SitTall vs Poxture App
You sit up straight in the morning, and by lunch your head has crept forward without you noticing. SitTall is a small Mac app that catches this through the motion sensors in your AirPods. If you don't wear AirPods all day, or you take them out between calls, Poxture App checks your posture through your Mac's camera instead. Every fact about SitTall below comes from its Mac App Store listing or saved copies of SitTall's website.
By Shyam Verma, maker of Poxture App · Checked 8 November 2026
AirPods app · Mac
SitTall
- Notices with
- Your AirPods or Beats Fit Pro
- Nudge
- A Mac notification
- Works
- At your Mac, with your AirPods in
- Price
- $5.99 once 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: AirPods in all day, and happy to pay $5.99 once? SitTall. Take them out between calls, or want more habits checked and a card that shows the fix? Poxture App.
Download Poxture App for MacChoose SitTall if
- You wear AirPods or Beats Fit Pro for most of the day.
- You'd rather not use a camera at all.
- You want to pay once, $5.99, with Family Sharing for up to six.
- You want an app whose App Store label says it collects no data.
- You like a gauge in the menu bar that shows how far you have drifted.
- Your Mac runs a macOS older than 15. SitTall asks for macOS 14 or later.
Choose Poxture App if
- You don't wear headphones all day, or you take them out between calls.
- 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 SitTall is
SitTall is a Mac menu-bar app by Burcu Basak Atici, on the Mac App Store since April 2026. It reads how your head moves from the motion sensors in your AirPods, "60 times per second", and spots when your head drifts forward, tilts to one side or slowly sinks. It works with AirPods 3rd generation, AirPods 4, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max and Beats Fit Pro, and it uses no camera. Setup is two taps: sit up straight and capture your good posture, then slouch and capture your bad one.1,2,3
How SitTall nudges you
When your posture stays off for long enough, SitTall sends a Mac notification. By default it waits for 5 minutes of bad posture. You can change that wait, the sensitivity and a cooldown between alerts, or snooze it with one click. A gauge in the menu bar shows how far you have drifted, and at the end of the day it shows how often you slouched and corrected, how long you spent slouching, and a posture score.1,2,3
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. When you've been looking down or slouching for about half a minute, by default, the glow tells you.
Price, and privacy
On 8 November 2026 SitTall cost $5.99 once on the US Mac App Store, with no in-app purchases listed, and up to six family members can share it with Family Sharing. Its site says "No subscription". Its App Store privacy label says Data Not Collected, and its FAQ says it "has no cloud component".1,2,3
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. It also sends more than SitTall says it does. Poxture App does use a camera, and its 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.
Is SitTall still updated?
On 8 November 2026 the Mac App Store still sold SitTall. Its last update was version 1.0.2 on 9 May 2026, which fixed German text and minor bugs. That day its website did not load for me.1
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, and needs no headphones.
Both need an Apple Silicon Mac. Poxture App needs macOS 15 or later. SitTall asks for macOS 14 or later, and only checks while your AirPods are connected to your Mac.1,3
Side by side
| SitTall | Poxture App | |
|---|---|---|
| How it notices | The motion sensors in your AirPods or Beats Fit Pro | Your Mac's camera or an external webcam, once a minute |
| What it checks | Head drifting forward, tilting to one side, and slowly sinking | Eight habits, from leaning in to sitting still too long |
| How it nudges | A Mac notification | A soft glow at the top of the screen, and a card that shows how to fix it |
| How fast it reacts | After 5 minutes of bad posture, by default | After looking down or slouching holds for about half a minute, by default |
| What you need | An Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 14 or later, and AirPods 3rd generation, AirPods 4, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max or Beats Fit Pro | An Apple Silicon Mac with a built-in camera or an external webcam, and macOS 15 or later |
| Price | $5.99 once on the Mac App Store | Free an hour a day, $19 once for all day |
| Trial | You pay $5.99 to download it | 1 hour a day, free for good; all day for your first 14 days |
| What it sends | Nothing, its App Store label and FAQ say | Usage counts and rounded posture scores; supporters can turn both off |
| Camera | No camera: your AirPods' motion sensors | Camera images never leave your Mac |
Questions
Is Poxture App a SitTall alternative?
Yes, if you'd rather not wear AirPods to sit well. SitTall reads your head from your AirPods' motion sensors. Poxture App checks your posture through your Mac's camera, so it works with your AirPods out. It 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.
How much does SitTall cost?
$5.99 once on the US Mac App Store on 8 November 2026, with no in-app purchases listed and no subscription. Family Sharing covers up to six people.
Which AirPods work with SitTall?
Its FAQ names AirPods 3rd generation, AirPods 4, AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, all AirPods Pro models, AirPods Max and Beats Fit Pro, on an Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 14 or later. Intel Macs are not supported.
Is SitTall still updated?
Its last update was version 1.0.2 on 9 May 2026. The Mac App Store still sold it on 8 November 2026, though its website did not load for me that day.
Does Poxture App need headphones?
No. Poxture App uses your Mac's built-in camera or an external webcam.
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
- SitTall's website (Mac App Store listing), checked 2026-11-08
- SitTall's website (home page, saved 18 May 2026), checked 2026-11-08
- SitTall's website (FAQ, saved 15 June 2026), checked 2026-11-08