Comparison

Exocus vs Futureland

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

Futureland

This app helps you track daily habits and any kind of progress with a flexible system. Customize your home screen to display what matters most, from fitness goals to creative projects. Share progress with friends or join challenges for added engagement.

Highlights
  • Customizable home screen
  • Track habits and any progress
  • Precise metrics and rich media
  • Connect with friends for goals
  • Join optional challenges
  • Private by default
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Futureland is a thoughtfully designed habit tracker that can grow into something more. Start with tracking simple daily habits, then discover how its flexible system lets you capture any kind of progress – from workout stats to creative projects – with both precise metrics and rich media. At its heart is a customizable home screen where you arrange what matters most. Your daily water intake tracker sits next to your meditation streak, while your language learning progress lives alongside your workout log. Each tracker can be as simple or as detailed as you need, combining quick completion marks with optional measurements, notes, and media. Connect with friends when you want to share specific goals or join optional challenges, while keeping everything else private. Create high-score competitions or team challenges to make progress more engaging. User Testimonials “Futureland has given me confidence that I can start and commit to new projects at will, which I still find kind of wild.” — Mintie, Australia. “Futureland has been such a grounding experience. I love tracking habits and I’ve started encouraging close friends and family to do the same. I was not tracking anything prior to Futureland in one central app.” — Pablo, Brooklyn. “Since using Futureland over a long period of time, I’ve come to understand how the power of consistency is correlated to the type of person I am, which has allowed me to develop a much better relationship with tracking my habits” — Tania, Toronto. We would love to hear from you. If you have any questions, suggestions, or just want to share your experience, please feel free to reach out to us as help@futureland.tv. If you’re enjoying Futureland, please leave us a review. Your reviews help us continuously improve and develop Futureland. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://help.futureland.tv/privacy

Screenshots

Exocus4 screens
Futureland4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Futureland at weekly against Exocus's every 3 weeks. Exocus's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Futureland sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. 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 4.8 for Futureland. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 131 and 89 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Exocus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Futureland's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Exocus ships an update every 3 weeks, Futureland weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Exocus versus Futureland: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExocusFutureland
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (131 ratings) — better4.8 (89 ratings)
Positive reviews96.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings131 — better89
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
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 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperByland Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Futureland Computer Entertainment, Inc.

Customer experience

Exocus

All ratings131 ratings
Positive99.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.9%

Futureland

All ratings89 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews15 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
2 purchases

Futureland

Subscriptions2
  • Futureland+ Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Futureland+ Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Exocus free?
Exocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Futureland free?
Futureland is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Exocus or Futureland?
Exocus is rated higher. Exocus averages 4.9 out of 5 from 131 ratings, while Futureland averages 4.8 from 89 ratings.
Do Exocus or Futureland have ads?
Neither Exocus nor Futureland shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Exocus or Futureland?
Exocus ships an update every 3 weeks, and Futureland weekly. Most recently, Exocus was updated on October 1, 2026 and Futureland on September 30, 2026.

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