Comparison

SinceUntil vs Orbit

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

Head to head
About

SinceUntil

Visually track upcoming events or past milestones with customizable widgets. Create countdowns for anything, import from calendars, and share your progress. Offers a native iOS experience with a focus on privacy.

Highlights
  • Home, Lock Screen, and StandBy widgets
  • Count down to future events
  • Count up from past milestones
  • Calendar event import
  • Recurring event tracking
  • Customizable colors and icons
  • Shareable countdowns
Features
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Count down to what's next or count up from the moments that matter. SinceUntil puts live countdowns everywhere you look: Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy, and Apple Watch. CREATE IN SECONDS Pick a date, a color, and an icon (or any emoji). Done. Future dates count down, past dates count up, and the direction switches automatically. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK • Widgets for Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy • Apple Watch app and watch-face complications • Live Activities: pin a countdown to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Control Center controls and Home Screen quick actions • Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight: ask for a countdown or search your events STAYS IN SYNC Your events follow you to every device with private iCloud sync, and milestone notifications celebrate meaningful marks like 100 days or 1 year. POWER FEATURES • Import from your calendar, or auto-track recurring activities like gym visits • Recurring countdowns, progress bars, and calendar breakdowns • Share events as beautiful cards that friends can import with one tap • Backup, restore, and CSV export WHAT'S FREE Everything, for up to 3 events. WHAT'S PRO Unlimited events. That's it: $0.49/month, $2.99/year, or $5.99 once and it's yours forever. PRIVACY FIRST No accounts. No tracking. No analytics. Your events sync privately via iCloud, and the developer never sees your data. Privacy Policy: https://sinceuntil.pages.dev Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Orbit

Features
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Count down to what's coming. Orbit turns the moments you're waiting for into beautiful home-screen widgets. Pick a date, choose a look, and watch it tick. MAKE IT UNMISTAKABLY YOURS Every element moves. Drag the number, the days label, the title, the date and the live countdown anywhere on the widget, then set the font, size and colour of each one independently. Three widget types to start from: Minimal, Ring and Line. A LIVE COUNTDOWN, TO THE SECOND Show the days remaining, or a full countdown ticking down hours, minutes and seconds right there on your home screen, updating on its own. BACKGROUNDS AND ICONS Solid colours, custom gradients you mix yourself, or one of your own photos. Twenty-two event icons, from rings and cakes to rockets and palm trees, or use any emoji as your icon. START FROM A TEMPLATE A gallery of ready-made countdowns: holidays, birthdays, weddings, trips, launches - so you can have a widget on your screen in seconds. REPEATS AND REMINDERS Set a countdown to repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly and it rolls forward on its own. Add reminders ahead of the day so nothing sneaks up on you. TWO WIDGET SIZES Small and medium, each fully arrangeable. SYNCS QUIETLY Turn on iCloud backup and your countdowns, reminder settings and widget photos follow you across devices signed in to the same Apple Account. Everything lives in your own private iCloud container. NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING There's nothing to sign up for. Your countdowns live on your device, and Orbit collects nothing about you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap + and name what you're counting down to, then pick the date. 2. Customize it, choose a style and background, drag the number, title, date and live countdown wherever you want them, and set the font, size and colour of each. 3. Save, then go to your Home Screen. Touch and hold anywhere, tap the + in the corner, search for Orbit and add the widget in the size you want. 4. Touch and hold the placed widget, choose Edit Widget, and pick which countdown it shows. Want several on your Home Screen? Add the widget again for each one and point each at a different countdown; same steps, step 4 is where you choose. ORBIT PRO Free includes one widget with three fonts and six icons. Orbit Pro unlocks unlimited countdowns and widgets, all eleven fonts, all twenty-two icons, emoji icons, every style and background, your own photos, and the full template gallery. Available as a monthly or yearly subscription, each starting with a 7-day free trial, or as a one-time lifetime purchase that does not renew. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged within 24 hours before renewal. Manage or cancel in Settings, by tapping your name, then Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://ralexlab.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://ralexlab.com/privacy

Screenshots

SinceUntil4 screens
Orbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Orbit at every 2 weeks against SinceUntil's every 2 months. Orbit also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). SinceUntil's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SinceUntil sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Orbit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SinceUntil ships an update every 2 months, Orbit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SinceUntil versus Orbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSinceUntilOrbit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWalter SyskoRalex Lab

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SinceUntil

Subscriptions2
  • SinceUntil Pro$0.491 Month
  • SinceUntil Pro$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • SinceUntil Pro$5.99
3 purchases

Orbit

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Orbit Pro Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is SinceUntil free?
SinceUntil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SinceUntil or Orbit have ads?
Neither SinceUntil nor Orbit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SinceUntil or Orbit?
SinceUntil ships an update every 2 months, and Orbit every 2 weeks. Most recently, SinceUntil was updated on October 15, 2026 and Orbit on October 31, 2026.

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