Questions

What is Orbit, and who is it for?

Orbit is a study tracker for the IB Diploma and for AP courses, and for the teachers who teach them.

You rate what you know, it schedules the review, and you log the mistakes worth redoing.

It holds your syllabus, your dates and your own links, so one screen answers what to do today.

How does Orbit decide when something comes back?

Every rating books the next review on a ladder: weak comes back tomorrow, shaky in three days, solid in seven.

Each time you rate something solid again it moves up the ladder, so the gap grows to 14 days, then a month, then longer.

Rate it weak and it drops to the bottom again, because the point is the things you are about to forget.

Logging an error on a subtopic pulls its next review forward.

What do the four states mean, and why is solid three taps?

A subtopic is untaught until you touch it, then one tap makes it weak, another shaky, and a third solid.

Tapping through them is deliberate: it is a moment of thinking about how well you actually know it.

Untaught rows stay out of the queue entirely, so a syllabus you have not reached yet never nags you.

How do I make the tree match my school's units?

Open a subject, tap the pencil, and paste your school's unit list into the importer.

Orbit reads the numbered sections and shows a preview of what will replace what before anything changes.

Your ratings follow the rows that survive the match, and you can edit any row by hand afterwards.

What are the error log and the redo deck for?

When you get something wrong, log it in three taps with an optional photo of the question.

The subtopic's next review moves closer, because a mistake is the clearest signal that something needs another look.

The redo deck deals those mistakes back to you later, a few at a time, so you meet the question again rather than only the topic.

What is the difference between homework and a deadline?

Homework is the small stuff due tomorrow: it sits in a checklist on Today and never reaches your calendar.

Deadlines are the dated things that matter, like an IA, a mock or a test, and those can sync to Google Calendar.

Both live on the Timeline, so nothing is hidden, but only one of them interrupts your day.

How do the three modes work on one account?

One account can be an IB student, an AP student and a teacher, and you switch in Settings under Account.

Each mode keeps its own subjects, dates, settings and tour, and switching never deletes anything.

The header shows which hat you are wearing, and switching back finds everything where you left it.

What does the Google Calendar connection read and write?

Orbit asks for two narrow permissions: to manage events, and to list your calendars so you can pick which one it writes to.

It writes one review block a day and your dated deadlines, and it reads that calendar only to show what is already on it.

It never reads your other calendars and never touches an event it did not create.

You can disconnect it in Settings at any time, and the events already there stay.

Is Orbit free?

Yes, while it is in beta it is free, and there are no ads and nothing to buy inside it.

It is invite only for now, so every account comes from a code someone shared.

If that ever changes, you will hear it from us before anything is charged.

Who can see my data?

You can. Every table is locked to the account that owns the row, enforced by the database rather than by the app.

The owner can see operational things like your email, when you last used it and how many subjects you have, which is what keeps the beta running.

Nobody else can read your ratings, your notes or your photos, and nothing is sold or shared.

How do I delete my account?

Settings, then the Data tab, then Delete account, and you type your email to confirm.

Everything goes with it: subjects, ratings, errors, photos, deadlines and the Google connection.

Export your data first from the same tab if you want to keep a copy.

How do I send feedback or report a bug?

There is a small feedback control on every screen: a round button above the bottom bar on a phone, a row in the sidebar on a computer.

One box, no categories, and the screen you were on is recorded with it.

You can attach a screenshot, and it goes straight to the person who builds Orbit.