Saplingy vs Cat Flow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Saplingy
This app helps users overcome phone addiction by gamifying focus. Users lock their phones to grow a virtual tree, with penalties for switching apps. It's a free tool designed to boost personal productivity.
- Gamified focus sessions
- Virtual tree growth
- Phone addiction management
- Productivity boosting
- Free to use
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Phone addiction is one of the major problems of this age. Now you can overcome this addiction with this application! Just start the game, lock your phone and focus on your personal things. There is a single rule for this game: You can not change to any other application! If you do, your baby tree will die... Let the game begin and become a better version of yourself! Live and let live to boost your productivity! The longer the time the more points you will get! But don't forget: if you kill your tree, you will lose points! The application is completely free and will always be. For your feature requests, you can contact me from the support URL. Have fun!
Cat Flow
This app uses a cat-themed interface to help users improve focus and build disciplined habits. It offers a companion-style focus mode where virtual cats protect your time, and immersive scenified spaces for concentration. Detailed data review helps track progress and unlock new cats and scenes.
- Companion-style focus with virtual cats
- Scenified spaces for immersive focus
- Customizable times, scenes, and themes
- Multidimensional focus data review
- Unlockable cats and scenes
- Gravity sensor for focus session triggers
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Do you love adorable cats? Want better focus and less reliance on your phone? Let CatBox cats accompany you, training your concentration and building disciplined habits, growing with you along the way! CatBox Flow is the second app in the official CatBox series. It's a cat-themed focus and meditation app that hopes to have cute cats by your side to help manage your time. In a scenified space, put down your phone and focus on what matters most. Companion-style Focus, where the cats stay with you and protect your time! Companion-style focus: • Take back control of your time while focusing. • Cats will stay with you and protect your time. • After 30 seconds, the gravity sensor will trigger a stop setting to help the cat guard your time. • Various cats are available for subscription and individual purchase! Scenified space: • Immersive, scene-based spaces with cats to focus on what matters. • Customize different times, scenes, and themes to build personal habits. • A wide range of scenes are available for subscription or individual purchase. Multidimensional data review: • Detailed focus data with the cats by your side to review. • Unlocking cats and scenes lets different cats protect different data for you. Master, put down your phone now and let the cats accompany you in focusing! Future Features: Deep focus mode Cat training system Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://nicolecat.com/cat/privacy.html https://nicolecat.com/cat/terms.html Contact Us If you're having fun, feel free to contact us anytime: support@nicolecat.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cat Flow at 100% against Saplingy's 26%. Saplingy's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 13). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Cat Flow sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Saplingy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Saplingy holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Saplingy has 61 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of Saplingy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cat Flow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Saplingy ships an update every 9 days, Cat Flow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Saplingy | Cat Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (61 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Broftware House Yazilim Tasarim Anonim Sirketi | Nicole Cat |
Customer experience
Saplingy
Cat Flow
In-app purchases
Saplingy
No in-app purchases
Cat Flow
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$11.991 Year
- Bella$0.99
- Gizmo$0.99
- Toby$0.99
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- Simba$1.99
- Lucky$1.99
- Coco$1.99
- Loki$1.99
- Forest$2.99
- Sky$2.99
- Moonnight$2.99
- Jingle$2.99
