Sit Still vs Clockwork
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Clockwork
This app helps you manage product returns and warranties by scanning receipts. It automatically extracts key details and sends timely reminders before deadlines, ensuring you never miss an opportunity to get a refund or utilize a warranty. All your data is stored locally for maximum privacy.
- On-device receipt scanning
- Return window tracking
- Warranty expiration tracking
- Customizable deadline reminders
- Vault view with sorting and filtering
- Notes per item
- Manual backup and restore
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Never miss a return window or let a warranty expire unused. Photograph a receipt, and Clockwork reads the merchant, price, and date on-device — you confirm the details, pick a deadline, and it's tracked from there. KEY FEATURES • Receipt scanning — on-device text recognition pulls merchant, price, and date straight off the photo • Return window & warranty tracking — built-in presets for common retailers (Amazon, Target, Costco) or set your own date • Deadline reminders — a local notification ahead of each item's deadline, timed per item • Vault view — active items sorted by what's expiring soonest, with search and category filters • History — returned and archived items kept separate from what still needs attention • Notes per item — serial numbers, warranty terms, who to call • Manual backup & restore — export your vault to a file anytime, on your terms PRIVACY, ACTUALLY Clockwork has no backend and no analytics. Receipt photos and recognized text never leave your device — scanning runs entirely with on-device text recognition. Everything you track lives in local storage on your device. Nothing is collected, nothing is sold, nothing syncs anywhere unless you personally export a backup file yourself. FREE TO START Track up to 5 active items at no cost, with reminders 3 days ahead of each deadline. Clockwork Premium unlocks unlimited tracked items and custom reminder timing (same day, 1 day, 1 week — your choice, per item). CLOCKWORK PREMIUM — SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Clockwork Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, offered as: • Monthly: $2.99 per month • Yearly: $19.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your device's Apple ID account settings. Prices shown are in U.S. Dollars and may vary by region. Terms of Use (EULA): https://eromstad.github.io/clockwork-legal/#terms Privacy Policy: https://eromstad.github.io/clockwork-legal/#privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Clockwork at 5.0 against Sit Still's 4.5. Clockwork also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). Sit Still's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Sit Still sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Clockwork sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Clockwork holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Sit Still ships an update every 3 days, Clockwork every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sit Still | Clockwork |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Johannes Butzke | Erik Romstad |
In-app purchases
Sit Still
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly$34.991 Year
Clockwork
- Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
- Yearly Premium$19.991 Year









