Comparison

Siftlee vs Orbit

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

Head to head
About

Siftlee

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You save and bookmark things all day. TikToks you swear you'll try. Screenshots of recipes you'll cook someday. A workout video from three months ago. A meme that made you laugh. A voice memo with a 2am idea. Then you can never find any of it again. The TikTok is buried under four hundred others, the screenshot is lost in your camera roll, the Instagram account goes private, the video gets taken down - and the thing you wanted to keep is just gone. Siftlee is your AI second brain. Save anything you might need later. When you want it back, just ask. And once a month, Siftlee does something no other app does with your saves: it writes you a magazine. THE SIFT - A MAGAZINE, WRITTEN FROM YOUR SAVES On the 1st of each month, Siftlee writes you a magazine about the month you just lived. The recipes you saved come back as real recipe cards. The rabbit holes you fell down become departments. The things you almost bought make the shopping pages, and the ideas worth acting on land in a shortlist at the end. It opens with an editor's letter about your month - because someone finally read all of it. Your issues live on a bookshelf at the top of Spaces. Pull a spine down and read your own month back. Not a member yet? A free sample issue is waiting on your shelf. WHAT YOU CAN SAVE - Videos & posts: TikToks, Instagram Reels & posts, YouTube videos, X posts, articles, blog posts - anything with a URL - Images: screenshots, photos, anything from your camera roll - Audio: voice memos, podcast clips, recordings - Documents: PDFs, Word files, text files Plus: save straight from TikTok, Instagram, Safari, X, YouTube or any app - just tap Share and pick Siftlee. WHAT SIFTLEE DOES WITH IT Siftlee reads, transcribes and understands what you save - including what's said in the videos. It automatically organizes related items into Spaces (broader categories) and Threads (related items within each space) - no folders, no tags, no manual filing. Then you search your entire library in plain English ("what did I save about Sicily?", "that pasta recipe from TikTok") and get an answer with cited sources, not a list of links to dig through. WHEN THE INTERNET DELETES, YOUR LIBRARY DOESN'T Videos get taken down. Accounts go private. Threads get nuked. What Siftlee captured - the meaning, the transcript, the source - stays in your library. X posts are even saved through the official X API, so when the original disappears, your copy survives. WHY IT'S NOT JUST YOUR FAVORITES FOLDER Your TikTok favorites, your camera roll, your bookmarks - that's where saves go to pile up. You can't search them by what's inside, they don't talk to each other, and they vanish when a video does. Siftlee is one library for all of it, searchable by meaning, every save linked to its source. SIFTLEE PREMIUM Try Siftlee free: save anything - TikToks, Instagram Reels, YouTube videos, links, voice memos, documents - with a starter run of saves and searches on the house. Premium removes every limit and delivers The Sift: your own monthly magazine, on the 1st. Subscriptions are auto-renewing - current plans and pricing are shown in the app. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. PRIVACY Siftlee uses third-party AI providers to process the content you save. Full details are in our Privacy Policy. Your library is yours - delete any item or your entire account anytime. Privacy Policy: https://siftlee.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://siftlee.com/terms/ Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

Siftlee4 screens
Orbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Orbit at every 3 days against Siftlee's every 3 weeks. Siftlee's advantage is iOS requirement (17.2 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. Siftlee sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Orbit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Siftlee ships an update every 3 weeks, Orbit every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Siftlee versus Orbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSiftleeOrbit
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAinur Corp.Joshua Caleb Green

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Siftlee

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Annual$129.991 Year
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 Siftlee free?
Siftlee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Siftlee or Orbit have ads?
Neither Siftlee nor Orbit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Siftlee or Orbit?
Siftlee ships an update every 3 weeks, and Orbit every 3 days. Most recently, Siftlee was updated on October 15, 2026 and Orbit on October 18, 2026.

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