Why Orbit
Friendship should not need a funnel.
Orbit is for adults who lost touch with the people they already love. Not networks. Not strangers.
Where Orbit sits
Other shapes for other jobs.
Most apps that touch people are built for storage, sales, or attention. Orbit is built for memory and small follow-through.
Phonebook
Stores phone numbers and email addresses.
Sales software
Tracks deals, tasks, and people you are trying to convert.
Social media
Shows you a feed and asks for your attention back.
Orbit
Holds the people you already love, in your own words.
The loop
Remember. Notice. Choose. Act. Reflect.
A small loop, not a pile of features. Five steps you can take or leave.
01
Remember
Write down the small things you want to keep about a person.
02
Notice
See when a relationship has gone quiet, without a score.
03
Choose
Pick one person, one small thing, today.
04
Act
Send the message, make the plan, leave the note.
05
Reflect
Save what happened so the next hello is warmer.
What is in the app right now
Four surfaces and one helper.
Orbit stays small on purpose. Each surface does one thing and stops.
People
Your people placed in human-scale circles. A map of closeness, not an alphabetical list.
Moments
Short notes about a person. The detail you want to remember before the next conversation.
Gather
When you choose to invite others in. A small plan that actually happens.
Conversations
Answer one card, choose who came to mind, optionally save a memory or next step, then settle or let it rest.
Gentle next steps
The app notices drift and offers one small thing to do. It is a soft signal, not a notification badge asking for your time.
Care Moves
A way of thinking about staying close.
Small practices the app makes easier, without turning care into a score or obligation.
01
Remember
Save the detail so future-you can return warmly.
02
Appreciate
Notice or thank someone without turning gratitude into performance.
03
Ask
Make curiosity easier when the next hello would benefit from a real question.
04
Invite
Turn a warm thought into coffee, a walk, dinner, a call, or a small plan.
05
Repair
Approach a quiet or strained tie gently, with no pressure to force closure.
06
Follow up
Return after the hard thing, the appointment, the trip, or the promise.
07
Let rest
Close the card without action when action is not kind, timely, or needed.
Privacy boundary
A place for real memory.
A place for real memory.
Orbit is useful only if the boundary is clear: no scraped inboxes, no reply surveillance, no sales graph hiding under friendship language.
User-authored memory
You write what is in Orbit. Nothing is scraped from your email, texts, or calendars.
No reply surveillance
Orbit never sees what people say back. The conversation belongs to you and them.
Local-first by default
Your people and moments live on your phone. Sharing surfaces are additive and optional.
Research informed
We borrow from this work. We do not claim to replace it.
Orbit is shaped by a small number of ideas that have held up well over time. The app is not therapy and not a clinical tool. It is a quiet companion for tending the people in your life.
Citation
Robin Dunbar
The 5, 15, 50, and 150 circles come from his social-brain research. Orbit treats them as a humane scale, not a rule.
Citation
Ending Loneliness Together (2023)
The Australian State of the Nation report found that nearly 1 in 3 Australians were feeling lonely. Orbit borrows the urgency, while staying upstream of service or clinical claims.
For the people you already love.
Orbit is small, free at the core, and founder-built. If that sounds like the right shape, the app is on the App Store and Google Play now.