Comparison

Lanely Countdown vs Orbit Dashboard

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

Head to head
About

Lanely Countdown

This app adds personality to your countdowns with dynamic messages that change as an event approaches. Create visually appealing widgets for your home and lock screens, and share your countdowns with others.

Highlights
  • Dynamic personality messages
  • Customizable home and lock screen widgets
  • Multiple themes and appearance options
  • Countdown to any event type
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen
  • Import from Calendar and Contacts
  • Shareable countdown images
Features
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Countdowns don't have to be boring. Lanely Countdown gives every event its own personality with messages that change as your date gets closer. Whether you're counting down to vacation, a birthday, a concert, a wedding, a holiday, or something you've been waiting months for, every countdown feels a little more alive each day. Build stunning Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, personalize every detail, and share countdowns with friends and family. FEATURES • Personality that changes every day Choose from Snarky, Sweet, Dry, Dramatic, Unhinged, or Nostalgic. Messages automatically evolve from months away to today and beyond — and they work completely offline. • Smart Add Describe what you're waiting for in your own words, like "Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's" or "my birthday is March 18 every year," and Lanely builds the countdowns for you. It understands holidays, relative dates, and repeating events, and asks a quick question rather than guessing. Runs entirely on your device. On iOS 27 you can start it with Siri by saying "Create a countdown in Lanely Countdown." • Beautiful widgets Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with ten layouts, photos, gradients, maps, custom fonts and colors, weather, and progress bars. Browse every design as a live preview of your own countdown before you pick one.On iOS 27, Up Next also comes in a full screen portrait size. • Designs with an era Commit to a look: split-flap Flip Clock, torn-page Calendar, a click-wheel Now Playing screen, or a hot-pink Nineties poster. • Make it yours Mix and match dozens of themes, gradients, fonts, appearances, and colors — or generate a custom background from your event with Image Playground, right on your device. • Count down to anything Perfect for vacations, birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, concerts, sporting events, holidays, milestones, and releases. • Live Activities Keep important countdowns on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island during the final hour. • Watch on Apple TV Bring your countdowns to the big screen. Browse current and past events, follow countdowns shared with you, and start Play All to cycle through them full screen, each in its own design. • Stay organized Search, filter, group, duplicate, and manage countdowns with recurring events and automatic birthday countdowns. • Share with others Collaborate on live countdowns via iCloud, or share beautiful countdown images on social media. • Import in seconds Create countdowns from Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, birthdays, or built-in holiday templates. • Never miss an event Receive reminders before your event and see weather forecasts as your date approaches. Whether you're counting down to tomorrow or next year, Lanely Countdown makes waiting a little more fun.

About

Orbit Dashboard

Features
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Orbit brings your whole life onto one dashboard. Instead of hopping between ten apps to see what matters, Orbit overlays your calendar, reminders, health, weather, people, money, and more onto a single Today screen — then surfaces what actually needs you. ONE DASHBOARD, EVERY HORIZON Switch between Today, This Week, This Month, and This Year to see what's coming — an appointment weeks out, a bill due, a birthday — across every area at once. CAPTURE ANYTHING, INSTANTLY One box. Type or dictate, and Orbit's on-device AI files it as a task, note, idea, quote, or person. No folders, no friction. ASK ORBIT A private, on-device assistant that answers from your own data, plus a daily summary of your day. ORBIT NOTICED Insights that connect two parts of your life no single app sees — a birthday during a busy week, poor sleep before a demanding day, a bill due while you're traveling. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE • Calendar & Reminders — your events and lists, with inline complete • Health — activity rings, steps, heart rate, and sleep • Weather — current conditions, forecast, and threshold alerts • People — birthdays, important dates, and who to reconnect with • Money — App Store sales, a stock watchlist, a retirement forecast, and bills • Projects, Content, Travel, Garage, Journal, Library, Email, Deliveries, and more WIDGETS EVERYWHERE One configurable Orbit widget in every size — Home Screen and Lock Screen. Pick what it shows, check off reminders and routines without opening the app, and it follows your theme in Light and Dark. WORKS WITH APPLE Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, Handoff, and interactive widgets — no setup. Just say "Hey Siri, capture in Orbit." BUILT FOR EVERY DEVICE iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV, synced over your private iCloud. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There's no Orbit account and no Orbit server. What you create stays on your device and in your private iCloud. Capture cleanup and Ask Orbit run on-device with Apple Intelligence. Only a coarse location ever leaves your device — and only to fetch the weather. Available in English and Spanish. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ericrogerstechnology.com/Orbit/PRIVACY.html

Screenshots

Lanely Countdown4 screens
Orbit Dashboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lanely Countdown at none against Orbit Dashboard's 6. Lanely Countdown also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). Orbit Dashboard's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (5 vs 3). On price and ads 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. Orbit Dashboard sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Lanely Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lanely Countdown ships an update every 3 weeks, Orbit Dashboard every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lanely Countdown versus Orbit Dashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLanely CountdownOrbit Dashboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLanely Labs LLCEric Rogers

In-app purchases

None

Lanely Countdown

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Orbit Dashboard

Subscriptions2
  • Orbit Plus — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Orbit Plus — Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
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  • Orbit Plus — Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Lanely Countdown free?
Lanely Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbit Dashboard free?
Orbit Dashboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lanely Countdown or Orbit Dashboard have ads?
Neither Lanely Countdown nor Orbit Dashboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lanely Countdown or Orbit Dashboard?
Lanely Countdown ships an update every 3 weeks, and Orbit Dashboard every 6 days. Most recently, Lanely Countdown was updated on October 8, 2026 and Orbit Dashboard on October 15, 2026.

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