Comparison

Orin vs GlanceHQ

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

Head to head
About

Orin

Features
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Life admin, kept clear. Bills, renewals, documents and everyday tasks in one calm place. Tell Orin something in plain words, and Today shows what to do first. TELL ORIN SOMETHING Type or say it the way you'd tell a friend: "Car insurance renews 20 Oct, £480". Orin works out the date, the amount and where it goes, then tells you, with Undo if it got it wrong. TODAY One thing to do first, then anything overdue, due today and in the next seven days. Tick it off, or swipe to snooze it until tomorrow. PLAN See today's timeline with your free time and a suggested slot, get gentle suggestions for the week, and look back with the weekly review. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE • Money: bills, subscriptions and renewals with amounts and next dates • Documents: passports, licences and insurance, with expiry dates • Things you own: warranties, receipts and where you keep things • Lists and step-by-step plans for moving, passports and more • Waiting for: replies and refunds you're waiting on • Search across everything PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No ads, no tracking. Your items stay on your iPhone and, if you use iCloud, in your own private iCloud. App lock keeps Orin private. Apple Calendar and Apple Reminders are optional, and Orin only asks when they're useful. FREE, WITH EVERYTHING INCLUDED Every feature is free: unlimited items, Documents, the weekly review, your patterns, iCloud sync, app lock, every plan and exports. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases. Privacy Policy: https://orinlife.app/privacy

About

GlanceHQ

Consolidates school, club, and parent communications into a single, organized brief. Extracts key details like dates, times, and costs from various sources, assigning them to the correct child. Provides timely updates on changes and reminders for tasks.

Highlights
  • Reads photos, PDFs, emails, and messages
  • Filters information by child
  • Gathers forms, payments, and tasks
  • Provides morning and evening briefs
  • Includes weather suggestions
  • Shared across devices and parents
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GlanceHQ turns the things schools, clubs and other parents send you into one calm brief, on the days there's something to know. Photograph a paper flyer, forward a school email, or paste a WhatsApp message. GlanceHQ reads it, pulls out the dates, times, costs and deadlines, and works out which of your children it applies to. In the morning you open one screen and know what today needs. When a school moves a date, your brief moves with it, and tells you what changed. What it does: • Reads photos, PDFs, forwarded emails and pasted messages • Filters everything to the right child, by year group • Gathers forms, payments and things to bring into one list you tick off • Morning and evening briefs, on the days there is something worth sending • Weather worth knowing about, flagged as a suggestion rather than a fact • Shared across both parents and every device GlanceHQ is not a calendar or a planner. It reads the unstructured things a calendar never holds, so you stop being the only one keeping it all in your head. Your family gets a private address to forward to. Your own inbox keeps the originals. We only read what is sent to that address, and you can delete everything in one tap. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms and Conditions: https://glancehq.co.uk/terms Privacy Policy: https://glancehq.co.uk/privacy

Screenshots

Orin4 screens
GlanceHQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GlanceHQ at every 2 days against Orin's every 11 days. GlanceHQ also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Orin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and GlanceHQ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orin ships an update every 11 days, GlanceHQ every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Orin versus GlanceHQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrinGlanceHQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDanushka StanleyGlanceHQ Ltd

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Orin

Subscriptions2
  • Orin Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Orin Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
2 purchases

GlanceHQ

Subscriptions2
  • GlanceHQ Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • GlanceHQ Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Orin free?
Orin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GlanceHQ free?
GlanceHQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Orin or GlanceHQ have ads?
Neither Orin nor GlanceHQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orin or GlanceHQ?
Orin ships an update every 11 days, and GlanceHQ every 2 days. Most recently, Orin was updated on November 9, 2026 and GlanceHQ on November 10, 2026.

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