Comparison

Exocus vs Orbis

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

Orbis

Transform deep focus sessions into a growing galaxy. Each completed focus session creates celestial bodies, with longer sessions increasing the chance of discovering rare objects. Track your progress with detailed analytics and build a unique universe of your achievements.

Highlights
  • Form celestial bodies through focused sessions
  • Grow a new galaxy each month
  • Discover rare celestial objects
  • Deep focus analytics
  • Visible and collectible focus history
Features
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ORBIS is a focus timer that turns deep focus into your own universe. Start a focus session and a new celestial body begins to form. Focus for 20 minutes or more, and that time is born as a planet, a moon, or a rare object from deep space. The longer you focus, the higher your chance of discovering rare bodies. Every body you earn settles into your galaxy and your Codex, each with the real science behind it: from Earth to the black hole at the center of our galaxy and the stars beside it. ORBIS is made for studying, reading, writing, coding, and creative work. Anything that needs deep focus. It isn't just a timer that counts minutes. Your focus stays visible, and it's yours to keep. WHAT ORBIS DOES • Earn a celestial body for every focus session of 20 minutes or more • Collect 100+ celestial bodies across galaxy themes: the Solar System, Alpha Centauri, Sagittarius A*, and Roche Limit • Travel by flying between real stars • Read the real story of every body in your Codex • Block distracting apps while you focus • Focus to ambient sound: deep-space ambience, rain, campfire, forest, ocean waves, and more • Follow your session on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Enjoy the bodies you've collected on your Home Screen with widgets • Tag your sessions and see your weekly focus statistics • Earn star energy as you focus, and use it to unlock new themes In ORBIS, focus isn't time that simply passes. It becomes a universe you can see, collect, and return to. Today's focus becomes a star. ORBIS PREMIUM • Roche Limit theme: exoplanets pushed to physics' limit • Daily, monthly, and yearly statistics, plus your full focus timeline • Unlimited tags • Hard Mode: a focus session you can't quit halfway • More widget options, and app icons made from the bodies you've collected • 50% more star energy when you focus The Alpha Centauri and Sagittarius A* themes are not included in Premium. You can unlock them with star energy or a one-time purchase. SUBSCRIPTION & BILLING - Subscription Plans: “ORBIS Premium Annual” and “ORBIS Premium Monthly”. - One-Time Purchase Option: “ORBIS Premium Lifetime”. - Subscription Type: Auto-renewable subscription for Monthly and Annual plans. - Subscription Price: The price for each plan will be shown on the purchase screen before you confirm your purchase. Prices may vary by country or region. - Lifetime Purchase: ORBIS Premium Lifetime is a one-time purchase and does not renew automatically. - Theme Purchases: The Alpha Centauri and Sagittarius A* themes are one-time purchases and do not renew automatically. - Cancel Subscription: To cancel an active subscription, go to your iPhone Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions, then select your ORBIS Premium subscription and cancel it. If you do not cancel at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends, the subscription will automatically renew. - Renewal Billing: The Apple ID associated with the auto-renewable subscription may be charged within 24 hours before the end of the current billing period to renew the subscription. • Terms of Service (including subscription policies): https://www.notion.so/Oris-User-Terms-356f1a803fbc800ab7a2ff74b1e5276b?source=copy_link • Privacy Policy: https://www.notion.so/Oris-Privacy-Policy-356f1a803fbc80d69636c7c2f6e431b9?source=copy_link

Screenshots

Exocus4 screens
Orbis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Exocus at 131 against Orbis's 7. Exocus also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Exocus sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Orbis sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Exocus holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exocus has 131 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 96% of Exocus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Orbis's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Exocus ships an update every 3 weeks, Orbis every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Exocus versus Orbis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExocusOrbis
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (131 ratings) — better4.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews96.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings131 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB298 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperByland Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Insu Oh

Customer experience

Exocus

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

Orbis

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 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
8 purchases

Orbis

Subscriptions4
  • Orbis Premium2 variants$3.991 Month
  • Orbis Premium$18.991 Year
  • Orbis Premium7 Days trial$18.991 Year
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  • Orbis Premium$23.991 Year
One-time4
  • Orbis Premium$19.99
  • Orbis Premium$29.99
  • Orbis Premium$33.99
Show 1 more
  • Orbis Premium$44.99

Questions

Is Exocus free?
Exocus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orbis free?
Orbis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Exocus or Orbis?
Exocus is rated higher. Exocus averages 4.9 out of 5 from 131 ratings, while Orbis averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Exocus or Orbis have ads?
Neither Exocus nor Orbis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Exocus or Orbis?
Exocus ships an update every 3 weeks, and Orbis every 2 weeks. Most recently, Exocus was updated on September 22, 2026 and Orbis on September 21, 2026.

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