Comparison

Renou vs Origami

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

Head to head
About

Renou

Features
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Renou is your personal Focus Space — a calm visual environment for focused work, meaningful recovery, and creative exploration. Instead of another productivity system, Renou gives your attention a place to go. FOCUS Set your own work and break rhythm and start a focused session. • Work sessions from 5 to 60 minutes • Breaks from 30 seconds to 15 minutes • 1–10 cycles per session • Pause, resume, skip to recovery, or end a session anytime • Smart Focus recommendations based on your real completed sessions • Local notifications and configurable reminders • Sessions stay accurate through sleep and wake RECOVER Your break isn't just a countdown. When focus ends, your Focus Space transforms into a fully animated recovery experience. Thousands of particles move through a dynamic flow field while an organic bubble gradually absorbs them. At the end of recovery, the bubble releases everything in a soft visual burst, with optional sound and haptics. It's a moment to step away from work before beginning again. YOUR FOCUS SPACE Every Renou begins with a visual identity created specifically for you. Your profile shapes its colours, atmosphere, texture, rhythm, and visual behaviour. Your Focus Space stays recognisably yours while gradually becoming richer through continued use. No streaks. No leaderboards. No pressure. JUST YOUR SPACE. UNIVERSE STUDIO Create completely new universes and make Renou your own. Design every part of the experience in real time: • Flow styles, density, speed and chaos • Background colours and living palettes • Particles, shapes, size, quantity and colour • Bubble size, colours, glass effect and softness • Grid appearance and line styling • Motion and atmosphere Save, duplicate, favourite and switch between your creations. The preview uses the same real-time Metal rendering engine as Renou's recovery experience. SHARE YOUR UNIVERSES Every universe can be shared as a code, universal link, or QR code. Create a beautiful 9:16 share card using the actual rendered universe, then let others import it directly into Renou. No account or backend is required to share a universe. INSIGHTS Understand your relationship with focus without turning it into a game. Free: • Total focus time • Total recovery time • Completed sessions • Completed cycles Premium: • Focus by time of day • 7-day activity • Monthly trends • Focus consistency insights • Best focus periods • Session history with visual snapshots SESSION RECAPS After a session, save a visual recap showing your focus time, completed cycles, and the exact universe you experienced. Your recap can be saved and shared as an image. MADE FOR APPLE Renou is built natively for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Your settings, active universe, profile, reminders, and Smart Focus preferences can sync across your Apple devices through iCloud. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Renou is built around a private, personal experience. No advertising. No streaks. No social pressure. Your Focus Space is yours. RENOU PREMIUM Upgrade once to unlock the creative side of Renou: • Universe Studio • Unlimited saved universes • Universe sharing • Smart Focus • Advanced Insights • Visual session history and recaps One purchase. No subscription.

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Origami

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Origami is a calm focus timer that folds a paper figure while you work. Plan how many sessions you want today and how long each one is, then set your phone down. The apps you chose to avoid are shielded on your device using Apple's Screen Time API - you can't open them until the session ends. Meanwhile, on a lamp-lit desk, a sheet of paper folds itself into an origami figure, one crease at a time. Finish the sessions you planned for the day, and the figure joins your collection for good. - Choose which apps are shielded during a session - the list never leaves your device - A calm desk instead of a countdown: lamp light that follows the time of day, seasons at the window (automatic, or pick your own), and soft desk sounds - rain, room tone, night crickets - that respect silent mode - Tap the desk to see the time left and the clock, take a break or leave the session; the corner button opens the same reading - Change the number of sessions, their length or the paper between sessions; add your own reward for when you finish, and every figure in your collection shows how many sessions it took - 15 figures across 3 sets, folded in five plain papers: ivory, mint, sky blue, pink and yellow - Pick any figure for the day, give it a name of your own, and keep every paper color you earn it in; sessions from 3 minutes to any length you choose - Finish a figure in a single day and it gets a gold corner; once today's figure is earned, you can keep going with extra sessions - Every figure you earn can become your app icon - Add an optional tag for what you're working on, name a study term, and look back each week; a monthly sheet shows your focused days and your best hour - Fold together: invite friends and see each other's desk for today - no chat, no leaderboard, nothing else shared - Draw your desk: on devices that support Image Playground, turn photos of your desk and room into a hand-drawn scene, and switch back to the default desk any time without losing it - Lock Screen and Dynamic Island session, optional mindful minutes in Health - Your progress lives on your device and in your own iCloud - we run no servers and never see it - Free at launch with every feature, no ads and no purchases. If you download it now, it stays that way for you. - Built for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo. iPhone works upright or sideways; iPad and the Duo cover screen are landscape Origami doesn't track your screen time, doesn't read what you do in other apps, and doesn't teach origami folding technique - it's a focus companion, not a class. Privacy Policy: https://burakdeniz01.github.io/nocontact-support/origamiduo/privacy.html

Screenshots

Renou4 screens
Origami4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Origami at none against Renou's 1. Origami also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Renou sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Origami asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Renou ships an update every 5 weeks, Origami every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Renou versus Origami: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRenouOrigami
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaria Isolina Lopez CompanyBurak Deniz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Renou

One-time1
  • Unlock Renou$9.99
None

Origami

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Renou free?
Renou is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Origami free?
Origami is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Renou or Origami have ads?
Neither Renou nor Origami shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Renou or Origami?
Renou ships an update every 5 weeks, and Origami every 10 days. Most recently, Renou was updated on October 31, 2026 and Origami on October 29, 2026.

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