Comparison

Endura vs Petaltide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Endura

This app gamifies study sessions by using a focus timer that hatches endangered animals. Completing study goals allows users to collect and care for virtual animals, with options to donate to wildlife conservation. It offers progress tracking and study tips.

Highlights
  • Gamified study timer
  • Hatch endangered animals
  • Personalize virtual sanctuary
  • Donate to WWF
  • Progress tracking
  • Study tips feed
Features
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Endura is the study app that makes focus feel like something worth fighting for. Set your timer, watch your egg come alive on screen, and stay in the app — because the moment you try to leave, Endura reminds you: your egg won’t survive without you. When time’s up, crack it open. Inside is a rare, real-world endangered animal, released into your personal sanctuary to roam, rest, and grow your collection. Features: ∙ STUDY TIMER — Choose your subject, set a timer, and focus. Our distraction-free timer keeps you motivated with gentle reminders — leave early and your egg might not make it. ∙ HATCH ENDANGERED ANIMALS — Every completed study session hatches a new endangered species — from Amur Leopards to Pangolins. Nickname them, learn about their conservation status, and build your sanctuary. ∙ PERSONALISE YOUR SANCTUARY — spend Eco-Credits on accessories and decorations (yes, your panda can wear a party hat) ∙ PROTECT REAL WILDLIFE — Donate directly to WWF conservation projects from inside the app. 100% of donations go to protecting habitats and endangered species worldwide. ∙ Progress Tracking — weekly, monthly, and subject-by-subject breakdowns with visual charts ∙ Global Leaderboards — compete with friends, classmates, and students worldwide ∙ Animal Study Tips Feed — scroll through unconventional, actually useful, research-backed study tips delivered by your animals ∙ To-Do Lists & Badges — stay organised and get rewarded for every milestone Endura took what makes social media impossible to put down — streaks, leaderboards, collections, social comparison — and redirected it somewhere that actually matters. Built by a 16-year-old IB student who believes her generation can truly change the course for endangered species. Endura is youth-led, free to use, and designed to make every study session count. Download Endura. Hatch your potential. Instagram: endura.eco

About

Petaltide

Features
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Grow a garden, one focus session at a time. Petaltide is a calm, Pomodoro-style focus timer. Start a session and a seed is planted. Stay with your task and it grows through five stages, from Seed to full Bloom. Leave the app mid-session and your plant begins to wilt: a gentle nudge back to what matters. FREE • 15-minute Quick Reset focus sessions with a growing plant • Three plant styles: Blossom, Sunflower and Lavender • A daily focus goal with streaks • Garden milestones as your blooms add up • Session tags and short notes • Your three most recent sessions in Garden History • An optional noise check before you start (nothing is recorded or stored) • Home Screen widgets, a Control Center control, and Siri & Shortcuts • Apple Watch app and complications • Focus time saved as Mindful Minutes in Apple Health, if you allow it • Private iCloud sync across your devices • English, Turkish, German, French and Spanish PETALTIDE PREMIUM • 25, 45 and 60-minute sessions, plus your own custom presets • Automatic breaks between focus rounds • Full Garden History with insights and detailed analyses • Weekly Focus Review • Flexible daily, scheduled and weekly goals with rest days • Scheduled focus routines and reminders • Session alerts and Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Ambient sounds: rain, ocean waves, forest and white noise • Independent focus sessions on Apple Watch Petaltide Premium is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://petaltide.net/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Endura4 screens
Petaltide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Endura at none against Petaltide's 2. Endura also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Petaltide's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Petaltide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Endura asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Endura ships an update fortnightly, Petaltide weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Endura versus Petaltide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnduraPetaltide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAseem MunshiEmre Durukan

In-app purchases

None

Endura

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Petaltide

Subscriptions2
  • Petaltide Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Petaltide Premium Yearly7 Days trial$6.991 Year

Questions

Is Endura free?
Endura is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Petaltide free?
Petaltide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Endura or Petaltide have ads?
Neither Endura nor Petaltide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Endura or Petaltide?
Endura ships an update fortnightly, and Petaltide weekly. Most recently, Endura was updated on October 31, 2026 and Petaltide on October 31, 2026.

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