Robin vs MIT Orbit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Robin
Easily book desks and meeting rooms in your office. Find and sit near colleagues, and receive helpful reminders. This app helps teams optimize their workspace and stay connected.
- Desk booking
- Meeting room reservation
- Find coworkers
- Personalized reminders
- Intuitive interface
- Workplace management
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Streamline your workplace experience with the Robin mobile app. Effortlessly reserve office resources (or have them booked for you!), find and sit near coworkers, and get personalized reminders on the app’s intuitive interface. Designed for collaboration and productivity, Robin’s mobile app is perfect for teams looking to optimize their office environment and stay connected on the go. Note: This is a companion app to Robin’s workplace management platform, and your company must have an account set up. Learn more at robinpowered.com.
MIT Orbit
This app serves as a centralized online portal for MIT student entrepreneurs. It offers a comprehensive and personalized guide to campus entrepreneurial resources, saving students time by connecting them to relevant opportunities.
- Centralized resource portal
- Personalized entrepreneurship guide
- Cross-departmental resource aggregation
- Curated student experience
- Connects to relevant opportunities
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Orbit is the one-stop-shop for MIT student entrepreneurs. For MIT students who need help finding entrepreneurial resources on campus, Orbit is a One-stop-shop online self-service portal that provides them with a comprehensive and personalized lay of the land of entrepreneurship at MIT. Unlike isolated and overwhelming resources on campus hosted by other groups, Orbit is comprehensive, cross-departmental, and provides a customized and curated experience to meet the needs of each individual student entrepreneur, saving them time and connecting them to the most relevant resource that they need at the time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MIT Orbit at 5.0 against Robin's 3.3. MIT Orbit also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 17.0). Robin's advantage is ratings volume (51 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MIT Orbit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Robin has 51 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Robin ships an update every 3 weeks, MIT Orbit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Robin | MIT Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (51 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robin Powered, Inc | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Customer experience
Robin
MIT Orbit
In-app purchases
Robin
No in-app purchases
MIT Orbit
No in-app purchases
