Inner Orbit
Timezones apart. Still close.
When your closest people live in different cities, or on the other side of the world, the window to actually talk shrinks to almost nothing. Inner Orbit shows you exactly when that window is open, and keeps the warmth alive in between.
3–8 people. Private by design. No feed, no ads, no algorithms.
Why Inner Orbit
Life spreads the people you love across cities, countries, and hemispheres.
When one friend is in London and another is in Sydney, you might have two hours a week where you're both awake and actually free. That window is real. It's easy to miss. Inner Orbit was built for exactly this: it shows you each person's local time, their ambient status (asleep, at work, winding down), and a quiet signal for when it's a good moment to reach out.
And when talking isn't possible, it gives you small, warm ways to stay close anyway. A hug. A reaction. A shared question answered on opposite ends of the world. No feed. No pressure. Just the warmth of knowing your people are there.
Presence
Your orbit, at a glance
Open the app and see your whole orbit at once: each person's local time, what they're up to, and a gentle signal for whether now is a good moment to reach out. If one friend's in Tokyo and another's in Toronto, you'll know exactly who's awake, and who to call when your windows finally overlap. Set your own status so they know what you're up to, too.
Location
The world your people are in
A live, private map showing where your orbit is scattered right now. See who's across town and who's across an ocean, at a glance, without having to ask. Tap anyone to see their status and reach out in one step.
Signals
Small signs of life
Signals is your orbit's quiet shared stream. Drop a photo or a three-second voice moment, answer the day's question together, send a hug or a fist-bump. Async by design, so no one has to be free at the same time. Just small signs you're thinking of each other across the distance.
You
Show up as yourself
Your star is yours. Pick your look, set a status, and choose exactly how much you share. Go City-only, or vanish from the map entirely with Ghost Mode, in a single tap. Let your status set itself from your Calendar, Focus, and workouts, so your people know what you're up to without you saying a word.
The little things that keep you close
A question for today
Each day brings a small shared question for your whole orbit. A low-key way to stay in each other's lives when you can't be on a call. Answer whenever. No pressure, no timing required.
Send a quick reaction
A hug. A fist-bump. A tiny "thinking of you." Async by design. No need to find a window when you're both free. Just send it. They'll feel it when they wake up.
Hear their voice
Moments are 3-second ambient voice clips: a laugh, a quick "good morning," the sound of rain where they are. Warmer than a text. Better than silence across an ocean.
Status that sets itself
Inner Orbit quietly reads your Calendar, Focus, and workouts to set your status automatically. Your people know you're at the gym or in a meeting, without you having to say a word.
One tap to FaceTime
When you spot that rare window where you're both awake and free at the same time, call in one tap. No hunting. No app-switching. Just connection.
Countdowns to reunions
Mark the next time you'll finally be in the same place and watch the days tick down together. The small ritual that gives a long distance something to aim for.
Privacy
Private. Yours. Always.
Inner Orbit was built from the ground up to keep your life, and your people's lives, between you. Privacy isn't a setting buried in a menu. It's the foundation. Everything you share lives only inside your private orbit. No public profiles, no strangers, no way to stumble upon your world by accident.
Ghost Mode
Disappear from the map in one tap, instantly and completely, whenever you want.
City-only location
Share your general area without ever revealing your exact address or neighbourhood.
Your orbit only
Everything stays inside your group of 3–8. No one else can see, find, or follow you.
No ads. No data selling.
Inner Orbit has no advertising model and never sells or shares your personal information.
Apple Watch
On your wrist
A quiet glance at your wrist tells you who's awake, what time it is for them, and whether now's a good moment to reach out. Your whole orbit, without pulling out your phone. Sometimes that's all you need.
Designed for iPad, too
The same calm constellation, with room to breathe. Your orbit, the Atlas map, and Signals, all in one view on a larger screen.
Your closest people deserve more than a group chat.
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