A / Learns their rhythm
00/The keep-in-touch app
Stay in touch with family and friends, a few minutes at a time.
Orbital is a private keep-in-touch app. It finds a few free minutes in your week to call or message the people you care about, remembers what they told you, and keeps all of it on your phone.
Get it on Google PlayiPhone coming soon
Free to start · No account · Nothing uploaded
Sunday 18 Oct
Good evening.
Next window
MCall MumNine days since you spoke
Every week · 2 running
“Started the pottery class she’d been talking about all year. Ask how the lopsided bowl turned out.”
Your first week
This week
67%
Streak
8wMMum · 10 goingCalls
34this monthTime together
14h 6mthis monthDay 1 of 7. One kept window is a good first week.
Try it: tap Start now, or open Sky
- No account
- Nothing uploaded
- Never reads your calls
- Works around your calendar
- Time zones handled
You mean to call. Then the week’s gone.
Work runs late, the weekend fills up, and suddenly it has been a month.
Mum's eight hours behind, so the good times never seem to line up.
You feel bad about it, which makes it harder to start.
Orbital doesn’t add guilt. It finds the moment and tells you who it’s for.
01/How it works
How does Orbital remind you to call?
Pick your people
Choose them from your contacts. Only the ones you pick are kept, and only on your phone.
Orbital finds the window
It checks your calendar and quiet hours and picks a few free minutes, as often as you want to talk.
Talk, then add a star
Call or message them. Tell Orbital you talked, and it becomes a star in your sky.
02/What it does
Small things that add up.
B / One nudge
One person, one good time. Not a to-do list.
C / Follow-ups
Remembers to ask how it went.
“Clinic visit on the 18th.”
Ask Mum how it went · Mon 19 OctD / Moments
Remembers where every conversation left off.
16FriMMum2d ago“She started the pottery class she’d been talking about all year. First piece is a lopsided bowl she’s weirdly proud of.”
E / Home screen
Call or say you talked, right from the widget.
No need to open the app.
F / Your week
A short look back every Sunday.
Who you caught up with, and who is coming up.
G / Coming later
Rest your other apps during a window.
Not in the app yet. We'll say when it is.
03/Your sky
Every catch-up becomes a star.
Your people orbit you. Every call or message adds a star, and over the year your stars join into real constellations: the Southern Cross for one person, Orion for another. There are no streaks to lose and nothing turns red.
Three ways to look at your year
Tap one to travel there.
In the app you pinch to travel between them
MUM
AMARA
DANIEL
SOFIA
PRIYA
JONAH
GRACE
ELENA
Your sky
CONSTELLATIONS
Every star is a time you reached out.
04/Family overseas
Staying in touch with family overseas.
Tell Orbital where they live. It only suggests times when you’re both awake, and shows you the time on their side before you call.
No more maths at 11 PM, and no more waking anyone up.
You · Brisbane7:00 PM
- MMumBujumbura11:00 AMGood time
- AAlineLondon10:00 AMGood time
- EEricManila5:00 PMGood time
- JJonahVancouver2:00 AMAsleep, so we wait
05/Privacy
Is Orbital private? Yes, and here’s exactly how.
No account
There's nothing to sign up for. No email, no password, no profile.
It stays on your phone
Your people, notes and history are encrypted on your device. We don't keep a copy.
Never reads your calls
Orbital can't see your call log or messages. You tell it when you've talked.
Note summaries are optional and off until you turn them on.
Read the privacy page06/Pricing
Start free. Then A$5 a month, billed yearly.
No card to begin. When you're ready for Pro, the yearly plan starts with a free month: cancel in Google Play before it ends and you won't pay a cent.
A / MonthlyMonth to monthA$9.99a monthCancel anytime.
B / Best valueYearlyA$59.99a year, after a free month
C / Founding memberLifetimeA$149.99oncePay once, keep Pro for as long as Orbital runs.
Prices in Australian dollars, GST included. Google Play shows your local price.
Subscription terms07/Questions
Things people ask.
Is there an app that reminds you to call family?
Yes. Orbital picks a few free minutes in your week and tells you who to call, based on how often you want to talk to each person.
Does Orbital upload my contacts?
No. You choose people from your contacts, and only those are saved, on your phone. Nothing is uploaded.
Can Orbital see my calls or messages?
No. It never reads your call log or messages. When you've talked, you tap We talked, or Orbital asks once next time you open it.
Do I need an account?
No. There's no sign-up, email or password.
How is this different from a calendar reminder?
A reminder goes off at the same time whether you're free or not. Orbital picks a time you're actually free and learns when each person usually picks up.
Does it work with family in another time zone?
Yes. Add where they live and Orbital only suggests times when you are both awake.
Is it good if I have ADHD or just forget?
It's built for people who forget. One nudge at a good moment, never a list of overdue tasks, and nothing goes red if a week gets away from you.
Is Orbital on iPhone?
Android first. iPhone is coming soon.
What happens to my data if I delete the app?
It's deleted with the app. It only lives on your phone, though your phone's own backup may keep an encrypted copy.
How much does Orbital cost?
It's free to start, with no card. Orbital Pro is A$59.99 a year, and the yearly plan begins with a free month. There's also a monthly plan at A$9.99 and a one-off lifetime option at A$149.99.
08/Why Orbital
BruceMade Orbital · Brisbane
I’ve always struggled to balance work with calling the people I care about. Then I noticed friends and family had stopped calling me. Nothing had gone wrong between us. I just hadn’t been checking in, and we were drifting apart without meaning to. That really hurt.
So I built Orbital, to make sure the people I love keep hearing from me.
Ten minutes this week. Someone will be glad you called.
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Updated October 2026