Orbit is free to download and free to write in, with Orbit Pro at $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year — 16% less — for people who want the whole intelligence layer.
Capture, your timeline, and search are never limited on any tier, and the free tier also includes 3 Asks a month and the weekly review email. Pro lifts the limit on Ask, unlocks every pattern Orbit finds, and adds reviews on demand and drafts.
Orbit is free on the App Store — get it for iPhone.
| What you get | Free | Orbit Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Writing, timeline, and search | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Export your writing | Any time, as JSON | Any time, as JSON |
| Ask your writing | 3 a month | Unlimited |
| Patterns | Your first one, ever — plus any Orbit showed you on Pro | Every pattern Orbit finds |
| Weekly review email | Included | Included |
| Past reviews and answers | Read any time | Read any time |
| Reviews on demand | Not included | Any window up to 31 days |
| Drafts | Not included | Included |
| Price | Free | $4.99/mo, or $49.99/yr — save 16% (US pricing) |
Orbit Pro prices shown are US pricing — your local price shows in the app. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled, and are billed through your Apple account.
No. Free is a tier, not a countdown — there's no day-14 wall. Writing, your timeline, and search stay unlimited for as long as you use Orbit, whether or not you ever pay.
Your writing is never locked. Every entry stays in Orbit, stays searchable, and stays exportable, and your past reviews and Ask answers stay readable. Any pattern Orbit showed you while you were on Pro stays open too — we don't take back something you've already seen. What stops is new Pro work: Ask goes back to three a month, reviews on demand and drafts stop, and patterns you haven't seen yet are locked until you resubscribe.
On the 1st of each month, UTC. An Ask is counted when you send it rather than when it finishes, so an answer that fails still uses one of the three.
In the app, under Settings → Manage subscription. You can also cancel from Apple's Settings app: tap your name, then Subscriptions. Cancelling stops the renewal and you keep Pro until the period you've paid for ends.
Write first. You can decide about Pro once Orbit has something to show you.