Exocus vs Abyssal(アビサル)
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
Abyssal(アビサル)
This app transforms focused work sessions into a deep-sea diving adventure. As you concentrate, you descend into the ocean, encountering marine life and building a personal aquarium. It encourages consistent focus without pressure, visualizing your progress through detailed statistics and a growing collection of discovered sea creatures.
- Deep-sea diving visualization for focus sessions
- Encounter and collect unique marine life
- Personalized aquarium to display creatures
- Non-punitive design for sustained focus
- Discover and catalog over 30 sea creatures
- Weekly statistics and streak tracking
- Multiple timer modes including Pomodoro
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集中する=深海へ潜る。新感覚の集中タイマー スマホを置いて集中するたびに、あなたは深海へと沈んでいく。 1分の集中 = 1mの潜水。25分のポモドーロで25m。積み重ねた集中が、深海への旅になる。 【深海生物との出会い】 タイマー完了のたびに、深度に応じた生物に遭遇。表層ではクマノミやマンタ、深くなるほどチョウチンアンコウやメンダコなど幻想的な生物が現れる。完全集中(アプリを離れない)だとレア出現率2倍! 【あなただけの水槽】 出会った生物が「マイ水槽」に住み着く。横スクロールで水面から深海まで、ゆらゆら泳ぐ生物たちを眺めよう。深く潜れば潜るほど、水槽が豊かになっていく。 【罰しない設計】 途中でやめても、生物は死なない。完全集中を達成すると、よりレアな生物に出会いやすくなるだけ。プレッシャーなく、自分のペースで続けられる。 【深海図鑑】 30種以上の深海生物を発見しよう。未発見の生物はシルエットで表示。「深度1000m付近に生息」のヒントを頼りに探せ。 【記録・統計】 週次グラフでカテゴリ別の集中時間を可視化。連続日数(ストリーク)で継続のモチベーションを維持。累計深度があなたの努力の証。 【シンプルな操作】 (1) 「潜る」ボタンをタップ (2) カテゴリ(勉強/仕事/読書/その他)と時間を選ぶ (3) スマホを置いて集中するだけ 対応タイマー: ポモドーロ(25分)/ 集中(50分)/ ショート(10分)/ カスタム(1〜180分) BGM: 深度帯ごとに自動切替(波音 > 水中反響 > 低音ドローン) 【プレミアムプラン ¥380/月 / ¥3,200/年】 - 広告完全非表示 - BGM全15種 - 水槽カスタマイズ(背景・光源の色変更) - 図鑑の詳細情報(豆知識・実際の映像リンク) - 高解像度水槽エクスポート(透かしなし) - カテゴリ数無制限 - 集中統計の詳細分析 Forest・gogh・魚が育つアプリの次を探している人に。 深海という比喩が、集中するほど正しくなっていく。 利用規約: https://qtarou11111.github.io/abyssal-web/terms.html プライバシーポリシー: https://qtarou11111.github.io/abyssal-web/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Exocus at 96% against Abyssal(アビサル)'s 0%. Exocus also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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 Abyssal(アビサル) sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Exocus ships an update every 3 weeks, Abyssal(アビサル) every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exocus | Abyssal(アビサル) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (131 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 96.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 131 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 262 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Byland Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | Ryutaro Nakano |
Customer experience
Exocus
Abyssal(アビサル)
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
Abyssal(アビサル)
- Abyssal Premium Monthly$1.991 Month









