Comparison

Orbit vs tebDictate

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

Head to head
About

Orbit

Features
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Orbit is the task and project manager built for freelancers and independent pros. Plan your day, keep every client and project in one place, send quotes and invoices, and let Orbi, your AI assistant, take care of the busywork on iPhone and iPad. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE • A Home screen with today's focus, what's overdue, your ongoing work and what you're owed • Tasks with four priorities, statuses, due dates and times, tags, checklists, subtasks and repeating tasks • A calendar with Day, Week, Month and Agenda views, plus a feed you can subscribe to in Google, Apple or Outlook Calendar CLIENTS AND PROJECTS • Every client's contacts, projects, quotes, invoices and unbilled time on one page • Project progress, budgets by amount or hours, and what you really earn per hour GET PAID • Track time with a timer or add it later, then turn unbilled hours into an invoice • Send quotes your clients can accept or decline online — a yes becomes a project, then an invoice • Invoices with payment reminders, recurring invoices, and four layouts: Classic, Modern, Minimal and Bold • Log expenses with receipts and bill them to clients • Income and tax reports you can export as CSV or PDF ORBI, YOUR AI ASSISTANT Ask Orbi what to focus on, what's overdue or which invoices are still unpaid. Orbi looks things up across your work and lines up changes for you — nothing changes until you tap Apply. Your chat history stays on your device, and Orbi's AI providers don't train on your data. AUTOMATION Smart status keeps your tasks current on its own: start a timer and a task moves to In Progress, finish its last subtask and it moves to Done. BUILT FOR IPAD A sidebar for every section, and lists with their details side by side for tasks, projects, clients, quotes, invoices and contracts. ORBIT PRO Upgrade when you need more: • Orbi AI with up to 200 requests a day — create and edit projects, clients, invoices and more by chat, plus voice input • A leads pipeline, from first contact to won • Contracts with e-signature • Advanced analytics: productivity trends and activity breakdown • Custom automation rules • Quotes, invoices and reports without the Orbit watermark The free plan never expires and includes 5 Orbi requests a day. SUBSCRIPTION Orbit Pro is an auto-renewable subscription, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.orbithq.net/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.orbithq.net/privacy-policy

About

tebDictate

Transform your phone into a wireless microphone for your computer. Dictate text directly into any application without installing software on your PC or Mac. Enjoy end-to-end encryption for secure and private speech-to-text conversion.

Highlights
  • Wireless microphone for computer
  • On-device speech recognition
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Dictation pad for phone
  • Pocket mode with word count
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Spoken commands
Features
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tebDictate turns your phone into a wireless microphone for any computer. Open tebdictate.com/dictate on your Mac or PC, scan the code it shows, and start talking — your words appear on the computer, live, at the cursor. There is nothing to install on the computer, and there is no account to create. RECOGNISED ON YOUR PHONE Your speech is turned into text by the on-device recogniser. The audio never leaves the phone. If a language has no on-device speech pack installed, tebDictate refuses to dictate rather than sending your voice to a server. ENCRYPTED END TO END Your phone and your browser agree on a key by scanning the code — through the camera, not over the network. Everything sent between them is encrypted with that key. The relay in the middle carries ciphertext it cannot read and deletes it within minutes. WORKS ON ITS OWN TOO Dictation pad — dictate straight onto the phone, then copy or share anywhere. Pocket mode — keep talking with the screen locked; a Lock Screen activity shows the word count. Apple Watch — start and stop from your wrist. Dictation keyboard — insert what you dictated into any app. Spoken commands — "new line", "new paragraph", "period", "scratch that". FREE FOREVER Unlimited encrypted dictation to your computer. The dictation pad. Pocket mode. Three Voice Form Fills a month. Your last three sessions in history. tebDICTATE PRO — optional Unlimited Voice Form Fill: photograph a paper form, answer the questions out loud, export a tidy PDF. Interpreter: a two-way spoken conversation across languages, on the device, offline. Full searchable history, kept encrypted on your phone. Snippets: say a short trigger, insert a whole phrase. Translate mode: dictate in one language, paste in another. Your name or clinic on exported PDFs. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time lifetime unlock. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. PRIVACY Encrypted in transit and at rest (AES). Never used for training. Never sold. No accounts. No advertising. No tracking across apps or websites. Privacy Policy: https://tebdictate.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ tebDictate is a dictation tool. It does not give medical advice and does not diagnose or treat.

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
tebDictate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: tebDictate at every 3 days against Orbit's weekly. 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. Orbit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and tebDictate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update weekly, tebDictate every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Orbit versus tebDictate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbittebDictate
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB104 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRon Jimuel MendozaTebScribe LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Orbit

Subscriptions2
  • Orbit Pro$4.991 Month
  • Orbit Pro$39.991 Year
3 purchases

tebDictate

Subscriptions2
  • tebDictate Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • tebDictate Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • tebDictate Pro — Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is tebDictate free?
tebDictate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Orbit or tebDictate have ads?
Neither Orbit nor tebDictate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or tebDictate?
Orbit ships an update weekly, and tebDictate every 3 days. Most recently, Orbit was updated on October 31, 2026 and tebDictate on October 31, 2026.

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