Tomato Kitchen vs Sit Still
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tomato Kitchen
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Tomato Kitchen is a cozy, kitchen-themed pomodoro-inspired timer that helps you stay focused. Cook a tomato by working for 25 minutes, then enjoy a 5-minute break. Track your sessions in a space that feels a little more homey, and a little less like work. Perfect for studying, working from home, or anyone who wants a gentle nudge to get things done!
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sit Still at Free against Tomato Kitchen's $0.99. Sit Still also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Tomato Kitchen's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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
Sit Still is free to download; Tomato Kitchen costs $0.99 up front. Sit Still sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Tomato Kitchen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tomato Kitchen ships an update every 3 months, Sit Still every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tomato Kitchen | Sit Still |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 173 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mary Ogawa | Johannes Butzke |
In-app purchases
Tomato Kitchen
No in-app purchases
Sit Still
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly$34.991 Year









