Comparison

Orbit vs Sticky

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

Head to head
About

Orbit

Connect with your closest friends and partner through live widgets on your Home Screen. Share photos, doodles, notes, music, and even play games together in real-time without opening the app. Stay close, even when apart, with shared countdowns, distance, and weather.

Highlights
  • Live widgets for Home Screen
  • Share photos, doodles, notes, music
  • Play games like Tic-Tac-Toe and Connect Four
  • Real-time activity sharing
  • Countdown timers and distance tracking
  • Customizable widget designs
Features
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Your favorite people, one glance away. Orbit connects you with your partner and your best friends through live widgets. Whatever they send — a photo, a doodle, a note, a mood — appears right on your Home Screen, moments after they send it. No feed, no followers, no noise. Just the people you choose. HOW IT WORKS 1. Invite up to five friends, each with a private invite code 2. Add the Orbit widget to your Home or Lock Screen and pick whose it is 3. Send something — to one friend or several at once — and it lands on their screen in seconds SEND MOMENTS, NOT MESSAGES • Photos that show up right on their Home Screen • Hand-drawn doodles (bad drawings strongly encouraged) • Sticky notes, big-text notes, tiny love notes • Emoji moods with hundreds of style combinations • Voice mails they can play — and react to — from the widget • Songs from Apple Music, with the cover, title and artist • A remote shutter that snaps and prints straight onto their screen PLAY ON YOUR WIDGETS • Tic-Tac-Toe and Connect Four — take your turn without opening the app • Step races and Activity Ring battles, powered by Apple Health • Cheer each other on mid-workout, in real time • Playground: a table of photo cutouts you move around together — with one friend, or in a Circle of up to six STAY CLOSE, EVEN FAR APART • Count down to the days you share — trips, anniversaries, birthdays • My Day: today's events and reminders, one glance away • See the live distance between you • Peek at each other's weather • Share your heartbeat • Keep a shared list you can both check off from the widget • Schedule surprises to appear on their day, right on time MAKE IT YOURS 20+ widget types and hundreds of designs to mix. Browse the gallery, bookmark the looks you love, publish your own — and pick shared themes together, because their widget is half yours. For Me adds free clocks, calendars, the moon and more, just for your own Home Screen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Orbit is for a few people, on purpose: up to five friends, each with a space of your own. What you share with one friend stays between the two of you — when you disconnect, that space is deleted, and if you ever delete your account, everything you shared goes with it. Permanently. FREE TO START Sending emoji widgets is free, forever. Orbit Plus unlocks every widget type and experience; subscriptions auto-renew until canceled and can be managed in your App Store settings. MADE BY ONE PERSON Orbit is an indie app, built with a lot of love and an unreasonable number of late nights. Something wrong? Email me from the app — I'll fix it. Your people are closer than you think. Pull them into Orbit. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Sticky

Features
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A shared sticky note widget for couples and close friends. Sticky is a minimalist shared widget app for couples, best friends, and close connections. Write a note, draw a doodle, or send a tiny message — and it appears directly on their home screen widget. No chat feeds. No endless notifications. Just one tiny space for thoughtful moments. HOW IT WORKS • Pair with one person • Write or draw a note • Tap Stick • Your note instantly updates on their widget FEATURES • Shared home screen widget • Handwritten notes and doodles • Instant widget sync • Quick reactions • Minimal design • Private 1-on-1 connection WHY STICKY Most apps are noisy. Sticky is intentionally quiet. It feels like leaving a sticky note on someone’s desk — but digital. Perfect for: • Couples • Best friends • Long-distance relationships • Small daily moments

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Sticky4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sticky at none against Orbit's 2. Sticky also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Sticky asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update every 4 days, Sticky daily. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Orbit versus Sticky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitSticky
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size267 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMayak Labs LLCThang Bui Manh

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Orbit

Subscriptions2
  • View Access3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Plus3 Days trial$6.991 Month
None

Sticky

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sticky free?
Sticky is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orbit or Sticky have ads?
Neither Orbit nor Sticky shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or Sticky?
Orbit ships an update every 4 days, and Sticky daily. Most recently, Orbit was updated on November 9, 2026 and Sticky on November 9, 2026.

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