Goocus vs Thinking Outdoors
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goocus
This mobile learning application is designed for smartphones, offering a user-friendly interface to make acquiring new knowledge enjoyable. It visualizes user achievements with graphs, aiming to reintroduce the fun of learning for individuals and organizations.
- Smartphone-optimized design
- Achievement visualization graphs
- User-friendly interface
- Focus on making learning fun
- Adopted by businesses and institutions
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Note: You will need to create a Goocus account before using this app. Overview: Goocus is Japan’s one-and-only learning app “specialized on Smartphones,” which has been adopted by a number of business enterprises and educational institutions. Features: A design that pursues user-friendliness on smartphones Graphs visualizing the achievements In nature, gaining a new knowledge is a fun thing to do. With Goocus, bring back the fun of “learning” that you have left behind somewhere.
Thinking Outdoors
This app encourages users to reflect on God's messages within the natural world. It guides biblical meditation on creation, helping you see God's glory and hear His voice through outdoor elements.
- Biblical meditation on creation
- Reflect on God's messages in nature
- See God's glory in the natural world
- Understand God through outdoor elements
- Guided reflection on creation
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Appreciating a beautiful sunset, sunrise, or any other element in the outdoors is not unique. Taking a quick picture is the usual response. This app encourages believers to think about what God is communicating through his created world. Biblically meditating on God's creation is prescribed in Scripture. Psalm 19 says, "The heavens declare the glory of God and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech. The thinkingoutdoors app will aid you in seeing more of God's glory and hearing what God has to say through all the created elements of the natural world.
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Verdict
Goocus and Thinking Outdoors are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Goocus ships an update every 6 weeks, Thinking Outdoors every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goocus | Thinking Outdoors |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Castalia Co. Limited. | Christian Camps of Pittsburgh, Inc. |
Customer experience
Goocus
Thinking Outdoors
In-app purchases
Goocus
No in-app purchases
Thinking Outdoors
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Goocus or Thinking Outdoors have ads?
Which is updated more often, Goocus or Thinking Outdoors?
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