Posturion vs Poxture App
Posturion and Poxture App are close cousins. Both live in your Mac's menu bar, use the camera to check how you sit, and notice your hand creeping to your face. The two real differences are how the nudge reaches you and how you pay. Every fact about Posturion below comes from Posturion's website or its Mac App Store listing.
By Shyam Verma, maker of Poxture App · Checked 2 November 2026
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Posturion
- Notices with
- Your webcam
- Nudge
- A sound or voice alert, or a notification
- Works
- At your Mac
- Price
- 1 free hour for new users; then $9.99 a month
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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 nudge you hear, on macOS 14 or an Intel Mac (its site says it supports Intel)? Posturion. Want a nudge you see, and to pay once? Poxture App.
Download Poxture App for MacChoose Posturion if
- You want to hear the nudge, from a chime to a voice line, while your eyes stay on your work.
- Your Mac runs macOS 14, or has an Intel chip (Posturion's site says it supports Intel). Poxture App needs Apple Silicon and macOS 15 or later.
- You want an app that says it sends no analytics at all.
- You want to pick how long you sit before a break reminder, from 20 minutes to 2 hours.
Choose Poxture App if
- You'd rather pay once than $9.99 every month.
- You want to see what slipped and how to fix it, and a green glow when you did.
- You'd like a free hour every day, with every feature all day for your first 14 days.
What Posturion is
Posturion is a Mac app sold on the Mac App Store by GrowEpic Corp. It sits in your menu bar and uses your built-in or external webcam to check for slouching, head tilt, your head pushing forward, shoulder tilt and how close you sit to the screen. It also notices when you touch your face or neck. You set it up with one press of "I'm sitting straight", and you can pick Low, Medium or High sensitivity. A sitting timer reminds you to get up after anything from 20 minutes to 2 hours.1,3
You hear it, or you see it
Posturion nudges you "with gentle audio nudges". You choose from 15 sounds, from chimes to "voice reactions" to zen bowls. Version 1.2, from 21 April 2026, added desktop notifications. The menu-bar icon also changes colour with your posture.1,3
Poxture App gives you something to see first. When you have been looking down or slouching for about 30 seconds, by default, a soft glow grows at the top of your screen and a card says what slipped and how to fix it. It chimes once, and you can turn the chime off. When you sit right again, the glow turns green, so you know you fixed it.
What it costs over a year
New Posturion users get "1 free hour of active sitting time", counted only while you are at your Mac. After that, unlimited use is a subscription at $9.99 a month. Over 12 months that is $119.88. Posturion's pages state no yearly or one-time price.3
Poxture App has no monthly fee. 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. There is no account.
Privacy
Posturion says its video feed is "never recorded, never stored, and never sent anywhere", and its homepage says "No accounts. No cloud. No analytics." Its privacy policy says it keeps posture scores (good, warning or bad) on your Mac for up to 48 hours. Its App Store privacy label says the developer collects no data.1,2,3
Poxture App's camera images never leave your Mac either. It reads each frame in memory and drops it. Unlike Posturion, it does send some data. 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 all of it.
Where they differ on the Mac
Posturion runs on macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Its site says it works on "Apple Silicon or Intel Mac".1,3
Poxture App needs an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later) with macOS 15 or later. It checks eight habits, including looking down and not working from a proper desk setup, and its Today view shows how many of the day's nudges you fixed.
Side by side
| Posturion | Poxture App | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Mac with macOS 14 or later; Apple Silicon or Intel, per its site | Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 15 or later |
| How it notices | Your built-in or external webcam | Your Mac's camera or an external webcam, once a minute |
| How it nudges | One of 15 sounds (chimes, voice reactions, zen bowls), or a desktop notification | A soft glow at the top of the screen, a card that shows how to fix it, and one chime you can turn off |
| Breaks | A sitting timer, 20 minutes to 2 hours | The Sitting still too long check nudges you after 40 minutes at your desk, by default |
| Free use | 1 free hour of active sitting time for new users | 1 hour a day, free for good; all day for your first 14 days |
| Price | $9.99 a month ($119.88 over 12 months) | $19 once |
| What it sends | Says "No analytics"; App Store label: no data collected | Usage counts and rounded posture scores; supporters can turn both off |
Questions
Is Poxture App a Posturion alternative?
Yes, and a close one. Both live in your Mac's menu bar, check your posture through the camera and check for a hand on your face. Posturion nudges you with a sound, a voice line or a notification, for $9.99 a month. Poxture App shows a glow and a card on the fix, and you pay once.
Is Posturion free?
New users get 1 free hour of active sitting time. After that, unlimited use is $9.99 a month, per its Mac App Store listing on 2 November 2026.
Do both check for a hand on the face?
Yes. Posturion says it "Detects when you touch your face or neck". Poxture App checks for a hand on your face, and shows a card on how to fix it.
Does Poxture App run on Intel Macs?
No. Poxture App needs an Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later) and macOS 15 or later.
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Sources, read 2 November 2026
- Posturion's website (home page), checked 2026-11-02
- Posturion's website (privacy policy), checked 2026-11-02
- Posturion's website (Mac App Store listing), checked 2026-11-02