Comparison

Donna vs Orbit

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

Head to head
About

Donna

Features
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Donna is your AI Personal Assistant

About

Orbit

Features
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Write messy. Find the patterns later. Orbit is a calm place to dump every thought โ€” work, life, half-formed ideas โ€” and make sense of them later. Not a diary. Not a wellness app. A mind you can search. Most notes go somewhere to be forgotten. Orbit is built for the opposite: the more you write, the more it gives back. CAPTURE WITHOUT FRICTION Open Orbit and write. No folders to pick, no tags to invent, no blank-page ceremony. Get the thought down โ€” from the app, the Share Sheet, or a Home Screen widget โ€” and move on. ASK YOUR OWN MIND ANYTHING Later, ask Orbit a real question โ€” "what have I been worried about lately?", "what did I decide about the launch?" โ€” and get an answer drawn from everything you've written, alongside the entries it came from. FIND THE PATTERNS YOU'D MISS Orbit quietly surfaces the themes running through your thinking โ€” the ideas you keep circling back to, the worries that recur โ€” so you can see what's hard to notice one entry at a time. A WEEKLY LOOK BACK Each week, Orbit reflects your thinking back to you: what you focused on, what shifted, what's worth returning to. BUILT TO BE CALM One clear thing to do on every screen. A warm, editorial design that feels more like paper than a dashboard. No streaks, no badges, no guilt. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Only you can see what you write. Orbit is a place for your real, unfiltered thinking. Write messy. Orbit finds the patterns later. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.useorbit.ink/privacy

Screenshots

Donna4 screens
Orbit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Donna at none against Orbit's 2. Donna also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Donna ships an update weekly, Orbit every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Donna versus Orbit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDonnaOrbit
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size31 MB16 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKishan SagathiyaRuntime Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Donna

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Orbit

Subscriptions2
  • Orbit Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Orbit Pro (Yearly)$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Donna free?
Donna is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Donna or Orbit have ads?
Neither Donna nor Orbit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Donna or Orbit?
Donna ships an update weekly, and Orbit every 9 days. Most recently, Donna was updated on August 18, 2026 and Orbit on September 22, 2026.

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