Exocus vs Focus Planet
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 Planet
Transform focused moments into a living world. Watch a barren planet evolve into a lush ecosystem as you stay on task. Earn rewards to unlock new planets and track your progress towards personalized goals.
- Planet visualization for focus sessions
- Multiple focus modes (Countdown, Pomodoro, Stopwatch)
- Personalized daily goals and progress tracking
- Stardust rewards for unlocking planets
- Detailed focus history and session timeline
- Customizable Pomodoro intervals
- Crash recovery for focus sessions
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## Focus. Watch planets come to life. ## Turn every focused moment into a living, breathing world. If you want to put down your phone and focus on what matters, start a session in Focus Planet. As time passes, a once-barren planet gradually transforms before your eyes — craters heal, oceans rise, clouds drift in, and a lush world slowly comes to life. Every minute you stay focused shapes your planet. The sense of wonder and progress keeps you motivated, helps you beat distraction, and makes your focused time feel truly rewarding. Stay focused, be present. STAY FOCUSED • A beautiful way to beat distraction, watch a barren planet evolve into a lush, living world as you focus • Three focus modes: Countdown, Pomodoro, and Stopwatch, choose the approach that fits your flow • Set personalized goals with daily targets and track your progress at a glance • Immersive pixel-art space aesthetic with a clean interface that fades away while you focus GET MOTIVATED • Earn Stardust from every focus session and unlock 20 unique planets, each with its own terrain, oceans, and atmosphere • Pro users earn 2x Stardust to grow their collection faster • Full Pomodoro support with auto-advancing phases, customizable intervals, and crash recovery • Stopwatch mode for open-ended deep work sessions • Create unlimited goals to organize every area of your life HISTORY • Browse your detailed focus history, organized by day • Track daily focus time against your personalized targets • Manage your goals and see how your time is distributed • Relive your focus journey through your session timeline It's never too late to build better habits. Privacy Policy: https://www.tansysoft.com/en/products/focus-planet/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.tansysoft.com/en/products/focus-planet/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Exocus at 131 against Focus Planet's 1. Exocus also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Exocus sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Focus Planet sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 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 Planet. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exocus has 131 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Exocus ships an update every 3 weeks, Focus Planet every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exocus | Focus Planet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (131 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 131 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Byland Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | Hong Bin Tan |
Customer experience
Exocus
Focus Planet
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$17.99
- Exopass + Cosmoney x 200$34.99
- Exopass$34.99
Focus Planet
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.491 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$9.99








