Comparison

Litterbox vs Sill

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

Head to head
About

Litterbox

This Safari extension allows you to view individual posts from a social media platform without navigating to the full website. It opens links in a pop-up window for quick viewing and does not share your browsing data.

Highlights
  • View posts in pop-up windows
  • Avoids visiting the full website
  • Uses official API
  • Protects user cookies
  • Identifies viewable links
Features
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Litterbox is a Safari extension that opens x.com links in a popup so you can read the one post and leave. - It uses the same API that powers their embed widgets. - It never sends your cookies. - The openable links are marked with a small dot.

About

Sill

Stream your Mac's desktop or individual windows to your iPhone or iPad. Control your computer remotely using touch, keyboard, or Apple Pencil with encrypted connections. Offers flexible streaming quality and connection options.

Highlights
  • Stream Mac windows or desktop to iPhone/iPad
  • Remote control with touch, keyboard, Apple Pencil
  • Encrypted connections with TLS 1.3
  • Adjustable streaming quality and frame rate
  • Virtual display option for continuous updates
  • Multiple connection modes (Wired, Wi-Fi, Direct, Remote)
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Sill shows a window from your Mac, or its whole desktop, on your iPhone or iPad, and lets you use it with touch, a keyboard, a touchscreen trackpad or Apple Pencil. It streams straight from your Mac to your device over your own network, so there is no account to create and no server in between. You pair each device once, and every connection is encrypted. Both parts are free: the Sill app for iPhone and iPad, and Sill for Mac. Streaming: * Any single Mac window, or the whole Desktop, on your iPhone or iPad * Hardware HEVC video, up to 120 fps on ProMotion screens (60 elsewhere); the rate follows each device * Seven bitrate quality presets, from Low (4 Mbps) to Extreme (150 Mbps), plus Resolution, a frame-rate limit and Prioritize Encoding Speed * Text size (Aa): resizes your Mac window to fit your screen, so text is the size you want * Optional virtual display: a window streams from its own HiDPI display, sized to your device, and keeps updating even when covered on your Mac; full-screen video works too Controls: * Touch: tap to click, drag to scroll with momentum, touch and hold to right-click * Apple Pencil as the mouse, with hover * Software and hardware keyboards, with ⌘, ⌃ and ⌥ shortcuts, plus a key row with latching modifiers and a Spotlight key * Laptop layout when you hold the device upright: the picture on top, a key row and a trackpad (two-finger scroll, two-finger tap, hold then drag, three-finger gestures for Mission Control, App Exposé, switching Spaces, Apps and Show Desktop) * Dedicated iPhone and iPad layouts * Each Mac app's menus (File, Edit, View, etc) on your device, behind a Menus button * Window thumbnails: switch with a tap; hold one for close, minimize and full screen; drag to reorder * An Apps drawer: open windows and all installed apps, with search, and it launches apps Connecting: * Finds your Mac automatically; each Mac has 4 modes: Wired, Wi-Fi, Direct or Remote * USB cable (Wired) support, and a live session moves between the cable and Wi-Fi without dropping * Direct Wireless Connection (Direct, optional), for when you and your Mac don't share a network * Remote Access from anywhere through your own VPN, such as Tailscale, or a port forward * Pairing: every connection encrypted with TLS 1.3; pair each device once by QR code or a 12-digit code, and a USB cable pairs by itself; Require pairing is on by default * Your Mac keeps its keys in the protected part of its keychain that only Sill can read Sill for Mac: * A ~6 MB menu bar app with a live status card: each device, its frame rate and latency * Settings: General, Devices, Streaming, Virtual Display, Remote Access and Permissions * Launch at Login, a log window, and an update check that tells you when a new version is out * A notarized disk image download from getsill.app Sill for iPhone and iPad: * A Settings panel that changes your Mac's stream settings, and shows the connection and latency * A first-run tour, and Take the Tour to replay it * Tells you when your Mac or the device needs an update Free and open source (Apache 2.0) No account, no servers, no tracking: video goes straight from your Mac to your device, forever! Website: https://getsill.app/ GitHub: https://github.com/Saffsanity/sill Site GitHub: https://github.com/Saffsanity/sill-site

Screenshots

Litterbox2 screens
Sill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sill at 4.9 against Litterbox's 4.2. Sill also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and ratings volume (44 vs 10). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sill holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 44 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Litterbox ships an update weekly, Sill every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Litterbox versus Sill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLitterboxSill
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (10 ratings)4.9 (44 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1044 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnd a DinosaurNOAH WILLIAM SAFFER

Customer experience

Litterbox

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sill

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Litterbox

No in-app purchases

None

Sill

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Litterbox free?
Litterbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sill free?
Sill is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Litterbox or Sill?
Sill is rated higher. Litterbox averages 4.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Sill averages 4.9 from 44 ratings.
Do Litterbox or Sill have ads?
Neither Litterbox nor Sill shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Litterbox or Sill?
Litterbox ships an update weekly, and Sill every 2 days. Most recently, Litterbox was updated on October 31, 2026 and Sill on October 31, 2026.

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