Comparison

Sit Still vs Yahamiao

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

Head to head
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/

About

Yahamiao

Features
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One thing still counts. Yahamiao is a daily planner with a little cat for company. Open your room and choose one to three things that matter today. Start at home Tap a room object to record a task. Task entry and changing furniture have separate modes, keeping the everyday flow simple. Make room for today Track progress in your list and look back through your calendar. Finish every written task for the day to claim one daily points reward. Logging in, recording a task, or finishing only one of several tasks does not earn a separate reward. Make the room your own Redeem points for cats, furniture, cat accessories, and environments. Selected rare collectibles are available as optional purchases. Collect different companions and choose one cat to display at a time. Core features included with your download purchase After purchasing the app, daily planning, lists, the calendar, and basic companionship require no additional payment. Membership and collectibles are optional in-app purchases. Membership increases daily completion points and is not required to use the core tools. Optional purchases • Newcomer monthly welcome pack: available once within 24 hours of first entry. Includes 30 days of double completion points and a permanent first-purchase cat. Does not auto-renew. • Monthly membership: an auto-renewable subscription that doubles completion points while active. Manage or cancel it in your system subscription settings. • Your first four valid welcome-pack or membership payments each unlock a permanent companion. Direct collectible purchases do not count. Later membership payments provide the points benefit only. • Purchased collectibles and earned companion cats remain after membership expires. Refunds are handled according to platform rules and valid transaction status. In-app purchases are optional. Prices and renewal terms are shown on the App Store purchase confirmation screen. Purchase restoration restores eligible entitlements, not local task records. Private and personal No account is required. Tasks are stored locally on your device. Choose English, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese. Enable local reminders, export a backup, or delete local data whenever you need to. Privacy policy: https://minigame.uno/yahamiao/privacy/ Terms: https://minigame.uno/yahamiao/terms/ Apple standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sit Still4 screens
Yahamiao4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sit Still at Free against Yahamiao's $0.99. Yahamiao's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

Sit Still is free to download; Yahamiao costs $0.99 up front. Sit Still sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Yahamiao sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sit Still ships an update every 4 days, Yahamiao every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sit Still versus Yahamiao: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSit StillYahamiao
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size176 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohannes ButzkeKunhong pang

Customer experience

Sit Still

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

Yahamiao

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sit Still

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$34.991 Year
10 purchases

Yahamiao

One-time10
  • Witch Hat$0.99
  • Moon Hat$0.99
  • Tea Garden Retreat$0.99
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  • Pumpkin Hat$0.99
  • Apple Hat$0.99
  • Sailor Collar$0.99
  • Citrus Hat$0.99
  • Fish Pendant$0.99
  • Lace Collar$0.99
  • Seaside Retreat$0.99

Questions

Is Sit Still free?
Sit Still is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yahamiao free?
Yahamiao costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Sit Still or Yahamiao have ads?
Neither Sit Still nor Yahamiao shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sit Still or Yahamiao?
Sit Still ships an update every 4 days, and Yahamiao every 5 days. Most recently, Sit Still was updated on October 31, 2026 and Yahamiao on November 3, 2026.

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