Comparison

Orbit vs LockCal

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

LockCal

Features
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LockCal puts your schedule where you already look all day: on your Lock Screen. YOUR AGENDA AS A LIVE ACTIVITY Start your day's agenda with one tap — it stays visible as a card on the Lock Screen. Use the ‹ › buttons to page through the coming days right on the Lock Screen, without unlocking and without opening the app. FIVE DESIGNS Night Sky, Classic, Retro 2010, Minimal or Timeline — pick the layout that matches your Lock Screen. With calendar color dots, locations and a configurable number of events per page. WIDGETS ON TOP Your next events as a Lock Screen widget above or below the clock — plus a Home Screen widget. AUTOMATIC EVERY MORNING With a Shortcuts automation, your agenda starts into the day by itself and can clean itself up at night. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS LockCal reads your calendar strictly on-device. No servers, no account, no ads, no data collection — the app does not even have internet access. ALWAYS FRESH If you like, LockCal reminds you shortly before iOS ends the Live Activity — one tap on the notification puts your agenda right back on the Lock Screen. FEATURES • Day agenda as a Live Activity with paging buttons on the Lock Screen • 5 designs, 3–6 events per page, 3 days to 2 weeks range • Toggle individual calendars, color dots, locations • Hide past events; ongoing multi-day events move to "Today" ("until Fri") • Reminder shortly before the Live Activity expires, with one-tap renewal • Lock Screen widgets (inline + rectangular) and a Home Screen widget • Shortcuts actions for automations ("Agenda to Lock Screen", "End agenda") • Dynamic Island glance with your next event • Fully localized in English and German

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
LockCal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LockCal at none against Orbit's 2. Orbit's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Orbit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. LockCal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update weekly, LockCal monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Orbit versus LockCal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitLockCal
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRon Jimuel MendozaVladimir Popov

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Orbit

Subscriptions2
  • Orbit Pro$4.991 Month
  • Orbit Pro$39.991 Year
None

LockCal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LockCal free?
LockCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orbit or LockCal have ads?
Neither Orbit nor LockCal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or LockCal?
Orbit ships an update weekly, and LockCal monthly. Most recently, Orbit was updated on October 31, 2026 and LockCal on October 25, 2026.

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