Nekoze vs Poxture App
An hour into a task, your shoulders round and your head drops toward the screen. Nekoze is a small, free Mac app that uses your camera to tell you when you are hunched over. Poxture App also checks your posture through your Mac's camera, but it checks for eight habits and shows how to fix each one. Every fact about Nekoze below comes from Nekoze's website or its Mac App Store listing.
By Shyam Verma, maker of Poxture App · Checked 8 November 2026
Camera app · Mac
Nekoze
- Notices with
- Your camera
- Nudge
- Tells you when you are hunched over
- Works
- At your Mac
- Price
- Free on the Mac App Store
Mac app · ours
Poxture App
- Notices with
- Your Mac's camera
- Nudge
- A glow and a how-to card
- Works
- At your Mac
- Price
- Free an hour a day, $19 once for all day
The short version: want a free app that only tells you when you hunch, whose App Store privacy label says it collects no data? Nekoze. Want more habits checked and a card that shows the fix? Poxture App.
Download Poxture App for MacChoose Nekoze if
- You want a free app from the Mac App Store, with no in-app purchases listed.
- You only want to hear when you are hunched over.
- You want an app whose App Store privacy label says it collects no data.
- Your Mac runs a macOS older than 15. Nekoze asks for macOS 12 or later.
Choose Poxture App if
- You want to hear when you have sat still too long, as well as when you slouch, lean in, look down or prop your chin.
- You want each nudge to come with a card that shows how to fix it.
- You want a free hour every day, with every feature all day for your first 14 days.
What Nekoze is
Nekoze is a Mac app by Katsuma Tanaka, on the Mac App Store since April 2013. Its listing says it "uses a camera to check your posture and tells you when you are hunched over", and that it "uses facial recognition to detect hunched posture". If it misses you, the listing suggests "adjusting the lighting in the room or changing the location of the camera". Since August 2014 you can pick which camera it uses. It comes in English and Japanese.1,2
What it costs, and how recent it is
On 8 November 2026 Nekoze was free on the Mac App Store (US store), with no in-app purchases listed. Its App Store privacy label says Data Not Collected: "The developer does not collect any data from this app." Its latest version, 2.0.1, came out on 6 September 2022, after a redesign for macOS Monterey. Before the redesign, its last update was in November 2014. It asks for macOS 12 or later.2
Poxture App is free to use: the first hour of each day is free for good, and for your first 14 days every feature works all day, and $19 once keeps it on all day. Poxture App collects more than Nekoze's privacy label says Nekoze does. Camera images never leave your Mac. Poxture App sends usage counts with a random install number and, once a day, rounded posture scores with no install number, and supporters can turn both off in Settings. The privacy page lists every item.
What else Poxture App checks
Poxture App checks for eight habits: too close to the screen, looking down, hand on face, slouching, sitting still too long, hunched over, leaning to one side and not working from a proper desk setup. It checks once a minute. When you've been looking down or slouching for about half a minute, by default, the glow tells you.
Poxture App's nudge is a soft glow at the top of the screen you're using, with a card that shows how to fix the habit it noticed.
Poxture App runs only on Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 15 or later. Nekoze's listing asks for macOS 12 or later.2
Side by side
| Nekoze | Poxture App | |
|---|---|---|
| How it notices | A camera, using facial recognition | Your Mac's camera or an external webcam, once a minute |
| What it checks | Hunched posture | Eight habits, from leaning in to sitting still too long |
| How it nudges | Tells you when you are hunched over | A soft glow at the top of the screen, and a card that shows how to fix it |
| Runs on | Mac with macOS 12 or later | Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 15 or later |
| Price | Free on the Mac App Store | 1 hour a day free for good, all day for your first 14 days; $19 once for all day |
| What it collects | No data, its App Store privacy label says | Usage counts and rounded posture scores; supporters can turn both off |
Questions
Is Poxture App a Nekoze alternative?
Yes, if you want more than a hunched back checked. Both check your posture through your Mac's camera. Poxture App checks for leaning in, looking down, a hand at your chin and sitting still too long, and shows a card on how to fix each. Nekoze is free on the Mac App Store.
Is Nekoze free?
Yes. On 8 November 2026 it was free on the Mac App Store (US store), with no in-app purchases listed.
Is Nekoze still updated?
Its latest version on the Mac App Store, 2.0.1, came out on 6 September 2022, after a redesign for macOS Monterey. Before the redesign, its last update was in November 2014.
How does Nekoze check your posture?
With a camera. Its listing says it "uses facial recognition to detect hunched posture", and suggests changing the room lighting or where the camera sits if it does not work well.
Does Poxture App send any data?
Yes, a little. Camera images never leave your Mac. Poxture App sends usage counts with a random install number and, once a day, rounded posture scores with no install number, and supporters can turn both off in Settings. The privacy page lists each one.
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Sources, read 8 November 2026
- Nekoze's website (home page), checked 2026-11-08
- Nekoze's website (Mac App Store listing), checked 2026-11-08