Orbit is a private messaging app for families of every shape. Everyone in yours talks only to the people you've all agreed on — with on-device AI safety built in, and messages that stay between you, not with us.
No ads. No algorithms pushing content. No strangers sliding into DMs. Just the people your family already knows — with AI safety that runs on the device, not our servers.
A classifier runs on your child's phone before each message is encrypted and sent. Bullying, sexual solicitation, scams, hate speech — caught on the device. Plaintext never leaves for moderation. We don't break end-to-end encryption to scan messages; that's the whole point.
If the AI detects signs of self-harm or suicidal ideation, the child immediately sees a card with UK helplines (Childline 0800 1111, Samaritans 116 123). The parent is alerted. The message still reaches the recipient — Orbit never silences a child reaching out for help.
New connection? The grown-ups in both families have to agree before a conversation opens. No open inbox. No friend-of-a-friend surprises.
Choose Off, Hold for approval, or Block — per child. Disable individual labels that don't fit your family (if "free Robux" is just gaming banter, silence that label). Add a watchlist of custom words for notification-only alerts. Crisis labels are always on.
Typing bubbles, reactions, read receipts. Everything you already know how to use — just without the parts that worry you.
New phone, hand-me-down iPad, the laptop everyone shares — log in and keep going. If a device gets lost, sign it out and it forgets everything.
Three steps. Children don't even need an email address.
Sign up, add the people in your family, and connect with other families you trust. Anyone too young for an email gets a simple login code instead.
When another family wants to connect, the grown-ups on both sides agree first. Everyone sees only the people you've okayed — nobody else.
Messages flow encrypted between your devices. On-device AI catches anything concerning for children before it encrypts and sends. Parents stay informed without hovering — and without us reading a word.
Most chat apps protect your messages from everyone except themselves. Orbit is different — we designed it so we genuinely can't read what your family sends. Here's what that means, in plain English.
Only the two phones in a conversation hold the key. Anything in between just sees scrambled data.
Any family. Two parents and a kid. A single parent and a teen. Co-parents across two homes. Grandparents in the group chat. Step-siblings, foster families, partners without children at all. Orbit is the same private space for any of those — and the safety features for children are there if and when you need them.
Not directly — and that's on purpose. Because messages are private end-to-end, nobody in the middle can read them, including us (which also means we can't hand them to you). What you can do: see who your child is talking to, approve every new contact, receive AI-generated alerts when concerning content is detected, hold flagged messages for your approval before they send, and add custom watchlist words for notification-only alerts. Oversight without spying on every word.
Short answer: we designed Orbit so the technical guarantees match the promises on this page. We don't ask you to take our word for it — we explain how it works. See the full security breakdown →
Those apps are built around individuals. Anyone with a phone number can message anyone else. Orbit flips that: your family is the unit, and you decide together who's allowed in. No stories, no feeds, no ads trying to keep anyone scrolling.
Sign it out remotely and that device is wiped — the keys that let it read messages are gone. Issue a fresh login code (or sign in again) and the person is back up on a new device. Old messages on the old phone stay locked.
Free while we're in beta. Long term, we plan a generous free tier plus paid plans for bigger families and extra features. No ads, no selling data — ever.
iPhone and Android today. A web view for parents is on the way.
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