Comparison

Islet vs Orb

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

Head to head
About

Islet

This app helps you stay focused and productive with customizable timers and task management tools. Organize your work, track your progress with detailed statistics, and personalize your experience with beautiful themes and fonts. Build better focus habits for studying, working, or personal goals.

Highlights
  • Customizable focus timers (Pomodoro, stopwatch, deep focus)
  • Task management with lists, tags, due dates, and subtasks
  • Progress tracking with statistics and streaks
  • Beautiful themes and personalized fonts
  • Social features to build study circles
  • Calendar view and focus heatmap
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Islet helps you focus and get things done - your way. Whether you're studying, working, or building a new habit, Islet provides the tools you need to stay on track without the overwhelm. CUSTOMIZABLE FOCUS TIMERS: - Preset timers for quick sessions - Pomodoro technique with work/break cycles - Stopwatch mode for flexible focus - Deep focus mode option TASK MANAGEMENT: - Create and organise tasks with lists and tags - Set due dates and priorities - Track focus time spent on each task - Break tasks into subtasks BEAUTIFUL THEMES: - 9 handcrafted color themes to match your mood - Personalized fonts to choose from TRACK YOUR PROGRESS: - Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and custom statistics - Session history and streaks - Achievements to celebrate your wins - Calendar view and color heatmap of your focus journey SOCIAL - Add friends and build your study circle Islet is designed for students, professionals, creators, and anyone who wants to build better focus habits. No complicated setup - just open the app and start your first session. Focus - your way.

About

Orb

This proactive AI assistant anticipates your needs, offering timely reminders and updates without being asked. It allows you to control your computer remotely via your phone, handling tasks like file organization and providing voice-first, human-like interactions. Your data remains private as it runs on your own hardware.

Highlights
  • Proactive notifications
  • Remote computer control
  • Voice-first interaction
  • Open-source server
  • Customizable AI engine
  • Private data handling
Features
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7:02 AM. You haven't said a word yet. "Morning. Rain clears by nine. Your ten o'clock moved to ten thirty — and that form you've been dodging is due today, so I put it at the top of your list." Every assistant until now has waited to be asked. Orb doesn't wait. IT KNOWS WHAT'S UP Orb keeps a running sense of your day and reaches out when something actually matters: "You've got four commits sitting unpushed since Tuesday. Worth protecting before the weekend." "NVDA's up four percent since you asked me to watch it." "You've been at this for twenty hours. I moved tomorrow's first ping to ten so you can sleep in." And when nothing matters? Silence. The bar for interrupting you is high. YOUR COMPUTER, IN YOUR POCKET Run the free, open-source Orb server on your own computer and your phone becomes its remote. Ask for real work from anywhere — "clean up my downloads folder" — and carry on with your day until the receipt lands: "Done. 214 files sorted, three gigs freed." Your machine did the work. Your phone just told you. JUST SAY IT Voice-first, human answers. "Remind me at eight" — "Done, eight tonight." No menus, no forms, no robot voice reading bullet points. IT REMEMBERS What you said last week. What you asked it never to let you skip. Where you left off. One continuous assistant across voice and chat — whichever AI engine you plug in, Orb stays Orb. ACTUALLY YOURS No account. No developer cloud — we couldn't read your data if we wanted to, because there's nothing of ours to read it with. Choose which AI powers it, swap anytime, name it what you like. Self-host and nothing ever leaves hardware you own. You've been promised this assistant for fifteen years. Nobody built it, because it can't be built in someone else's cloud — an assistant this close to your life only works if it's yours.

Screenshots

Islet4 screens
Orb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Islet at 5.0 against Orb's 4.0. Islet also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and device support (3 vs 1). Orb's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, 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. Islet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Orb asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Islet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Islet ships an update every 2 days, Orb every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Islet versus Orb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIsletOrb
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMegan LiemNATHAN BOYD LANGLEY

Customer experience

Islet

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Orb

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Islet

One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$4.99
None

Orb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Islet free?
Islet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orb free?
Orb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Islet or Orb?
Islet is rated higher. Islet averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Orb averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Islet or Orb have ads?
Neither Islet nor Orb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Islet or Orb?
Islet ships an update every 2 days, and Orb every 5 days. Most recently, Islet was updated on October 24, 2026 and Orb on October 22, 2026.

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