Comparison

Daycent vs Orbit

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

Head to head
About

Daycent

Features
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See how much of your day remains — at a glance. Daycent is a beautifully minimal app that shows you exactly how much of your day is left. Whether you prefer seeing time as a percentage or hours remaining, Daycent keeps you mindful of your most valuable resource: time. Key Features: • Elegant Circular Progress - A stunning visual representation of your day's progress • Two Display Modes - Switch between percentage (42%) or time remaining (10h 15m) • Home Screen Widget - Sleek glassmorphism widget shows your day's progress without opening the app • Dynamic Theming - Colors shift naturally throughout the day • Zero Distractions - No ads, no notifications, no clutter Why Daycent? Every day has 24 hours. Daycent helps you visualize how much of that time remains, encouraging mindful time awareness without pressure. It's not about productivity guilt — it's about perspective. Simple. Beautiful. Purposeful.

About

Orbit

Capture and organize your thoughts, ideas, and moments effortlessly. This AI-powered tool creates a calm timeline of your life, offering daily recaps and the ability to search your memories. It integrates with Apple services for seamless capture and organization.

Highlights
  • Capture text, voice, photos, links, and locations
  • AI-powered organization and summarization
  • Daily recap of your day
  • Searchable memory recall
  • Task suggestion from memories
  • Reading list and habit tracking
  • Beautiful shareable memory cards
Features
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Orbit is a second brain for the things you don't want to forget — moments, ideas, voice notes, photos, the link you saved at 2am. Everything lives in one calm timeline that AI quietly organizes for you. No tagging. No folder hierarchy. No notification fatigue. Just capture, and let Orbit find the meaning later. — WHAT YOU GET — • Capture anything in seconds — text, voice memos, photos, links, screenshots, even a place. Apple Intelligence handles the rest: titles, tags, summaries, categorization. • Daily Recap — a one-paragraph reflection of your day, generated each evening from the moments worth revisiting. • Ask Orbit — chat with your own memories. Ask "what did Pamela say last weekend?" or "what was the restaurant in Roatan?" Orbit answers from your captures, never from the cloud. • On This Day, Year in Review, Time Capsules — Orbit surfaces your past at the right moment. • Tasks that find themselves — write "I should call mom tomorrow" anywhere in a memory and Orbit suggests it as a task. Promote what you mean. Ignore what you don't. • Reading list & habit tracking — captures like "I want to read…" or "ran 5k" land in their own surfaces, quietly tracked over time. • Beautiful share cards — turn a memory, a Daily Recap, or a Year in Review into an editorial-quality image, ready for Stories, iMessage, or just keeping. • Privacy by design — On-device AI via Apple Intelligence. Voice transcribed locally. Sleep + steps stay on your phone. iCloud sync runs end-to-end. Nothing is sold. Nothing is shared. — DESIGNED FOR APPLE — Lock Screen camera capture · Apple Watch voice notes · Siri Shortcuts · Spotlight search · Home Screen widgets · Safari extension · Share extension · iOS Reminders & Calendar sync · HealthKit sleep + steps in your Daily Recap — PRO — A monthly or annual subscription unlocks unlimited captures and the full AI surfaces. Cancel anytime from Settings → Subscription. — WHY WE BUILT IT — Journaling apps ask too much. Note apps forget everything. The things we want to remember keep slipping away. Orbit is what we wished existed — a calm, native, private place where life can quietly accumulate, and an AI that helps you find what matters without taking over the experience. Welcome to Orbit. — Terms of Use (EULA): https://orbitbrain2.netlify.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://orbitbrain2.netlify.app/privacy By downloading Orbit, you agree to the Terms of Use linked above. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period — manage or cancel anytime from iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions.

Screenshots

Daycent4 screens
Orbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Orbit at Free against Daycent's $0.99. Daycent's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads and device support 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

Orbit is free to download; Daycent costs $0.99 up front. Orbit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Daycent asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daycent ships an update every 4 days, Orbit every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Daycent versus Orbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaycentOrbit
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB19 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWebapperyJoshua Caleb Green

In-app purchases

None

Daycent

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Orbit

Subscriptions2
  • Orbit Pro$2.991 Month
  • Orbit Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Orbit Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Daycent free?
Daycent costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Daycent or Orbit have ads?
Neither Daycent nor Orbit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daycent or Orbit?
Daycent ships an update every 4 days, and Orbit every 3 days. Most recently, Daycent was updated on October 31, 2026 and Orbit on October 28, 2026.

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