Orbnow vs Raylie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orbnow
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WHAT MAKES ORBNOW SPECIAL • No login needed — start in seconds • Posts are short videos that vanish after 1 hour, so you can share without pressure • Save your favorite moments as "Memories" — kept on your profile and shown on the globe for 12 hours • Chat one-on-one with a poster, with automatic translation across languages Orbnow is more than watching. By sharing your own now, you give everyday moments the attention they deserve. Posts disappear after an hour, and the messages you receive can be translated — so it's easy to connect across languages and borders. Orbnow aims to be a place where you can feel the real, present moments of people who share this same planet — beyond country and culture. Share your now, and step into the world's real now.
Raylie
This app enhances your flight experience by predicting and detailing what you'll see outside your window, from sunrises to auroras. It builds a flight timeline with specific viewing directions and offers real-time earth visuals with cloud cover and city lights.
- Flight timeline with sunrise, moonrise, and sunset
- Side-specific viewing directions (left/right wing)
- Aurora and landmark identification
- Real-time earth visuals with cloud cover
- Add flights from boarding passes or files
- Live Activity on Lock Screen
- Search for flights passing over locations
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Every flight has a view. Raylie tells you what yours will be — and which side of the plane to sit on. Add a boarding pass and Raylie builds a timeline of the flight: sunrise over the Pacific, moonrise two hours in, the aurora belt off the left wing, a canyon passing below. Every event says when it happens and which window to look out of. WHAT IS WAITING OUTSIDE • Sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset, in the order you will see them • Left side or right side, so you know which seat to pick and where to look • Aurora, when your route crosses the belt • Landmarks and cities you pass over, with the time you reach them A REAL EARTH, NOT A MAP Raylie draws the planet as it is right now. Real cloud cover, the day-night line where it actually falls, city lights after dark, the aurora as it stands tonight. Your route arcs across it, and you can spin the globe to any point on your flight. YOUR FLIGHTS, KEPT • Add a flight from a boarding pass, Wallet, your calendar, a photo, a file, or a link • A Live Activity on the Lock Screen while you are in the air • Attach the photos you took, and every trip becomes a page worth coming back to DISCOVER Search for a place and find the flights that pass near it. See which airports are close to you, and what is flying overhead right now. No account needed. Open the app and try it with real demo flights and photos before you add one of your own. Raylie Elite Raylie Elite unlocks your full flight history and additional flight-information features. Choose a subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled and can be managed or canceled in the App Store at any time. Flight data provided by FlightAware. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://app.notion.com/p/Raylie-Terms-of-Service-3d590f535998801a8d99c843a867c1a6 Privacy Policy: https://app.notion.com/p/Raylie-Privacy-Policy-3d590f53599880de9078cc78fcc15c3d
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Orbnow at none against Raylie's 3. Orbnow also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). Raylie's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Raylie sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Orbnow asks for nothing beyond the download.
Orbnow ships an update every 4 days, Raylie every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orbnow | Raylie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sho Hamada | ooo.engineering Inc. |
In-app purchases
Orbnow
No in-app purchases
Raylie
- Raylie Elite Weekly$5.997 Days
- Raylie Elite Annual$59.991 Year
- Lifetime Raylie Elite$300.00









