Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Deciding where to walk is one decision too many at the end of a long day, and most walking apps assume everyone walks at the same speed, offering generic routes that don't account for individual pace or preferences. This makes it harder for people to maintain a consistent walking habit.
Solution
Orbit is an iOS walking companion app that builds real routes from your front door, guides you turn by turn, and gets you back on time. It offers six walking modes—Loop, Go, Roam, Open, Draw, and History—so users can pick how today should feel with one tap. The app learns your natural walking pace from Apple Health data, including stride length and pace variations by time of day, weather, and walking mode, and sizes every route to it. Orbit also analyzes step count history to suggest optimal walking times via local notifications. All pace learning and walking pattern data is stored locally on the device and never transmitted to any server or third party.
Target Audience
Primary users are iOS owners who want to build a consistent walking habit but struggle with route planning, including casual walkers, fitness enthusiasts, and people looking for a low-effort way to get daily exercise.
Features
- Six walking modes: Loop, Go, Roam, Open, Draw, and History, each adapting the route plan to the user's preference
- Spoken turn-by-turn navigation with Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Apple Watch support with wrist taps for turns
- Pace learning from Apple HealthKit that analyzes stride length and pace variations by time of day, weather, and walking mode, processed entirely on-device
- Walking Pattern Analysis that detects natural walking times from up to 84 days of step count history and suggests optimal walk times via local notifications
- Walk history stored locally with CoreData and synced to personal iCloud via CloudKit, never accessible to third parties
- Optional premium subscription managed through Apple and RevenueCat, with anonymous purchase receipts only and no personal information collected