Comparison

FocusLock App Blocker 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

FocusLock App Blocker

Features
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Keep opening your phone when you want to study or work? FocusLock combines app blocking, a Pomodoro timer, and scheduled focus sessions to help you build a less distracted routine. Try basic focus features without creating an app account. QUICK FOCUS Choose a duration and begin a focus session for study or work. POMODORO & SCHEDULES Alternate focus and breaks, or schedule sessions for your daily routine. SCREEN TIME TOOLS Choose apps that remain available during focus, configure app and global monitoring with blocked time windows, and review usage and focus trends. These features require Apple Screen Time authorization. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Settings and focus history are saved on your device. Eligible data can optionally sync through your private iCloud database when iCloud is enabled. Some system permissions and active focus state remain on the current device. No FocusLock login is required. PREMIUM Monthly and Annual Premium Passes are one-time purchases for one month or one year of Premium access. They do not auto-renew. Lifetime Premium is a one-time purchase for permanent Premium access. Apple handles purchases; restore purchases in the app. Basic features are available free, and some features require Premium. Prices are shown before purchase. Some features depend on system version and authorization. Privacy Policy: https://h5.skyingidea.com/privacy/lockscreen-ios.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

FocusLock App Blocker4 screens
Sit Still4 screens

Verdict

The call

FocusLock App Blocker and Sit Still are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FocusLock App Blocker sells 5 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
FocusLock App Blocker versus Sit Still: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocusLock App BlockerSit Still
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB176 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperFuzhou Buwan Technology Co., Ltd.Johannes Butzke

In-app purchases

5 purchases

FocusLock App Blocker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Monthly Premium Pass$2.99
  • Annual Premium Pass$9.99
  • Lifetime Premium$14.99
2 purchases

Sit Still

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$34.991 Year

Questions

Is FocusLock App Blocker free?
FocusLock App Blocker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sit Still free?
Sit Still is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FocusLock App Blocker or Sit Still have ads?
Neither FocusLock App Blocker nor Sit Still shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FocusLock App Blocker or Sit Still?
FocusLock App Blocker ships an update every 4 days, and Sit Still every 4 days. Most recently, FocusLock App Blocker was updated on October 31, 2026 and Sit Still on October 29, 2026.

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