Comparison

Cat On Chair vs Sit Still

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

Head to head
About

Cat On Chair

This app offers a charming and aesthetic Pomodoro timer experience with a virtual cat companion. Earn rewards, customize your cat's room, and block distractions to boost productivity. Upgrade for advanced features like ambient sounds and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro and count-up focus modes
  • Distraction blocking with whitelisting
  • Gamified rewards and room customization
  • Ambient soundscapes and custom alerts
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Focus timeline and detailed statistics
Features
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Focus app doesn't have to feel cold or boring. When you enter focus mode, a cat appears on the chair keeping you company. With a hand-drawn style and rich colors, Cat On Chair brings you a cozy, aesthetic pomodoro focus experience. The cat isn't only there to "supervise"; they're sharing the moment with you. Stay motivated with gifts and rewards. Complete a session, and your cat will bring you a gift. Fail, and you may be left with a little trash. Gifts can be traded for fish, which unlock furniture and decorations for your cat's room. Seasonal updates bring new gifts, decor, and even more cats to collect. Attention: May cause increased productivity, spontaneous cat adoption urges, and the inexplicable need to explain your work schedule to a digital pet. Basic Features (Free Version) - No ads - Support for both Pomodoro and count-up modes - Collect gifts and trash, sell for fish to buy new furniture and decor - Block apps and websites to avoid interruptions - Use a whitelist to pick the apps you want to use during focus sessions - Note down your important tasks in a to-do list with due dates and reminders - Focus Timeline to see today's sessions at a glance - Stats overview to track your overall progress - Export your cat's room as wallpaper to save your focus moments - With Shortcuts, you can create automation to start a focus session whenever you need - Earn achievements to show off in your cat's room - Lock screen widget to start a session without unlocking the phone - iCloud multi-device sync—seamlessly switch between iPhone and iPad Upgrade to Pro for More Features - Mix and match ambient sounds—cat purring, rain, fireplace, waves, café chatter—to create your perfect atmosphere - Record your own custom alert sounds for session notifications - Write custom cat quotes for session completion and failure messages - Call your cat by name using your voice—they'll react when they hear you - Apple Watch companion app—start, pause, and track sessions from your wrist - Focus Timeline with full history—browse any date and add stickers to your timeline - Detailed statistics: see your progress in day, week, month, and year view - Sync focus sessions to Apple Health, Calendar, and Reminders - Unlock different coat styles for your cats—change their look anytime - Save and switch between whitelist presets for different focus scenarios - More exclusive gifts, decorations, chairs, carpets, and room items - Customize break length, cycles, and long breaks - Add custom focus tags for better task management - Multiple cat-themed app icons—change anytime to match your mood - Home screen widgets: to-do list, focus status, and animated cat widgets Currently supports iOS 17 and above. Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: Email: hello@catonchair.app Discord: catonchair.app/discord Instagram: xingrui_m Privacy Policy: https://catonchair.app/en/privacy Terms of Services: https://catonchair.app/en/terms

About

Sit Still

This app helps you focus by blocking distracting applications and offering a calming timer experience. Earn rewards by staying focused to unlock new cozy rooms and accessories for your virtual cat companion.

Highlights
  • App blocking modes (Companionship, Whitelist, Strict)
  • Scheduled app locking
  • Customizable timer shapes (countdown, open-ended, pomodoro)
  • Collectible illustrated rooms with unique soundscapes
  • Virtual cat companion with unlockable accessories
  • Task list syncing with Reminders
  • Session history and streak tracking
Features
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Sit Still is a focus timer and app blocker that gives you somewhere to be. Most focus apps punish you, Sit Still keeps you company. A cat sleeps in a painted room while you work, and the reward for sitting still is a collection you build. Blocking is real, and as firm as you want it to be. The rooms are the heart of it: watercolour illustrations painted like the pages of a childhood picture book, meant to feel cozy and nostalgic — to stir a memory of being small and safe somewhere — each with its own soundscape. APP BLOCKING FEATURES Three app blocking modes for a focus session: Open, Whitelist and Strict. Additionally, app blocking rules allow you to put away the apps that keep distracting you throughout the day. You can lock the apps on a schedule of your own or hold them to a daily limit. You can also set a bedtime lock on a night schedule you choose. WALLPAPERS AND WIDGETS Any room you have can be saved to your Photos as a wallpaper, drawn at the full resolution of your phone or iPad, with your cat in the corner or without it. There are widgets too: the room you are sitting in with your focus stats under it, the collection with a different room every hour, a calendar of the month with your cat beside it, and your streak on the Lock Screen and in StandBy. A TIMER WITH THREE SHAPES Countdown, open-ended, or pomodoro. The pomodoro starts at the classic 25 / 5 / 15, and all three lengths are yours to change. A session carries on with the screen locked, and shows itself on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. A COLLECTION OF ROOMS A permanent collection of rooms, from a bookshop loft in Porto to a stilt house on the Mekong Delta, and two new rooms on the first of every month that leave with it. Every room has its own illustration and its own ambience loop, levelled against all the others so changing rooms is never a lurch. On iPad, every room opens out into a wide painting, upright or sideways. A CAT, AND THINGS FOR IT TO WEAR Six companions, hand-drawn and animated. Focusing earns whiskers, and whiskers buy cat accessories and the monthly rooms. Pet the cat and it notices. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, AND WHAT YOU DID A task list that stays in sync with your phone's own Reminders. A record of every session — hours, streaks, and the note you left about what you were working on. Sit Still Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, offered monthly or yearly at the price shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in Settings › your Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://alteraapps.com/sit-still/privacy/

Screenshots

Cat On Chair4 screens
Sit Still4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cat On Chair at 4.9 against Sit Still's 4.5. Cat On Chair also leads on ratings volume (475 vs 2). Sit Still's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Cat On Chair sells 44 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Sit Still sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cat On Chair holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cat On Chair has 475 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of Cat On Chair's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sit Still's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat On Chair ships an update weekly, Sit Still every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cat On Chair versus Sit Still: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCat On ChairSit Still
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (475 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews95.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings475 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size531 MB173 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan YaoJohannes Butzke

Customer experience

Cat On Chair

All ratings468 ratings
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.2%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews298 reviews
Positive95.3%
Neutral3.0%
Negative1.7%

Sit Still

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

44 purchases

Cat On Chair

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
  • Quarter Pro$9.993 Months
  • Annual Pro14 Days trial$19.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Annual Pro Family Share$24.991 Year
One-time40
  • Anti-Sleep Combo$1.99
  • Cafe Chair$1.99
  • Looks Perfect to Scratch$1.99
Show 37 more
  • Marks of Time$1.99
  • Romantic Bouquet$1.99
  • Mochi Bar Stool$1.99
  • Tree Rings$1.99
  • Blooming Lawn$1.99
  • Suitcase$1.99
  • Hide and Seek$1.99
  • Crochet Carpet$1.99
  • Chair Only 14$1.99
  • Water Me$1.99
  • Santa's Chair$1.99
  • Merry Christmas$1.99
  • Handwoven Rug$1.99
  • Fuzzy Feels$1.99
  • Wizard’s Chair$1.99
  • Magic Star$1.99
  • Cauldron Set$1.99
  • Big Leaf Rug$1.99
  • Cozy Lived-In$1.99
  • Elephant Trunk Rug$1.99
  • Looks Super Pro$1.99
  • Retro Vibes$1.99
  • Flea-Market Find$1.99
  • Lets Shrink Together$1.99
  • Puff$2.99
  • Momo$2.99
  • Rolling$2.99
  • Seasume$2.99
  • Cat Nova$2.99
  • Finnick$2.99
  • Millet$2.99
  • Charcoal$2.99
  • Mimi$2.99
  • Loafy$2.99
  • The Wizard's Den$3.99
  • Lifetime Pro$29.99
  • Lifetime pro for family$39.99
2 purchases

Sit Still

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Cat On Chair free?
Cat On Chair is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sit Still free?
Sit Still is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cat On Chair or Sit Still?
Cat On Chair is rated higher. Cat On Chair averages 4.9 out of 5 from 475 ratings, while Sit Still averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Cat On Chair or Sit Still have ads?
Neither Cat On Chair nor Sit Still shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cat On Chair or Sit Still?
Cat On Chair ships an update weekly, and Sit Still every 3 days. Most recently, Cat On Chair was updated on October 25, 2026 and Sit Still on October 24, 2026.

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