Comparison

Orbit vs HelpDo

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

Head to head
About

Orbit

This visual planner uses a circular 24-hour timeline to help you manage your schedule. Easily drag and drop activities, build templates, and track how your time is spent. It's designed for anyone seeking a more intuitive way to organize their day.

Highlights
  • Circular 24-hour timeline
  • Drag-and-drop time blocking
  • Recurring tasks and habits
  • Schedule templates
  • Day, Wave, and Month views
  • Local-first design
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Orbit is a visual planner built around a simple idea: your day is a clock, not a list. Plan your schedule on a 24-hour circular timeline inspired by circadian rhythm planning. Drag activities directly onto the dial, build reusable templates, manage recurring tasks, and see how your time is actually spent. Whether you're planning work, exercise, sleep, meals, or personal projects, Orbit helps you create schedules that are easier to understand and maintain. Features: • Circular 24-hour planner • Two-layer scheduling system for broad and detailed planning • Drag-and-drop time blocking • Recurring tasks and habits • Completion-based task regeneration • Task inbox for unscheduled work • Day, Wave, and Month views • Schedule templates • Color-coded categories • Local-first design with automatic saving • Installable on iPhone, iPad, and desktop Built for visual thinkers, routine builders, and anyone who wants a better way to see their time.

About

HelpDo

Features
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HelpDo is the productivity app that turns your goals into a daily plan — and lets the people you trust actually help you reach them. Most goal apps leave you on your own. HelpDo lets you invite a friend, partner, mentor, or coach to follow a specific goal, see your progress, and keep you on track in real time. PLAN YOUR DAY • Organize goals into 5 categories: Work, Personal, Home, Health & Fitness, and Business • Break goals into to-dos and track progress with clear completion bars • Map your day on a 24-hour schedule — plan each hour, then log what you actually did • Pin a "Top To-dos" focus list so the day's priorities stay front and center GET REAL HELP • Invite specific people by username to help with a single goal • Your helper sees only that goal — its to-dos, daily plan, and stats — nothing else • Built-in real-time chat with each helper • Pause or end any helping relationship whenever you want STAY ON TRACK • Daily Notes: keep a dated journal on each goal and search your whole history • Stats & streaks: see how consistently you complete recurring to-dos • Push notifications keep you and your helpers in sync AI GOAL ADVICE • Get personalized, AI-powered insights on any goal — what's working and what to do next • Built right in, free — no setup or API key required Your data is private by default. Helpers only ever see the one goal you invite them to — never your whole account. Download HelpDo and make this the goal you actually finish.

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
HelpDo4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Orbit versus HelpDo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitHelpDo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB36 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKiera McCabeAli Rizvi

In-app purchases

None

Orbit

No in-app purchases

None

HelpDo

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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