Room for everyone you love, and everything about them.
A tour of what's inside Orbit, from the web of your people to the widget on your Home Screen.
Your orbit
You're pinned at the centre, and the people in your life form a web around you, joined by how they know each other. Pan and pinch to explore, search to jump to someone, or drag a moon to pin it where you like.
- Tap a moon for their relationship, next birthday and connections
- Link people as partners, parents, siblings, friends or colleagues
- Bring people in from Contacts: just names, nicknames and birthdays
- On iPad, your orbit and their page sit side by side
A page for every person
A photo, their birthday (with or without the year), how you know them, and everything you'd want to remember.
Notes
Bold, italics and links. Pin the important ones to the top.
Gifts
The link, the price, the occasion, and the size or colour.
Dates
Anniversaries, moves, big days. One-off or every year, with up to three reminders each.
Places
Where they've been, where they're going and where they live. Search with Apple Maps, or just type a name.
Family
Partners, kids, parents and siblings. Add a name-only family member without crowding your orbit.
Tags
Up to 20 per person, like book club or uni friends.
Reminders and check-ins
Birthday reminders are on from the start: 9am on the day and a week before, or whenever suits you. They're scheduled on your iPhone, and notifications keep names hidden unless you choose to show them.
Set how often you'd like to catch up with someone, from every two weeks to every six months. Tap "We caught up" when you do. With Pro, Orbit can send a gentle Sunday nudge.
Upcoming birthdays widget
The next birthdays in your orbit, on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Show names and dates, dates only, or hide it.
Meet Opal. It knows your people, not their names.
Ask for gift ideas, things to ask someone, or help planning something together. Before anything leaves your iPhone, names are swapped for labels like "Person A". Private notes, photos, links and addresses are never sent.
It's off until you turn it on. You can keep anyone out of it, review each question before it's sent, and see what was shared afterwards.
How Opal handles your data →Privacy and security
Everything in Orbit is stored encrypted on your iPhone. If you turn on iCloud sync, it's end-to-end encrypted before it leaves, so only your devices can read it: not Apple, and not us.
Encrypted on device
Your whole Orbit database is encrypted, with its key kept in your iPhone's Keychain.
End-to-end encrypted sync
Optional and off until you turn it on. It's in your iCloud, not on our servers.
App Lock
Require Face ID or your passcode, and hide Orbit in the app switcher. Reminders and widgets keep working.
Photos, cleaned
Location and other metadata are stripped, and each photo is encrypted. The original in your library isn't touched.
No Contacts permission
You pick who to import. Orbit copies their name, nickname and birthday, and nothing else.
Your data, your call
Export everything as a zip, erase Orbit from a device, or delete your account in the app.
Keep everyone close.
Start a 7-day free trial here, then sign in on your iPhone or iPad.