See how Qorbit stacks up against the alternatives and why competitive rocketry programs are making the switch.
Every existing flight computer is an altitude sensor that fires a charge. None of them guide your prep, review your data, or keep your team in sync.
Budget altimeters
Eggtimer Quark · PerfectFlite Pnut
Premium flight computers
Altus Metrum TeleMega · EasyMega
Qorbit Core
Flight computer + platform
The dream outcome, built into the product.
Confidence on cert day
Walk up to the pad knowing your recovery system is armed, tested, and guided — not guessed.
Data without the hassle
Upload a CSV and review flight profiles instantly on any device. Compare flights. Share with teammates. No cables, no Java.
Knowledge that stays
When seniors graduate, flight data, configurations, and lessons learned stay with the team — not their laptop.
Faster iteration
Guided checklists and instant data mean less time debugging and more flights per season.
Desktop sim tools haven't shipped a new idea in a decade.
OpenRocket, RockSim, and SpaceCAD are great at predicting altitudes for a single rocket on a single laptop. They're also where the story ends. Qorbit picks up where they stop — comparing predictions to reality, finding the best motor automatically, and keeping every flight in your team's shared library.
Sim-to-reality diff
Overlay your saved simulation on top of the actual flight data. See exactly where your model diverged and why.
Qorbit: Auto-detects drag, mass, and thrust mismatches
Motor sweep finder
Pick a rocket. Qorbit runs the sim across every certified motor and ranks them by apogee, max-Q, and ground hit speed.
Qorbit: Includes Thrustcurve.org motor library
Real-time team workspaces
Cert teams, school clubs, and IREC squads share a single rocket library. No more emailing .ork files around or hacking git on ZIP archives.
Qorbit: Built into Pro · multi-seat from day one
Connected flight computer
The simulation, the hardware, and the post-flight analysis are one product. Upload-by-USB is dead.
Qorbit: Qorbit Core hardware ships with the platform
OpenRocket is free, open-source, and great for what it does — Qorbit stands on its shoulders and adds the parts that have been on community wishlists for years.