Exocus vs Meowchi
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
Meowchi
This app gamifies focus sessions by having a virtual companion create alongside you. Complete tasks to earn rewards, unlock decorations, and build a cozy world. Features include app blocking, ambient sounds, and detailed focus statistics.
- Virtual companion creates alongside you
- Earn rewards and unlock decorations
- Stay Focused Mode with app blocking
- Pomodoro and countdown timers
- Ambient music and ASMR sounds
- Focus statistics tracking
- Widgets and Live Activities
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## Cute Focus Timer ## App Blocker ## Study With Me Looking for a cute, comforting focus app with fun gamification and practical tools to help you stay on track? Meowchi turns staying off your phone, avoiding distractions, and getting things done into a cozy little game. And when you want company but don't have the energy for small talk or coordinating schedules, your cat is always ready to work alongside you. FOCUS FEELS EASIER WHEN SOMEONE'S DOING IT WITH YOU Start a focus session and watch your cat happily knead mochi while you work toward your goals. The longer you focus, the tastier your mochi gets! Collect six mochi, ship them to earn fish, then spend your fish on furniture, plants, and cozy decorations. Watch your little room grow with every session, even on days when getting started takes extra effort. MEOWCHI FEATURES 【Body Doubling with a Cat】 Watch your cat knead, sweep, nap, and go about its day while you work alongside it. 【Stay Focused Mode & App Blocker】 Block distracting apps and websites during focus sessions with Apple's Screen Time integration. 【Your Own Focus Soundscape】 Mix ambient sounds, ASMR, and focus music to help you settle in and find your flow. 【Gamified Pomodoro Timer】 Choose Count Down Mode to work toward a target, or Count Up Mode to focus at your own pace. Stay focused to make delicious mochi, but get distracted before your countdown ends and you might make a cursed one! 【Collect Mochi, Earn Fish】 Discover rare mochi, fill your six-slot shipping box, and earn fish to decorate your room. 【A Cozy Room That Changes with Time】 Decorate with furniture, plants, and more as the lighting shifts from day to sunset and night. 【See Your Focus Progress】 Track daily, monthly, and yearly focus time with detailed stats and a GitHub-style activity chart. 【Widgets & Live Activities】 Check your focus session at a glance from your Home Screen or Lock Screen. MADE WITH CARE, KIND BY DESIGN Designed with ADHD and neurodivergent users in mind, Meowchi offers a simple, low-pressure way to focus and build routines. It's made for rough days, too, when you're overwhelmed, struggling to start, or need a little help settling your mind and emotions. Whether you're a student, freelancer, remote worker, artist, musician, or writer, your cat is here to keep you company. - 120+ Decor Items - 100% Handcrafted Art, Animation & Original Music, No AI - No Ads, Privacy First - Lifetime Purchase Option No guilt-inducing streaks. No wilting plants when you miss a day. Five minutes still counts. A rough day still counts. Meowchi will be happy to see you whenever you return. Focus should feel like looking after yourself, not punishing yourself. A LITTLE COMPANION, ALWAYS CLOSE Inspired by my own cat. Meowchi began with a simple wish: to have a companion by my side while I studied, worked, and went through life. We never know how much time we'll have with the ones we love. I wanted to create a cat I could carry in my phone and share that feeling with others who could use some company, too. There's a Vietnamese saying: “Stay near the light, and you brighten.” To me, it means the company we keep can shape how we feel and inspire us to grow. I hope Meowchi brings some warmth into your day and reminds you that even when you're working toward something on your own, you don't have to feel alone. Whether you need a study timer for exam prep, a cute Pomodoro timer for focused work, or a cat study companion to keep you company, Meowchi brings focus tools, relaxing sounds, and cozy rewards together in one place. Use your focus timer for studying, writing, drawing, making music, or any project that feels easier with a little company. Take your attention back. Live your own life with Meowchi. ----- Terms of Use: https://www.meowchi.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.meowchi.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Exocus at 145 against Meowchi's 5. Exocus also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Meowchi's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Meowchi sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 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 Meowchi. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exocus has 145 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Exocus ships an update every 3 weeks, Meowchi every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Exocus | Meowchi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (145 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 145 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 262 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Byland Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | Pham Minh Tram |
Customer experience
Exocus
Meowchi
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
Meowchi
- Meowchi Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Meowchi Pro - Yearly$24.991 Year
- Meowchi Pro - Lifetime$49.99








