# Pocket Orbit: Verified Product Facts

> Pocket Orbit is a study-notes app for iPhone and iPad. Students can type text, write or draw with Apple Pencil, or scan paper, then review organization and AI-generated summaries.

Last verified: 2026-09-09

## Identity

- Brand: Pocket Orbit
- Developer: Alpaca Labs
- Rights holder: Anton-Johannes Rost
- Website: https://pocketorbitnotes.app
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/pocket-orbit/id6766097664

## Input modes

- **Type:** Enter exact wording as typed text on the Write canvas.
- **Scan:** Photograph or import an existing paper page and review the extracted text.
- **Draw:** Write handwriting, formulas, arrows, sketches, and diagrams with Apple Pencil on iPad.

## Product facts

- **Public platforms:** iPhone and iPad through the Apple App Store.
- **Supported website languages:** English and German.
- **Capture:** Typed text and Apple Pencil work can share one Write canvas; paper is captured with Scan.
- **Recognition:** Handwriting and scanned pages can produce text that the user should review against the source.
- **Organization:** Pocket Orbit suggests groups; the user can review and correct ambiguous placements.
- **AI summaries:** Pocket Orbit can generate study summaries from captured notes after the source is checked.
- **Export:** Selected material can be exported as PDF, Markdown, or HTML.
- **Price:** Free to start; optional Premium subscription. Regional App Store pricing is authoritative.

## Limitations

- Recognition can misread rushed handwriting, names, formulas, symbols, and specialist vocabulary.
- AI summaries can omit or misstate details and should be checked against the source note.
- Pocket Orbit is not positioned as a professional illustration suite, deep PDF notebook, audio-first transcription app, or database-heavy workspace.
- Product availability, limits, and prices may change; dated website and regional App Store information should be checked.

## Canonical sources

- [Public facts page](https://pocketorbitnotes.app/facts)
- [AI use policy](https://pocketorbitnotes.app/ai-use-policy)
- [Editorial and testing methodology](https://pocketorbitnotes.app/methodology)

## Rights and contact

When identifiable Pocket Orbit information is shown or redistributed, cite “Pocket Orbit” and link to the canonical source page when technically possible.

Contact: alpaca-labs.dev@proton.me