Orbly vs Odin's Drop 4+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Orbly
Draw perfect circles daily with a single stroke. Compete globally or with friends, and explore unique drawing challenges that twist the gameplay. Practice offline or build your streak for rewards.
- Daily circle drawing challenges
- Unique daily twists on gameplay
- Global and friend leaderboards
- Streak building and protection
- Offline practice mode
- Multiple drawing themes
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Orbly is the world's most satisfying five-second game. Every day, a new circle challenge — the same one for every player on Earth. One attempt. One continuous stroke. Lift your finger and see your score, 0 to 100, graded against the displayed target. NEW IN 1.3 — SATURDAY FLAGSHIP Saturdays now pick from six new perceptual twists — each one rewrites how the canvas works: • Jitters — the phone shakes in waves while you draw. Hold steady through the bursts. • Eclipse — the guide fades the moment you touch down. Commit fast and finish from memory. • Mirage — three identical guides appear. Pick one and trace it. Two are decoys. • Echo — your line lags behind your finger by a variable delay. Draw the future. • Tilt — keep the phone flat. Every degree of tilt costs you. • Mirror — your finger is flipped. Aim for the blue guide; your stroke lands on the gold one. DAILY TWISTS Monday through Friday keep the v1.2 rhythm — calibration, sizing, direction, tempo, Goldilocks — so you always know roughly what kind of day to expect, but never the exact mechanic until you open the app. Sunday gets a harder twist. Same circle for every player on Earth, every day. LEADERBOARDS • Daily, Weekly, and All-Time boards via Apple's Game Center. • Compete globally, or filter to your Game Center friends for a quieter race. • Honest scoring — Kasa algebraic fit refined by Levenberg-Marquardt geometric optimisation. No vibes. BUILD YOUR STREAK • Come back every day to grow your streak. • Pro members unlock Streak Protection — a safety net for the days life gets in the way. • Streak warnings before the daily reset if you haven't drawn yet. PRACTICE MODE • Unlimited free drawing. No pressure, no score submitted. • Freeform scoring — no twists, no penalties. The safe space to learn the gesture. • Works entirely offline. FRIENDS TODAY • See which Game Center friends played today right on the home tab. • Tap a non-Orbly friend to invite them; tap a player to compare. ORBLY PRO One-time purchase, no subscription. Includes: • Remove Ads — the game is ad-supported by default; this makes them go away forever. • Circle Archive — every circle you've ever drawn, synced across your Apple devices via iCloud. • Streak Protection — a freeze for days you can't play. • Three premium themes — Neon Nights, Ink Brush, Gold. • Family Sharing included. Individual IAPs also available if you just want a single theme or just want ads gone. PRIVACY FIRST • No accounts. No login. Game Center and iCloud are entirely Apple-controlled. • No analytics, no crash-reporting SDKs, no servers we run. • Free tier serves AdMob interstitial ads with identifier-based targeting only if you grant App Tracking Transparency permission. • Pro removes the ad SDK entirely — no tracking, no identifiers, no data collection. • Full privacy policy: playorbly.com/privacy Perfect circles are harder than they look. Build the streak. Outdraw your friends. Beat the twist. playorbly.com
Odin's Drop 4+
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No Ads, No Subscriptions, No Tracking. Odin’s Drop 4+ is the drop game four ways, from three in a row on a small board made for young players to six in a row across eleven columns. Pick a column and your coin falls as far as it can. One price, the whole game. No in-app purchases, no third-party ads, and no tracking. PLAY TOGETHER, YOUR WAY Live online: challenge a friend and trade moves in real time. Turn-based online: play at your own pace without being online together. Nearby: connect device to device and play without a Game Center account. Pass & Play: share one screen and take turns. In a live or nearby rematch the sides swap, so nobody keeps the opening. Online matches use Game Center. Turn notifications and a Home Screen widget show when you have moves waiting, and Siri can continue your game. OPTIMIZED FOR IPHONE DUO Open the phone and the board fills the inner display; close it and your game carries on, on the outer display, right where you were. FOUR BOARDS, ONE RULE Drop a coin and it falls to the lowest free cell in its column. Line up enough of your coins in a row, column, or diagonal and you win; a full board with no line is a draw. Drop Three: five columns, five rows, three in a row. Made for the youngest players. Drop Four: seven columns, six rows, four in a row. The classic. Drop Five: nine columns, seven rows, five in a row. More room, longer plans, and a single threat is never enough. Drop Six: eleven columns, eight rows, six in a row. A long game of threats stacked on threats. Bigger boards are worth more XP. HOUSE RULES Runestones: a few neutral runestones land on the board before play. Every game opens from a different position, and no line runs through a stone. Undertow: on your turn, drop a coin or pull one of your own from the bottom row, and the whole column sinks. A full board is not the end; when a position repeats three times, the game is a draw. Turn either one on, or both, from House Rules on the main menu. They work in every mode, and a turn-based or nearby invitation names them before your friend accepts. A NEW PAIR OF COINS EVERY GAME The coins are painted Viking portraits, a hundred of them from the longhouse of Odin’s Viking Chess, and every game deals a fresh pair. Or pick another look in Settings: engraved faces, Viking runes or checkers pieces. FIND YOUR CHALLENGE Play solo against four computer strengths: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert. Get comfortable with a new board, then raise the difficulty when you’re ready. Every board can be won. Want a nudge? The coach suggests a column and can point out an immediate win or a way to avoid an immediate loss. Undo during local play lets you try another approach, and the Video Instructions and How to Play teach every board. MAKE YOUR PROGRESS COUNT Earn XP, climb the ranks from Wanderer to Grand King, and pursue 23 achievements and 10 Game Center leaderboards. Your games save as you play, and iCloud carries them to your other devices. A PLACE AT THE BOARD An oak board, painted coins, and Longhouse gold bring the world of Odin’s Checkers to the drop game. One purchase plays it on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac, in 50 languages, with VoiceOver and Dynamic Type. Made by the team behind Odin’s Checkers, Squared², Odin’s Tic-Tac-Toe, Odin’s Viking Chess, and Odin’s Reversi. The only promotions you’ll see are for our own games. Choose a board. Drop a coin. See who wants the rematch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Orbly at Free against Odin's Drop 4+'s $1.99. Orbly also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Odin's Drop 4+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On iOS requirement 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
Orbly is free to download; Odin's Drop 4+ costs $1.99 up front. Orbly sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Odin's Drop 4+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Orbly ships an update weekly, Odin's Drop 4+ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orbly | Odin's Drop 4+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Embay, LLC | HOLLENDER CONSULTING LLC |
In-app purchases
Orbly
- Theme: Neon Nights$1.99
- Theme: Ink Brush$1.99
- Theme: Gold$2.99
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- Remove Ads$3.99
- Orbly Everything Bundle$6.99
Odin's Drop 4+
No in-app purchases









