Comparison

DocDance 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

DocDance

This app visually restructures text to improve reading comprehension and focus. It highlights key terms with color and size, guiding your attention naturally through dense documents. Designed for individuals who struggle with traditional reading or need to process large amounts of text efficiently.

Highlights
  • Visual text restructuring
  • Color-coded keyword highlights
  • Adjustable keyword density
  • Dynamic text sizing
  • Supports PDFs, plain text, and web articles
  • Privacy-first design, local processing
Features
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DocDance (DocumentDance) is not a traditional PDF reader. It is a visual reading tool designed for people who struggle with dense text—or simply have too much of it to read. Instead of forcing your eyes to scan endless black paragraphs, DocDance restructures text visually. Key terms are detected and transformed into color-coded, size-weighted highlights, guiding your attention naturally through each paragraph. Your brain stops hunting for meaning. It just follows it. Why DocDance is different Most reading apps focus on layout. DocDance focuses on cognition. By turning important words into visual anchors, DocDance helps you read faster, stay focused longer, and retain more—without speed-reading tricks or summaries. Built for real readers • People with ADHD or attention difficulties • Readers with dyslexia or visual fatigue • Students facing heavy academic reading • Professionals reviewing long reports, specs, or research • Anyone who needs to read a lot, quickly, and clearly Read anything • PDF, EPUB and Word documents • Plain text • Web articles via URL • Read aloud with on-device text-to-speech Total control over your reading style • Color themes tuned for focus, not decoration • Adjustable keyword density • Dynamic text sizing for emphasis • Animation speed from calm to turbo • Resume reading exactly where you stopped DocDance adapts to how your brain reads—not the other way around. Privacy-first by design All reading effects run locally on your device. No accounts. No uploads. No tracking. If traditional reading feels slow, exhausting, or overwhelming, DocDance offers a new way in. Not more text. Better reading. MEMBERSHIP Unlock everything with Annual, an auto-renewing yearly subscription that starts with a 3-day free trial for eligible new subscribers, or Lifetime, a one-time purchase. If you got DocDance before it moved to the subscription model, Lifetime is already unlocked for you. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase; with the free trial, you are charged when the trial ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Annual renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wang-zao.github.io/doc_dance/privacy

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 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: Companionship, 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 your phone's full resolution, 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, 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. 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

DocDance3 screens
Sit Still4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DocDance at 5.0 against Sit Still's 4.0. DocDance also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). Sit Still's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. Sit Still sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. DocDance asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DocDance holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DocDance ships an update every 5 months, Sit Still every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DocDance versus Sit Still: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocDanceSit Still
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB114 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperGreenWood Technology LimitedJohannes Butzke

Customer experience

DocDance

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sit Still

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DocDance

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Sit Still

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$34.991 Year

Questions

Is DocDance free?
DocDance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sit Still free?
Sit Still is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DocDance or Sit Still?
DocDance is rated higher. DocDance averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Sit Still averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DocDance or Sit Still have ads?
Neither DocDance nor Sit Still shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DocDance or Sit Still?
DocDance ships an update every 5 months, and Sit Still every 5 days. Most recently, DocDance was updated on October 11, 2026 and Sit Still on September 30, 2026.

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