VERO vs Orbit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VERO
Experience a social network designed for genuine connection, free from ads and algorithmic manipulation. Take full control of your social feed and enjoy a more authentic online interaction. Join now to become a Founding Member and get a lifetime free subscription.
- Ad-free social experience
- No algorithmic feed
- User control over content
- Optimized for connection
- Founding Member offer
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Ad-free, Algorithm-free Social. From design to functionality, we’re redefining what a social network should be - delivering a better, truer social experience for everybody. VERO is optimized for connection, not addiction, putting you in total control. Free for a limited time: join as a Founding Member now and your subscription is free for life.
Orbit
Connect with your partner or best friend through live widgets on your Home Screen. Share photos, doodles, notes, and moods instantly. Play games and track activities together without leaving the widget.
- Live widgets for instant sharing
- Photos, doodles, notes, and moods
- Widget-based games (Tic-Tac-Toe, Connect Four)
- Activity and step races
- Live distance and weather sharing
- Customizable widget designs
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Your favorite person, one glance away. Orbit connects you with your partner or best friend through live widgets. Whatever they send — a photo, a doodle, a note, a mood — appears right on your Home Screen, moments after they send it. No feed, no followers, no noise. Just the two of you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pair with one person using a private invite code 2. Add the Orbit widget to your Home or Lock Screen 3. Send something — it lands on their screen in seconds SEND MOMENTS, NOT MESSAGES • Photos that show up right on their Home Screen • Hand-drawn doodles (bad drawings strongly encouraged) • Sticky notes, big-text notes, tiny love notes • Emoji moods with hundreds of style combinations • Voice mails they can play — and react to — from the widget • Songs from Apple Music, with the cover, title and artist • A remote shutter that snaps and prints straight onto their screen PLAY ON YOUR WIDGETS • Tic-Tac-Toe and Connect Four — take your turn without opening the app • Step races and Activity Ring battles, powered by Apple Health • Cheer each other on mid-workout, in real time • Playground: a table of photo cutouts you both move around STAY CLOSE, EVEN FAR APART • Count down to the days you share — trips, anniversaries, birthdays • My Day: today's events and reminders, one glance away • See the live distance between you two • Peek at each other's weather • Share your heartbeat • Keep a shared list you can both check off from the widget • Schedule surprises to appear on their day, right on time MAKE IT YOURS 20+ widget types and hundreds of designs to mix. Browse the gallery, bookmark the looks you love, publish your own — and pick shared themes together, because their widget is half yours. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Orbit is one connection, on purpose. Your shared space belongs to the two of you alone — when you disconnect, it's deleted, and if you ever delete your account, everything you shared goes with it. Permanently. FREE TO START Sending emoji widgets is free, forever. Orbit Plus unlocks every widget type and experience; subscriptions auto-renew until canceled and can be managed in your App Store settings. MADE BY ONE PERSON Orbit is an indie app, built with a lot of love and an unreasonable number of late nights. Something wrong? Email me from the app — I'll fix it. Your person is closer than you think. Pull them into Orbit. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Orbit at 5.0 against VERO's 4.2. Orbit also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). VERO's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. VERO sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and Orbit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Orbit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VERO has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
VERO ships an update monthly, Orbit every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | VERO | Orbit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 402 MB | 235 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vero Labs Inc | Mayak Labs LLC |
Customer experience
VERO
Orbit
Bugs and requests
VERO
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent crashes and loading issues
- Unreliable verification code delivery
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add text-only post option
- Improve search and discovery
- Introduce stories or similar feature
- Expand to more platforms (web, iPad)
Orbit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VERO
- Monthly Creator Subscription$4.991 Month
Orbit
- View Access$2.991 Month
- Plus$6.991 Month









