What is a good Momentum alternative?

Orbit Station is a free Chrome new tab for people who want more than a daily photo and a to-do. It keeps the daily focus, quote, weather, and links, and adds tab stacks that open a whole workflow in one click, a command palette, and Galaxy, Grid, List, and Board views. The free plan needs no account.

Is Orbit Station free?

Yes. The local-first new tab is free, with no account. Pro is $4.99 per month or $39 per year and adds optional cross-device sync.

When should I stay on Momentum?

Stay on Momentum if a calm photo, a daily focus, and a short to-do list are the whole job. Switch if you reopen the same set of sites every day and want that set to launch in one click.

Momentum alternative

The new tab that opens the whole workflow.

Momentum is a calm dashboard: a photo, a quote, a daily focus, a to-do, the weather, and a few links. Orbit Station keeps that morning feeling, then launches the sites you actually reopen — Gmail, the doc, the board, the repo — in one click.

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Orbit Station's stack launch card: the Morning Routine stack with Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack and Notion and a Launch button that opens all four.

Orbit Station vs Momentum

Same job at the start of the day. Different job once you have a routine to launch.

	Momentum	Orbit Station
Daily photo, quote, and focus	Yes	Yes
Todos and weather	Yes	Yes
Quick links	A short list	Workspaces that scale
Open 5–20 tabs in one click	No	Stacks
Launch that set from any site	No	Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+1–9
Command palette	No	Cmd/Ctrl+K
Views	One dashboard	Galaxy, Grid, List, Board
Free plan	Photo, focus, todos, links	Full local new tab, no account
Paid plan	Momentum Plus: themes, your own photos, extra widgets	Pro, $4.99/mo or $39/yr, for cross-device sync

Stay on Momentum if

You want a quiet photo and one intention for the day, and you do not reopen the same set of tools every morning.

Switch if

Your morning is six tabs, not one quote. Save that set as a stack and open it with a click or a hotkey.

What you get on the first new tab

Install, and the setup can pull in your open tabs and top bookmarks. After that, every new tab is the launcher: search with Cmd/Ctrl+K, switch views with a key, and keep notes, todos, and a focus timer in the sidebar. Links stay in the browser. Sync across computers is optional Pro.

Install it in one click

Free on this device. No account. Remove the extension and the default new tab comes back.

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