Focus app doesn't have to feel cold or boring.
When you enter focus mode, a cat appears on the chair keeping you company. With a hand-drawn style and rich colors, Cat On Chair brings you a cozy, aesthetic pomodoro focus experience. The cat isn't only there to "supervise"; they're sharing the moment with you.
Stay motivated with gifts and rewards.
Complete a session, and your cat will bring you a gift. Fail, and you may be left with a little trash.
Gifts can be traded for fish, which unlock furniture and decorations for your cat's room. Seasonal updates bring new gifts, decor, and even more cats to collect.
Attention: May cause increased productivity, spontaneous cat adoption urges, and the inexplicable need to explain your work schedule to a digital pet.
Basic Features (Free Version)
- No ads
- Support for both Pomodoro and count-up modes
- Collect gifts and trash, sell for fish to buy new furniture and decor
- Block apps and websites to avoid interruptions
- Use a whitelist to pick the apps you want to use during focus sessions
- Note down your important tasks in a to-do list with due dates and reminders
- Focus Timeline to see today's sessions at a glance
- Stats overview to track your overall progress
- Export your cat's room as wallpaper to save your focus moments
- With Shortcuts, you can create automation to start a focus session whenever you need
- Earn achievements to show off in your cat's room
- Lock screen widget to start a session without unlocking the phone
- iCloud multi-device sync—seamlessly switch between iPhone and iPad
Upgrade to Pro for More Features
- Mix and match ambient sounds—cat purring, rain, fireplace, waves, café chatter—to create your perfect atmosphere
- Record your own custom alert sounds for session notifications
- Write custom cat quotes for session completion and failure messages
- Call your cat by name using your voice—they'll react when they hear you
- Apple Watch companion app—start, pause, and track sessions from your wrist
- Focus Timeline with full history—browse any date and add stickers to your timeline
- Detailed statistics: see your progress in day, week, month, and year view
- Sync focus sessions to Apple Health, Calendar, and Reminders
- Unlock different coat styles for your cats—change their look anytime
- Save and switch between whitelist presets for different focus scenarios
- More exclusive gifts, decorations, chairs, carpets, and room items
- Customize break length, cycles, and long breaks
- Add custom focus tags for better task management
- Multiple cat-themed app icons—change anytime to match your mood
- Home screen widgets: to-do list, focus status, and animated cat widgets
Currently supports iOS 17 and above.
Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you:
Email: hello@catonchair.app
Discord: catonchair.app/discord
Instagram: xingrui_m
Privacy Policy: https://catonchair.app/en/privacy
Terms of Services: https://catonchair.app/en/terms
Effective ways to not focus on the app without getting trash are being stopped
Distractionism
I found two bugs to prevent yourself from focusing that is, from starting a focus session and not getting trash. First bug, When you start a focus session and get off the app and go to a distraction app you sometimes it actually does not block the app you selected and for other apps you can fix it by going on the app but you will likely not get out of the app and use that bug to your distraction-advantage. Second bug, if you click on the cat rapidly the app crashes and stops the focus session but you don’t get any trash nor fish.
It’s very effective.
Danoosh90
I happen to be struggling with focusing. I’d doomscroll when a task is too tough but with Cat On Chair, I’ve managed to look at my phone, see my virtual cat, and just trudge on anyway. (I don’t wanna upset and disturb my cat.)I partly wish future updates would help me have more interaction with the cat like a Tamagotchi. But for now, I’ve become 10% more productive and that’s more than enough. :)
Love love this app
Unicorns1919
I love this app so much! Its so cute and easy to use and doesnt have unecessary features. I also love how jinx friends can also visit! And the cute jinx cat in real life 😭😭 there’s even a timeline where i can plan my day! Im using YPT but seeing other people with so much studying hours gave me so much unhealthy pressure so yeah i tried this app and loved it more!
these cats helps me focus lol
uling00
needed smthing to strictly stop me from doom scrolling for work and came across this cute app. pretty effective i must say! it gives u options on how strict the cats need to be (LOL) and it gives u a break from time to time. i love the features and the aesthetic of it, i would love to further support this app 🐱 kudos to the developers!
Brown Noise: The brown noise ambient sound has been refreshed.
Focus Loop: Ending a break manually now continues the focus cycle more reliably, including Apple Watch auto-start flows.
Focus Screen: Focus sessions now allow the device to auto-lock normally.
Timeline: Failed focus sessions that count toward stats now appear in the Focus Timeline.
Achievements: Fish and collectible achievements now unlock more reliably from your saved progress.
Todo Stickers: Sticker editing on todos is steadier, with larger corner controls and smoother scroll behavior.
Rewards & Shop: New gifts stay preserved, purchased Shop items recover more reliably, and sell receipt buttons stay anchored at the bottom.
Version 1.6.9
The developer, Ryan Yao, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Usage Data
Diagnostics
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Accessibility
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Information
Provider
Cat On Desk Design Inc.
Size
496.3 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Apple Watch Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
Languages
English and 6 more
English, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese