Comparison

Exocus vs Laps

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

Head to head
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

About

Laps

This app helps you focus by blocking distracting applications during work sessions. As you complete focus sessions, you virtually travel through real cities on a map, unlocking new routes and building a streak. Track your progress with detailed statistics for each session.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps
  • Gamified focus sessions
  • Virtual city exploration
  • Progress tracking
  • Focus streak building
  • Unlock new routes
Features
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How to use Laps: 1. Start runs to block distracting apps while you work — every run moves you through a real city on the map. 2. Explore global cities and unlock new routes as you build you streak. 3. Track your progress with a full stats breakdown of every run If you want to focus and achieve your goals, Laps will help you get there. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.uselaps.com/privacypolicy

Screenshots

Exocus4 screens
Laps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Exocus at none against Laps's shown. Exocus also leads on ratings volume (131 vs 26) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). Laps's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Exocus sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Laps sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. 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 — 4.9 for Exocus against 5.0 for Laps. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exocus has 131 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Exocus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Laps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Exocus ships an update every 3 weeks, Laps every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Exocus versus Laps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExocusLaps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (131 ratings)5.0 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings131 — better26
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperByland Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Kwabena Ohemeng

Customer experience

Exocus

All ratings131 ratings
Positive99.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews214 reviews
Positive96.3%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.9%

Laps

All ratings26 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

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
9 purchases

Laps

Subscriptions4
  • Early Adopter 1 Week7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Early Adopter 1 Month7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Early Adopter 1 Year Plan7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Early Adopter 1 Year7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time5
  • Restore Streak$0.99
  • 1,000 Laps Points$8.99
  • 2,800 Laps Points$22.99
Show 2 more
  • 5,000 Laps Points$36.99
  • 13,500 Laps Points$89.99

Questions

Is Exocus free?
Exocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Laps free?
Laps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Exocus or Laps?
Laps is rated higher. Exocus averages 4.9 out of 5 from 131 ratings, while Laps averages 5.0 from 26 ratings.
Do Exocus or Laps have ads?
Laps shows ads; Exocus does not.
Which is updated more often, Exocus or Laps?
Exocus ships an update every 3 weeks, and Laps every 3 days. Most recently, Exocus was updated on October 17, 2026 and Laps on September 17, 2026.

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