Comparison

Planeta vs Origami

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

Head to head
About

Planeta

This app gamifies focus sessions by growing a unique planet for each completed timer. Stay focused to build your galaxy, or leave early and watch your creations scatter. It's designed to help users, especially those with ADHD, stick to productivity techniques.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus timer
  • Planet generation for completed sessions
  • Galaxy exploration and history
  • Focus Shield for phone locking
  • Apple Watch and widget support
  • Friend rankings and gifting
  • Journaling and session logging
Features
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Focus, and a planet forms. Stay until the timer ends and it joins your galaxy. Quit early and it scatters. A pomodoro focus timer that turns your time into worlds. Made with ADHD and restless focus in mind, Planeta gives every study block, homework hour or deep work sprint a reward you can actually see. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a session length from 5 to 120 minutes and start the timer. 2. While the clock counts down, your planet's terrain and colors take shape. 3. When time is up, the planet is yours and joins your galaxy. The rule is simple: stay to the end and you keep what you built. Leave early and nothing is left behind. It's an easy way to stick with the pomodoro technique, one session at a time. NO TWO ARE EVER ALIKE Every session generates a new terrain, color palette and set of rings. There are 20 planet types to discover, and no two planets ever come out the same. LONGER FOCUS, RICHER PLANETS Focus for more than 30 minutes and your planet gains an atmosphere. Go past 60 minutes and it gains a ring. Shorter sessions still leave a planet, just without the extra layers. That's a small reason to stay in flow a little longer. YOUR GALAXY The planets you earn settle into star systems. Pan across the map and see which session each planet came from. Your focus history becomes a place you can explore. THE CODEX A record of all 20 planet types that fills in as you discover each one. JOURNAL Every voyage is logged with its length, its tag and its planet. Add a note to any session so you remember what you worked on. It doubles as a simple study tracker for ADHD study habits, exam prep or long work days. ON YOUR WRIST AND HOME SCREEN • Apple Watch: start and end a session from your wrist • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, so your study timer is always a tap away • Live Activity: see the time left on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island FOCUS SHIELD Lock your phone down for the session and let through only the apps you choose. Fewer distractions, more time for deep work. FRIENDS Add friends, check the rankings and gift planets you've earned. iCLOUD BACKUP Your galaxy stays safe across your devices. PLANETA PLUS Planeta is free to download and use. Optional Planeta Plus unlocks: • Focus statistics and timeline • Daily Planet Crate • 5 daily repaints and 5 daily reshapes • 2x Lumens PLANET STYLE Optional Planet Style unlocks: • Render styles: Modern, Pixel, Retro • Planet and galaxy themes • Alternate app icons Pick a length, stay with it and watch your galaxy grow one planet at a time. Contact us: celik.mert58@hotmail.com Privacy Policy: https://mertcelik0.github.io/Planeta-Legal/PRIVACY_POLICY.html Terms of Use & EULA: https://mertcelik0.github.io/Planeta-Legal/TERMS_OF_USE_AND_EULA.html

About

Origami

Features
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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

Planeta4 screens
Origami4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Origami at none against Planeta's 5. Planeta's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). 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. Planeta sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Origami asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planeta ships an update every 4 days, Origami every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Planeta versus Origami: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanetaOrigami
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMERT CELIKBurak Deniz

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Planeta

Subscriptions3
  • Planeta+$1.997 Days
  • Planeta+$3.991 Month
  • Planeta+3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time2
  • Style$4.99
  • Planeta+ Lifetime$29.99
None

Origami

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Planeta free?
Planeta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Origami free?
Origami is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Planeta or Origami have ads?
Neither Planeta nor Origami shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Planeta or Origami?
Planeta ships an update every 4 days, and Origami every 10 days. Most recently, Planeta was updated on October 31, 2026 and Origami on October 29, 2026.

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