit Mail's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, 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. Orbit Mail sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $15.99 per month. Astrid Tasks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Astrid Tasks against 5.0 for Orbit Mail. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Astrid Tasks has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Astrid Tasks ships an update every 5 days, Orbit Mail every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Astrid Tasks versus Orbit Mail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAstrid TasksOrbit Mail
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB16 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperGraceful Tools LLCOrbit Entities LLC

Customer experience

Astrid Tasks

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Orbit Mail

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Astrid Tasks

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Orbit Mail

Subscriptions2
  • Orbit Pro (Monthly)$15.991 Month
  • Orbit Pro (Annual)$99.001 Year

Questions

Is Astrid Tasks free?
Astrid Tasks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbit Mail free?
Orbit Mail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Astrid Tasks or Orbit Mail?
Orbit Mail is rated higher. Astrid Tasks averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Orbit Mail averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Astrid Tasks or Orbit Mail have ads?
Neither Astrid Tasks nor Orbit Mail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Astrid Tasks or Orbit Mail?
Astrid Tasks ships an update every 5 days, and Orbit Mail every 9 days. Most recently, Astrid Tasks was updated on September 21, 2026 and Orbit Mail on September 8, 2026.

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