Exocus vs Focus Sailor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Gamified focus timer
- Planet evolution visualization
- Pixel art design
- Stage-based incentives
- Unlockable planet designs
- Hardcore Mode for increased stakes
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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
Focus Sailor
This app gamifies focus sessions by having a virtual sailor embark on a sea voyage. Completing focus periods rewards users with sea creatures and decorations for their ocean map, encouraging sustained concentration.
- Live Activity for progress tracking
- Deep Focus Mode to block distracting apps
- Customizable focus session duration
- Unlockable sea creatures and ships
- Leaderboards for friendly competition
- Ocean map decoration with collected treasures
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Presenting Focus Sailor, your cozy focus companion. When you Focus, your Sailor sets sail. Complete your focus voyage and collect magical sea creatures, playful dolphins, and even legendary baby sea monsters to decorate your personal ocean map! If you interrupt your voyage by touching your phone, your Sailor will get a little worried… don’t let the distractions steer you off course! Finish your focus session, and your Sailor will reward you with treasures to expand your ocean, unlock new ships, and discover mysterious sea regions. Perfect for anyone who struggles with long periods of concentration—students, professionals, or anyone who wants to stay on course Features: ◎ Live Activity: See your voyage progress even when your phone is locked. ◎ Deep Focus Mode: Block distracting apps while your Sailor navigates the seas. ◎ Custom Voyage Time: Choose how long your focus session lasts for maximum efficiency. ◎ Fun Sea Creatures & Ships: Unlock glowing fish, singing dolphins, and legendary sea monsters. ◎ Leaderboards with Friends: Weekly challenges to compete for the top focus sailor! ◎ Ocean Decorations: Collect treasures and decorate your ocean map. Focus Sailor helps you stay on course, resist distractions, and turn every focus session into a magical adventure at sea! Membership Service: Focus Sailor is free to download and use. To unlock all features, you need to upgrade to Super Sailor Membership. We offer three flexible Super Sailor options to enhance your experience: monthly, yearly, and lifetime. Super Sailor Monthly: $3.99 per month. You can cancel anytime. If not canceled, the subscription will automatically renew according to the billing cycle. Super Sailor Yearly: $23.99 per year. You can cancel anytime. If not canceled, the subscription will automatically renew according to the billing cycle. Super Sailor Lifetime: $33.99 one-time payment. Enjoy lifetime access to all membership privileges. Privacy Policy: https://repbeep.com/focus/privacy.html User Agreement: https://repbeep.com/focus/terms.html We comply with Apple’s standard user agreements: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Exocus at 131 against Focus Sailor's 4. Exocus also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Exocus sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Focus Sailor sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Exocus against 5.0 for Focus Sailor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exocus has 131 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 96% and 95% positive.
Exocus ships an update every 3 weeks, Focus Sailor every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exocus | Focus Sailor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (131 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.2% of reviews — better | 95.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 131 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 210 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Byland Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | Shed Stories Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Exocus
Focus Sailor
In-app purchases
Exocus
- 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
Focus Sailor
- Focus Sailor Monthly$3.991 Month
- Focus Sailor Yearly$23.991 Year
- Speedboat$1.99
- Compass$1.99
- Cruiser$3.99
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- Energy Drink$3.99
- Ocean Liner$7.99
- Focus Sailor Lifetime$33.99
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