Comparison

ChickFocus vs Exocus

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ChickFocus

This app gamifies focus sessions using the Pomodoro Technique. Grow a virtual chick by completing focused work intervals, with customizable timers and a distraction-free mode. Unlock adorable companions to make productivity more engaging.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus sessions with virtual chick growth
  • Pomodoro Technique timer
  • Customizable focus and break intervals
  • Distraction-free app whitelist
  • Unlockable cute companions
  • Floating timer
  • Time statistics and activity timeline
Features
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Focus has never been this fun! Download Chick Focus and unlock your productivity potential! 【Received App Store recommendations in 110+ countries】 Officially recognized by the App Store, trusted by 1M+ users worldwide! Your Perfect Focus Companion, Making Every Timer Delightful! 【Fun-Filled Focus】 Watch your chick grow as you stay focused! Successfully finish a session to raise an adult chicken. But beware—if you quit halfway, your chick might not make it. Keep going and help your chick thrive! 【Effortless Focus】 Utilize the Pomodoro Technique: focus for 25 minutes, rest for 5, and build healthy, stress-free habits. Fully customizable timers to fit your study or work schedule. 【Companions for Every Session】 Unlock adorable friends like chicks, cats, bears, deer, balloon dogs, and even dragons! Every focus session becomes a heartwarming journey with your cute companions. 【Distraction-Free Mode】 Set an app whitelist to block distracting apps during focus sessions. Stay laser-focused on what truly matters! 【Floating Timer】 Keep track of your focus progress across apps with a floating timer that’s always at hand. 【Simple and User-Friendly】 Intuitive design with zero learning curve. One tap to start focusing—anytime, anywhere. 【Packed with Features for Maximum Productivity!】 - Pomodoro Timer & Regular Countdown - Distraction-Free App Whitelist - Time Stats & Activity Timeline - Widgets & Live Activities - Multi-Device Sync - iPad Landscape/Portrait/Split Screen Support - Floating Timer & StandBy Mode Download Chick Focus now and start your journey to a more productive and focused you! Contact Us Email: support@kreatbloom.com Terms of Use: https://chickfocus.super.site/gmxz Privacy Policy: https://chickfocus.super.site/yszc

About

Exocus

This app transforms focus sessions into a gamified experience, visualizing your concentration as a planet's evolution. Earn rewards, unlock new designs, and overcome procrastination with engaging, pixel-art visuals and a unique reward system.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus timer
  • Planet evolution visualization
  • Pixel art design
  • Stage-based incentives
  • Unlockable planet designs
  • Hardcore Mode for increased stakes
Features
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Exocus is a pixel-art, gamified focus timer app. Here, your focus is no longer boring, repetitive, or meaningless because every moment of your focus will transform your very own planet. Do you struggle with staying motivated when you commit to doing something valuable in the long run, like learning new words, practicing an instrument, working out, or mastering a new language? Initially, you're full of enthusiasm, but soon, your passion wanes. Memorizing words becomes a chore, the instrument is neglected, workouts turn into a burden, and progress in the new language stalls... You start doubting yourself: “Maybe I just don’t have what it takes to stick with long-term commitments.” That’s not true! Let us explain the real reasons. ● Lack of Immediate Rewards: You understand the long-term value of these tasks, but how much does this half-hour of focus matter right now? ● Repetition Leads to Boredom: When the initial novelty wears off, the repetitive nature of the task can make you feel bored and tired. ● Overly Negative Focus: Focusing on what you haven't accomplished rather than acknowledging what you have done can lead to negative self-evaluation and loss of motivation. Let Exocus Help You! ====== Exocus Solutions ====== Exocus is a gamified focus timer that visualizes your concentration as a planet's evolution, helping you achieve long-term, pain-free focus. ● Emotional Design and Sense of Meaning After each focus session, you’ll see the story of what happened to your planet during that time. Even five minutes of focus equals 38.53 million years of evolution for your planet, so your focus is crucial. Want to raise the stakes? You can enable “Hardcore Mode,” where failing to focus might cause your planet to be destroyed! ● Stage-Based Incentives Short-term Incentives: After each focus session, the planet’s landscape changes and tells you its story. Medium-term Incentives: After several hours of focus, the planet undergoes more significant transformations, like forming magma, oceans, and land. Long-term Incentives: After around ten hours of focus, the planet completes its evolution. You can then add it to your star system, with each project corresponding to a star system, showcasing your long-term accumulation in that project. ● Continuous Freshness We offer hundreds of unique planet designs, satisfying your curiosity and desire to collect with constant surprises. See a planet's full appearance only after evolving it through focused efforts. Earn Stardust coins by focusing to unlock new planet seeds, motivating continuous concentration. ====== What Makes Exocus Special? ====== ● Meticulously Crafted Design Exocus uses a unique pixel art style, maintaining simplicity while incorporating delightful little Easter eggs for you to discover. We believe the beauty of Exocus can bring joy, which will ultimately translate into more focused time. ● Fun Game Elements Exocus embraces gamified design in a bold yet restrained and professional manner. We hope the game elements help you enjoy focusing, and we also care deeply about your ability to truly focus. We’ve eliminated anything that could distract you because we genuinely want to focus on achieving long-term goals with you. ● Flexible Focus Modes Exocus supports countdown timers, stopwatch mode, and the Pomodoro technique. In the Pomodoro technique, you can flexibly set focus and break durations and specify longer breaks after several focus cycles. ● Convenient Project Management Each project corresponds to a planet. You can track different categories of focus time with projects and quickly switch between projects on the home screen by swiping left or right. ● Personalized Statistics Based on your focus data, we provide personalized charts to help you understand your focus patterns and stay motivated to maintain consistent focus. Terms of Use: https://byland.work/exocus/terms-en.html Support: exocus@byland.work

Screenshots

ChickFocus4 screens
Exocus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ChickFocus at every 6 days against Exocus's every 3 weeks. ChickFocus also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 131). Exocus's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ChickFocus sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Exocus sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ChickFocus against 4.9 for Exocus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChickFocus has 1K ratings behind it against 131, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of ChickFocus's written reviews are positive against 96% of Exocus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChickFocus ships an update every 6 days, Exocus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChickFocus versus Exocus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChickFocusExocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1K ratings)4.9 (131 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews96.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better131
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB80 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperShenzhen KreatBloom Technology Co., Ltd.Byland Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

ChickFocus

All ratings1,032 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews228 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral7.9%
Negative3.5%

Exocus

All ratings131 ratings
Positive99.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews209 reviews
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.9%

Bugs and requests

ChickFocus

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Animals disappearing after updates
  • Timer switching to different language
  • Whitelist feature not working as expected
  • Notification issues with focus session completion

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more animals and farm customization options
  • Implement a task list or to-do feature
  • Provide unrestricted data editing and management
  • Add a 12-hour clock option instead of 24-hour
  • Introduce a 'finish early' option with safeguards
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  • Implement a live notification or lockscreen widget
  • Allow custom sounds and music integration

Exocus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

19 purchases

ChickFocus

Subscriptions5
  • ChickFocus Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • ChickFocus Pro Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • ChickFocus Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
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  • ChickFocus Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • ChickFocus Pro Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time14
  • New Character - Cluck$1.99
  • New Character - Pixel$2.99
  • New Character - Boomboom$2.99
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  • New Character - Kitty$3.99
  • New Character - Loong$3.99
  • Luna$3.99
  • Chocohog$3.99
  • New Character - Roller Snake$3.99
  • New Character - Bear$3.99
  • Pro Lifetime$16.99
  • Pro Lifetime$24.99
  • Pro Lifetime$25.99
  • ChickFocus Pro Lifetime$29.99
  • Lifetime Pro Family Sharing$39.99
7 purchases

Exocus

One-time7
  • Newcomer Pack$0.29
  • Cosmoney x 5$0.99
  • Cosmoney x 30$4.99
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  • Cosmoney x 100$13.99
  • Exopass$15.99
  • Exopass + Cosmoney x 200$34.99
  • Exopass$34.99

Questions

Is ChickFocus free?
ChickFocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Exocus free?
Exocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ChickFocus or Exocus?
Exocus is rated higher. ChickFocus averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Exocus averages 4.9 from 131 ratings.
Do ChickFocus or Exocus have ads?
Neither ChickFocus nor Exocus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChickFocus or Exocus?
ChickFocus ships an update every 6 days, and Exocus every 3 weeks. Most recently, ChickFocus was updated on September 24, 2026 and Exocus on September 22, 2026.

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