Comparison

OrbitCal vs Arc

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

Head to head
About

OrbitCal

Features
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OrbitCal: Your Schedule, Reimagined Spatially. Break free from the grid. OrbitCal transforms your calendar into a beautiful, interactive series of concentric rings, turning time management into a tactile, spatial experience. ### TIME AT A GLANCE See your year, month, day, and hour as nested rings. Navigate from a bird's-eye view of your entire year down to the ticking seconds of your current meeting with intuitive pinch-to-zoom and drag gestures. ### THE RING PARADIGM * Outer Rings: Months and Days provide a long-term horizon. * Inner Rings: Hours and Minutes visualize your immediate focus. * Central Hub: A dynamic "Command Center" that surfaces your next meeting, countdowns to your current event's end, and one-tap actions. ### SMART FOCUS * Visual Whitespace: OrbitCal automatically highlights "Focus Windows"β€”the gaps in your scheduleβ€”helping you find time for deep work. * Pastel Aesthetic: A clean, soft design optimized for clarity and serenity. * Haptic Precision: Feel every hour and minute as you navigate through your day with custom-tuned haptic feedback. ### FEATURES: * Fluid Navigation: Smoothly zoom from the macro (Year) to the micro (Seconds). * EventKit Integration: Seamlessly syncs with your existing iCloud, or Outlook calendars. * Contextual Actions: One-tap access to meeting links and directions directly from the center of the OrbitCal view. * Conflict Visualization: Instantly spot overlaps and scheduling crunches. The calendar isn't a list; it's a cycle. See your time in OrbitCal.

About

Arc

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Arc is a day planner built around one idea: your whole day fits on a single circle. Midnight sits at the top and time runs clockwise, just like a clock you already know how to read. Your routine sits on the inside ring, your calendar wraps around the outside, and the weather sits alongside. One look and you are caught up. Nothing to scroll through, nothing to dig for. YOUR ROUTINE, ON THE INSIDE Block out the things that repeat: sleep, work, exercise, downtime. Each one gets its own colour, so your whole week is easy to read at a glance. Set it once and it is there every day. Late nights are handled properly, so a bedtime after midnight still lands on the right night. YOUR CALENDAR, ON THE OUTSIDE Arc shows the events already on your phone, laid out around the edge of your day. Add or change an event in Arc and your calendar updates too. No extra account, and nothing to keep in sync yourself. THE WEATHER, ALL AROUND See the forecast right beside your plans, so you know what to expect before you head out. Use your location or pick any city. A HOME-SCREEN WIDGET THAT STAYS CURRENT Put your whole day on your home screen. The widget keeps itself up to date, even overnight, so a single glance tells you what is happening now and what is coming next. No app to open. YOUR DAY STAYS YOURS Most planners send your calendar off to a company's servers. Arc does not. Your routine, your settings and your calendar all stay on your phone, where they belong. There is no sign-up and no login. Nothing sits online to be leaked or handed over. Open Arc and your day is already on the dial. FEATURES . A 24-hour circular view of your entire day . Recurring routine blocks with custom colours for sleep, work, exercise, leisure and more . Two-way sync with the calendar already on your phone . Live weather by location or by city . A native home-screen widget for iOS . Correct handling for sleep and late nights across midnight . No account, no sign-up, and no data sent to us . Works fully on your device

Screenshots

OrbitCal4 screens
Arc4 screens

Verdict

The call

OrbitCal and Arc are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
OrbitCal versus Arc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitCalArc
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPosition Games LimitedByte Insights Limited

In-app purchases

None

OrbitCal

No in-app purchases

None

Arc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OrbitCal free?
OrbitCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arc free?
Arc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OrbitCal or Arc have ads?
Neither OrbitCal nor Arc shows ads.

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