Cat On Chair: ADHD Focus
Cute cat pomodoro study timer
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
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.
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more Cute visual and good content. Considering for annual purchase.
Cute visual and good content. Considering for annual purchase.
Whenever I focus for 180mins, when I reopen the app after that, it crashes. I can’t receive the 2 gifts after 180mins of focus time. Every time I press “Home” to return to home from the gift screen, the app crashes and close, I end up at my IP home screen. The process happen again each time I open the app again. And if I restart my phone so I can use the app again? The 2 gifts disappear. This is the third time I experience this bug and it’s pissing me off :)
Developer Response We are so sorry. We just pushed 1.6.7 that fixed this problem. Can you update to 1.6.7 and try again? We also offered 600 fish for all users.
Whenever I focus for 180mins, when I reopen the app after that, it crashes. I can’t receive the 2 gifts after 180mins of focus time. Every time I press “Home” to return to home from the gift screen, the app crashes and close, I end up at my IP home screen. The process happen again each time I open the app again. And if I restart my phone so I can use the app again? The 2 gifts disappear. This is the third time I experience this bug and it’s pissing me off :)
We are so sorry. We just pushed 1.6.7 that fixed this problem. Can you update to 1.6.7 and try again? We also offered 600 fish for all users.
I love this app so much because i’m a cat person. Everything look so cute, i introduced this app with my friend and she love it too. I hope your guy have a happy life.
I love this app so much because i’m a cat person. Everything look so cute, i introduced this app with my friend and she love it too. I hope your guy have a happy life.
the cuttest app i’ve ever come across
the cuttest app i’ve ever come across
600 Fish Gift: From the last update, we are sending 600 fish as a small thank-you after a bug that could cause a crash when a focus session finished.
Summer App Icon: Cat On Chair has a fresh seasonal app icon for summer.
New Furniture Set: A playful new chair, desk, and rug set is available in the Shop.
Count-Up Recovery: Count-up focus sessions recover more reliably after the app is closed, interrupted, or reopened.
App Blocking Screen: Blocked-app screens use clearer, more consistent colors across appearance settings.
Cat Room Performance: Idle room animations use less background work while staying responsive.
1.6.8 1 day ago
600 Fish Gift: We are sending 600 fish as a small thank-you after a bug that could cause a crash when a focus session finished.
Momo Cat: Meet Momo, a sweet calico cat who brings a soft, cozy personality to your focus room.
Sunset Background: A new sunset background is available for your cat's room.
Force Break Reminders: Optional break reminders keep notifying you until you return to the app.
Todo Updates: Task context menus, tappable links, and clearer linked todo titles make todos easier to manage.
Shop & Gift Fixes: Fish purchases, upgrade bonuses, restored gifts, furniture previews, and cat rename placeholders behave more reliably.
UX Improvements: Startup performance, cancel progress colors, widgets, audio, notifications, sync, storage, and timer restore are smoother and more reliable.
Bug Fixes: Fixed crashes and recovery issues around completed sessions, restored gifts, break flow, and app launch.
1.6.7 5 days ago
Widget Updates: Home Screen widget assets now update automatically after customization changes, with no manual generation needed.
More Decor: Four new furniture sets add more chairs, lamps, and rugs, including one Pro-only set and one older set now available to free users.
Summer Backgrounds: Three new summer backgrounds are available, and two older backgrounds are now free.
Cat Animations: Cat animations now use higher-quality HEVC assets, including new jump animations and better wallpaper exports.
Sound Updates: New meow sounds and a music box ambient sound add more personality to focus sessions.
Timer Reliability: Count-up sessions and completion alerts recover more reliably after backgrounding or restore.
Data Recovery: More sync and store recovery paths help restore todos, tags, custom sounds, and focus data after migration or update issues.
1.6.6 18 May
Widget Updates: Home Screen widget assets now update automatically after customization changes, with no manual generation needed.
More Decor: Four new furniture sets add more chairs, lamps, and rugs, including one Pro-only set and one older set now available to free users.
Summer Backgrounds: Three new summer backgrounds are available, and two older backgrounds are now free.
Cat Animations: Cat animations now use higher-quality HEVC assets, including new jump animations and better wallpaper exports.
Sound Updates: New meow sounds and a music box ambient sound add more personality to focus sessions.
Timer Reliability: Count-up sessions and completion alerts recover more reliably after backgrounding or restore.
Data Recovery: More sync and store recovery paths help restore todos, tags, custom sounds, and focus data after migration or update issues.
1.6.5 17 May
Fish Statements: Tap your fish balance to review recent earnings, spending, and lifetime totals.
Collection Progress: Collect now shows clearer progress counts for achievements, gifts, and trash.
Break Timer Restore: Breaks and auto-started focus sessions resume more reliably across iPhone, Watch, and Live Activities.
Referral Rewards: Active referral credits retry more reliably so fish rewards are less likely to get stuck.
Data Recovery: More recovery paths help restore missing gifts, achievements, and collection progress after sync or update issues.
1.6.4 10 May
Whitelist Presets: Backup recovery better protects saved whitelist presets, and new presets now start empty.
Collection Progress: Sync and data repair now preserve gifts, achievements, and collectible progress more reliably.
Blocking Mode Migration: Older timer settings now carry over the selected blocking mode more safely.
Cat Face Widget: The Home Screen cat face widget now refreshes after changing cats.
1.6.3 6 May
Plant Gift Set: New plant-themed gifts and collectibles are here.
Orange Cat Coats: New orange cat coat variants, with a cleaner two-row onboarding preview.
Timeline Navigation: Swipe between dates in the focus timeline, with safer gesture handling so vertical scrolling stays smooth.
Session Todos: Link a todo to each focus session so it shows what you are working on, then see it later in the Focus Timeline.
Todo Dates and Delete Warnings: Dates sort more naturally, and delete warnings help protect task history.
Super Strict Mode: Screen lock is now supported in super strict focus, with safer controls and clearer onboarding timing.
iCloud Sync Reliability: Stronger recovery protects settings, sessions, tags, gifts, fish, and duplicate data across devices.
iOS 17 Data Repair: Improved local store repair helps recover older data more safely after storage or sync issues.
Performance and Polish: Faster Collect, Shop, and Stats screens, better timer audio reliability, and improved Traditional Chinese font support.
1.6.2 30 Apr
Features
New Ambient Sounds: Added bird, library, keyboard, and flipbook sounds to the sound mixer.
Sound Mixer Redesign: Refreshed sound mixer layout for a cleaner look.
Stats Charts: New trend lines and session range charts in your statistics.
Bug Fixes
Audio Fix: Fixed the app pausing music from other apps on launch.
Ambient Sound Fix: Ambient sounds now start playing immediately when breaks begin.
Todo Fix: Fixed tapping the todo list causing the app to become unresponsive on iOS 18.
Notification Sound Fix: Fixed notification sound playing twice when the app is in foreground.
Shop Fix: You can now preview multiple locked items across categories without losing your selection.
Font Fix: Fixed shop item titles using the wrong font for Traditional Chinese.
Tag Selection Fix: Custom tag selection now persists when relaunching the app.
Performance: Faster app launch with optimized loading.
1.6.1 13 Apr
Features
Room Presets: Save and switch between different room setups with one tap.
New Widget Backgrounds: Added sky and pond backgrounds for your widgets.
Swipe Timer Mode: Swipe horizontally on the timer to switch between countdown and count-up modes.
Watch Session Persistence: Apple Watch now saves completed sessions even if the connection drops temporarily.
Longer Count-Up Live Activity: Count-up Live Activity now stays active for up to 8 hours.
Trial Reminder: Get a notification before your free trial ends so you don't miss out.
Cash Register Sound: Hear a satisfying cash register sound when you sell a gift.
Bug Fixes
Battery Fix: Fixed count-up mode silently draining battery in the background.
Timer Restore Fix: Fixed timer jumping or drifting when restoring from background.
Hold-to-Cancel Fix: Fixed hold-to-cancel gesture being blocked by the cat tap overlay.
Voice Trigger Fix: Voice trigger now pauses when other audio is playing to prevent music interruption.
Watch Complication Fix: Fixed cat complication rendering and sync on Apple Watch.
Localization Fix: Fixed notifications showing Japanese text in English, Spanish, and French.
1.6.0 8 Apr
Pause Sessions: Pause and resume your focus sessions — your cat will wait for you. Available in settings.
Dim Screen in Super Strict Mode: New toggle to dim the screen during super strict focus sessions for fewer distractions.
Custom Cat Sounds: Set custom sounds for cat interaction feedback.
Spring Gift Set: New spring-themed gifts and collectibles are here.
New Font for zh-Hant: Traditional Chinese now uses a beautiful handwritten font on widgets and Apple Watch.
iCloud Sync Fix: Fixed an issue where the iCloud sync toggle could turn off by itself after a temporary connection loss, which could cause fish to be lost.
1.5.10 28 Mar
Brown Noise & White Noise: Two new ambient sounds to help you stay focused — mix them into your perfect atmosphere.
Battery Improvements: Reduced battery drain on Apple Watch and iPhone during focus sessions.
Performance: Improved sticker rendering performance in Focus Timeline and Todo List views.
Website Blocking Fix: Fixed an issue where website blocking was not enforced in whitelist mode.
iCloud Sync Fix: Fixed deleted settings and custom sounds reappearing after syncing across devices.
1.5.9 25 Mar
Traditional Chinese Fix: Fixed an issue where Traditional Chinese text was not displaying correctly for users in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Stability Improvements: Fixed multiple crashes across the app including the stats view and purchase screens.
General bug fixes and improvements.
1.5.8 23 Mar
Todo Delete Confirmation: A confirmation screen now appears when deleting tasks, so you won't accidentally lose your to-dos.
Battery and performance improvements.
General bug fixes.
1.5.7 19 Mar
New Cat Face Widget: A brand new small widget featuring your cat's break loop face—centered and adorable on your home screen. Choose from 25 beautiful background images to match your style.
Widget Background Images: Both the Cat Face and Focus Status widgets now support customizable background images—pick from all the room themes you know and love.
Swipe to Adjust Timer: Swipe up or down on the idle screen to quickly adjust your focus duration—no need to open settings.
Share as Image: Share your focus results as a beautiful 4:5 image, perfect for social media.
Restore Purchases: Easily restore purchases and manage Family Sharing directly from Settings.
Todo Widget Today Filter: The "Today" filter now correctly shows only tasks with a today due date, instead of including all undated tasks.
Session Completion Note Editor: Add and edit notes directly after a session is completed.
General bug fixes and performance improvements.
1.5.6 18 Mar
New Content: Meet Pixel, our newest cat! Plus new coats for Rolling and Finnick, and a refreshed app icon for spring.
Home Screen Widgets: New status and todo list widgets for your home screen—see your focus stats, daily progress, and tasks at a glance with customizable backgrounds and stickers.
Wallpaper Export: Choose your cat's pose when exporting wallpapers—Focus, Staring, or Meow—to make your lock screen truly yours.
Watch Face Complication: Your selected cat now appears as a watch face complication, so your favorite companion is always with you.
Tag Reordering: Drag to reorder your tags exactly how you like them (Pro feature).
iCloud Sync Improvements: Hardened sync with better migration handling, quota exceeded warnings, and more reliable data recovery on new devices.
Timer & Session Fixes: Fixed timer recovery for count-up breaks, Live Activity resume, and settings drift—sessions now restore correctly across all scenarios.
Stats Fix: Fixed weekly stats view and Monday-start support so your focus patterns display correctly.
Watch Sync: Improved watch sync startup, added sync-required access flow, and fixed race conditions in watch communication.
UI Polish: Fixed todo widget text clipping and various localization improvements across all supported languages.
1.5.5 14 Mar
New Features:
• Ambient sounds now continue playing during break sessions
• Sync your todos to Apple Reminders
• Watch face complication showing your selected cat
Bug Fixes:
• Fixed ambient sounds not playing reliably during breaks
• Fixed app interrupting external audio when starting a focus session
• Fixed ambient volume slider
• Improved iCloud sync reliability and data recovery
• Fixed iCloud conflict dialog
Performance:
• Improved stats screen loading speed
1.5.4 7 Mar
Count-Up Mode: Breaks now have their own independent timer settings in count-up mode, so you can customize focus and rest separately.
Super Strict Blocking: A new blocking mode that keeps distracting apps locked down even more tightly during focus sessions—your Watch respects it too.
Custom Shield Screen: Personalize the blocked app screen with your own message, attributed to your cat.
Sync & Reliability: Achievements, collectibles, and timer settings now sync faster and more reliably across all your devices.
Watch Improvements: Timer state syncs more reliably between iPhone and Watch, with fixes for animation glitches and collectible delivery.
UI Polish: Smoother fade transitions throughout the app, better performance in the collection and stats views, and the onboarding text has been rewritten in cat voice.
1.5.3 6 Mar
iCloud Sync Reliability: Major improvements to iCloud syncing—your settings, whitelist presets, and collectibles now restore reliably on new devices and after reinstalls.
Focus Mode Stability: App blocking is more stable during session transitions, correctly handles break sessions, and no longer gets disrupted by background syncs.
Session Resume Fixes: Timer now resumes with the correct remaining time and blocking mode after backgrounding, cold launches, and Live Activity restarts.
Physics & Haptics: New Physics & Vibration settings page—toggle haptic feedback for collectible interactions and enjoy a refreshed shelf mode layout with organic rotation.
Onboarding Improvement: Whitelist mode now requires selecting at least one allowed app before continuing, preventing accidental full lockouts.
UI Polish: Session completion screen is now scrollable on smaller displays so buttons are always reachable.
1.5.2 25 Feb
Apple Watch Version is Here! Start a focus session directly from your wrist and watch your cat relax right on your Apple Watch.
Holiday Celebrations: Spring Festival and Valentine’s Day are here! Enjoy new limited-edition furniture and backgrounds to celebrate the season.
iCloud Optimization: Significant improvements to iCloud syncing—now faster and more reliable across all your devices.
Focus mode Optimization: App block is more stable
1.5.1 18 Feb
Apple Watch 版正式上线! 现在你可以在手腕上随时开启专注时段,近距离观察小猫在桌边陪伴你。
节日特别更新:春节与情人节双节联动!新增多款限定家具与精美背景,快来装点你的猫咪小屋。
同步性能提升:深度优化了 iCloud 同步机制,多设备间的数据传输现在更加快速、稳定。
1.5.0 13 Feb
Seasonal Content
- New Red Envelope gift set to celebrate the Year of the Horse
- 4 new furniture sets and 6 new backgrounds for Year of the Horse and Valentine's Day
Improvements & Fixes
- Enhanced tag color visibility with improved saturation
- Fixed gesture conflicts on iOS 17
- Fixed calendar sync issues
Quality of Life
- Auto-fill due dates when adding tasks from Today/Tomorrow tabs
1.4.10 4 Feb
1. Shop Fix: Resolved a bug that prevented scrolling within the shop.
2. Calendar Fix: Fixed an issue where focus sessions failed to save to the Calendar.
3. Item Correction: Fixed a mistake where New Year items were accidentally released to some users.
1.4.9 28 Jan
1. UX Tweaks: You can now swipe to dismiss detail sheets for collectibles and custom quotes.
2. Shop Improvements: Fixed a bug that prevented previewing locked items. You can also now tap the "switch coat" icon directly on cat shop cards to cycle through different looks.
3. Background Fix: Resolved an issue where users who previously unlocked the firework background were unable to use it.
1.4.8 25 Jan
1. New Arrival: Give a warm welcome to our newest feline friend, Nova!
2. Cat Coats: You can now switch "coats" (skins) for Nova and Millet. Stay tuned for more stylish outfits for other cats in future updates.
3. Pro Personalization: Pro users can now customize unique quotes for each cat and upload custom notification sounds.
4. Whitelist Presets: Create up to 5 distinct whitelist presets to quickly switch setups based on your focus needs.
5. Referral Program is Back: Invite your friends to join "Cat on Chair" and you'll both earn 200 fishes! (Note: Invite codes are valid for new users only).
6. Improved Gift Logic: We've tweaked the drop rates—once you’ve unlocked half of a gift set, your chances of receiving a new, locked gift will increase.
7. Focus Rewards Update:
- In Count-up mode, earn a gift after 5 minutes.
- For sessions under 15 mins (both Count-up and Pomodoro), only 1-star gifts will drop.
- Sessions over 60 mins will no longer drop 1-star gifts.
- Sessions over 120 mins will reward you with one extra gift.
8. iPad Optimization: Small UI fixes for a better iPad experience.
1.4.7 24 Jan
A major update with new features and stability improvements:
1. Smart To-Do List: Added support for recurring reminders and the ability to decorate your tasks with stickers.
2. Timeline Zoom: You can now pinch to zoom in and out of the timeline to view your entire day at a glance.
3. Custom Sounds: Record your own cat or upload personal audio files to use as unique notification sounds.
4. Visual Fixes: Resolved an issue where colors would not update correctly on the timeline and statistics pages.
5. Tag Stability: Fixed a bug where tags would occasionally disappear or fail to save.
6. Calendar Integration: You can now choose a specific calendar to sync your focus sessions.
7. New Content: A brand-new "Trash" set is now available for everyone.
8. Weekly Layout: Added an option to set Monday as the start of the week.
9. Fixed a bug where app blocking wouldn't stop after a session ended.
10. Various bug fixes and UX optimizations for a smoother experience.
1.4.6 12 Jan
600 Fish Gift: From the last update, we are sending 600 fish as a small thank-you after a bug that could cause a crash when a focus session finished.
Summer App Icon: Cat On Chair has a fresh seasonal app icon for summer.
New Furniture Set: A playful new chair, desk, and rug set is available in the Shop.
Count-Up Recovery: Count-up focus sessions recover more reliably after the app is closed, interrupted, or reopened.
App Blocking Screen: Blocked-app screens use clearer, more consistent colors across appearance settings.
Cat Room Performance: Idle room animations use less background work while staying responsive.
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