Comparison

NightMeow vs Kapi

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

Head to head
About

NightMeow

This app helps you focus by using a cute cat-themed timer. As you study, virtual cats appear and grow, rewarding your concentration. You can also block distracting apps and websites, and view your progress in a daily room.

Highlights
  • Cat-themed focus timer
  • Collectible feline companions
  • Distraction blocking
  • Lock Screen Live Activities
  • Daily room for records
  • Customizable study day start
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Quiet nights. Focus time shared with cats. NightMeow is a study timer with little feline companions. Tap the box to start. As you focus, a small friend inside begins to appear. [A little friend that grows with your focus] The box peeks open at 10 minutes. Meet a kitten at 25 minutes and a grown cat at 50. Keep studying, and a new box appears every 90 minutes. Focus without a pause button, then finish your session to save your record. [Your daily room and cat collection] When you finish, see the friends who joined you and revisit your records in each day's room. Each page shows up to 13 visitors, with more on the next page. Sessions shorter than one minute record time only. Discover different cats and invite them to your next study session. [A day that fits your routine] Choose midnight, 5 AM, or any whole hour from midnight to 8 AM as the start of your study day. Changes apply to sessions started after the effective time shown in the app. Past records stay unchanged. [Focus on your Lock Screen] Enable Live Activities to see your study time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island on supported devices. The timer keeps running when the screen is off. [Block distractions while you study] Optionally allow Screen Time access and choose apps, websites, or categories to restrict. They are blocked when you start studying and unblocked when you finish. Blocking automatically ends after a maximum of 12 hours, and you can revoke access in device settings. You can also use the timer without blocking anything. [Simple and quiet] โ€ข No ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases โ€ข No account required โ€ข Study records stored on your device โ€ข Record backup and restore โ€ข Korean, English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese Support and feedback: ddubangstudio@gmail.com

About

Kapi

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See how much time you spend studying, working and resting. Kapi measures each activity with a stopwatch that counts up, then shows your daily timeline and weekly activity totals. Every saved activity adds a little capybara to your daily room. START NOW, NAME IT WHEN YOU FINISH Tap to start the stopwatch. Finish when you are done, then choose an activity or give it your own name. Time spent naming the activity is not added to its duration. Your start time stays saved when you leave the app. LOOK BACK AT YOUR DAY AND WEEK See when each activity happened and how long it lasted. Review daily bars and activity totals in the weekly view. Add a missed activity or edit a saved activity and its start and end times. A LITTLE KAPI FOR EACH ACTIVITY Choose from 12 activities, including study, work, cooking, gaming, exercise and rest. Your saved activities bring capybaras into your daily room. Tap a Kapi to revisit its record. YOUR STOPWATCH ON THE HOME SCREEN Add a Kapi widget to see elapsed time and open the app. On iOS 17 or later, start and finish from the widget, then open Kapi to name the activity. RECORD WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Recording works offline, and activity records are stored on your device. Cloud sync and in-app export are not available. Removing the app can remove its local records; device backups are managed by your operating system. Available in English and Korean, following your device or app language settings. Support: pycraft114@gmail.com

Screenshots

NightMeow4 screens
Kapi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kapi at daily against NightMeow's every 5 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NightMeow ships an update every 5 days, Kapi daily. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
NightMeow versus Kapi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNightMeowKapi
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size7 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersubin kangChan Woo Park

In-app purchases

None

NightMeow

No in-app purchases

None

Kapi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NightMeow free?
NightMeow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kapi free?
Kapi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NightMeow or Kapi have ads?
Neither NightMeow nor Kapi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NightMeow or Kapi?
NightMeow ships an update every 5 days, and Kapi daily. Most recently, NightMeow was updated on October 4, 2026 and Kapi on October 9, 2026.

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