Starlit vs Quiet Orbit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starlit
This app uses a unique visual approach to track study sessions, turning completed focus time into stars that form constellations. It helps users visualize their progress and stay motivated through personalized night skies and an exam countdown.
- Visual progress tracking with constellations
- Customizable focus session lengths
- Subject-specific constellations
- Weekly and monthly focus time breakdown
- Exam countdown timer
- Constellation guide collection
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Finish a focus session, and a star lights up. Each subject grows its own constellation, and every session you complete builds a night sky that is yours alone. It is a study timer that lets you feel your progress in the sky, not only in numbers. For exam prep, certification study, university reports and assignments, or daily self-study. Keep sessions short or focus for as long as you like. The time you finish becomes a star. - One tap to start a 15, 25, 45 or 60 minute session, or set any length from 1 to 180 minutes - One subject, one constellation. Which constellation appears next is a surprise, and each one fills in as you keep going - The timer keeps running when you leave the screen, and a notification tells you when it ends - See weekly and monthly focus time, with a breakdown by subject. Your study log builds itself - Exam countdown. Your home screen shows how many days remain until your next exam - Constellation guide. Every constellation you complete is collected in a guide of 36 Your study data, such as subject names and focus history, stays on your device. There are no ads and no tracking across other apps or websites. For how in-app purchases are handled, please see the privacy policy. Free to use: the default Deep Indigo Night sky and every feature, including the constellation guide and the exam countdown. Starlit+ adds 7 more skies, including Aurora, Moonlit Night, Milky Way and Night Cherry Blossoms, plus 18 Starlit+-only constellations such as Pencil and Cat. Starlit+ comes in three options, and all of them include the same content: - Yearly (auto-renewing) - Monthly (auto-renewing) - One-time purchase (a single payment) Yearly and monthly plans renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Service: https://katsu345.github.io/hoshi-atsume-legal/en/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://katsu345.github.io/hoshi-atsume-legal/en/privacy-policy/
Quiet Orbit
Enhance focus with a Pomodoro timer and app blocker. Earn rewards and explore new worlds as your virtual spaceship travels through space. Collaborate with friends for shared focus sessions.
- Customizable focus timer (15-90 minutes)
- App and website blocking
- Gamified progress with space exploration
- Focus sessions with friends
- Collectible in-app items and ship customization
- Progress tracking and patterns
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A calm focus timer with an app blocker, and a spaceship of your own. Every minute you focus flies it toward the next planet, and now friends can fly beside you. Pick 15 to 90 minutes, in steps of five. Choose which apps stay out. Hold the button to start. NEW: THREE MORE WORLDS Ceres in the asteroid belt, Europa at Jupiter and Charon at Pluto, each with its own things to find and its own sound. Premium now opens every world from the day you join, and each month one Premium world is open to everyone, for that month only. FOCUS WITH FRIENDS Invite up to three friends to a session. You all start at the same minute, wherever you are, and your ships fly side by side. Take the break together, then land together. Some things only ships flying together bring back. Hosting and joining are free. BLOCK WHAT PULLS YOU AWAY Choose the apps and websites to keep out for the length of a session. Quiet Orbit uses Apple's Screen Time system, so only what you choose is blocked, and only while a session runs. The block lifts on its own timer, so access comes back at the end whatever happens to the app in between. Blocking is optional, and the timer works the same with it off. PROGRESS THAT LASTS Fourteen destinations, from Earth orbit out to Pluto and its moon Charon. Every focused minute counts toward the next one, whether you sit down daily or once a week. Come back after a month away and the route is exactly where you left it. End a session early and the minutes you focused are kept. Finish every destination and the map closes every ring, with your hours and every world you flew. 323 THINGS TO FIND Finished sessions turn up things to keep: objects brought aboard, records from the places you reach, and the sound of fourteen worlds, plus 42 things only a crew of friends brings back. Each one has its own name and story. Decorate your ship with your favorites, with two of them beside you in the cockpit every time you fly. 33 badges mark the milestones. YOUR SHIP, YOUR COLORS Focused time earns new paints, engine lights and ships. Every world you finish adds its colors, your ship picks up others in flight, badges bring more, and a few come only from flying with friends. Paint the hull, wings and trim the way you like, while new ships take shape one session at a time. SEE YOUR PATTERNS An honest record of the work: a log of each week, focused time over the past week, the hours of the day you finish most often, and your longest sessions. WHAT'S INCLUDED Earth orbit and the Moon, a Premium world to visit each month, every session length, app blocking, protected breaks, sessions with friends, reminders, your streak, every badge, your ship with the paints and ships you earn, the view of your ship from behind while you focus (with your friends' ships when you fly together), and your history come with the app. Quiet Orbit Premium adds the other twelve worlds and their sounds, open from the day you join, five more cameras for watching your ship fly, among them one that circles it and one it flies past, two more ships, seven gradient paints, places to dock your ship and a name of your own for it, unlimited saved setups, private notes, every widget, and trends across weeks and months. Quiet Orbit protects one stretch of attention at a time. Your progress stays on your iPhone and in your own iCloud, and the apps you choose to block stay inside Apple's Screen Time, and only there. iPhone only. Requires iOS 18 or later. Made by Zeus Apps B.V. in the Netherlands. QUIET ORBIT PREMIUM Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. A subscription renews itself unless you turn that off at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://quietorbit.org/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Quiet Orbit at every 2 days against Starlit's every 10 days. Starlit's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Starlit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Quiet Orbit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Starlit ships an update every 10 days, Quiet Orbit every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Starlit | Quiet Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Katsuhide Leung | Zeus Apps B.V. |
Customer experience
Starlit
Quiet Orbit
In-app purchases
Starlit
- Starlit+ Monthly$1.991 Month
- Starlit+ Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Starlit+ One-time$19.99
Quiet Orbit
- Quiet Orbit Premium$2.991 Month
- Quiet Orbit Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Quiet Orbit Premium Lifetime$22.49
- Quiet Orbit Premium Lifetime$29.99









