sitting reminder app

a sitting reminder
with a villain.

Sitting too long is a genuine health risk on its own. SuperMoo reminds you to stand and move for sixty seconds, up to six times a day on the free phone app, with a villain cow named Dracu-Moo who gets progressively more sinister when you keep sitting. Free. No account.

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moo. on your side.
11h
average daily sitting for desk workers. dracu-moo calls it "a great start."
3.2%
measurable drop in brain blood flow after four uninterrupted sitting hours. reversed by two-minute breaks.
60s
minimum effective break to counter the effects of sitting too long. moo's whole ask.
free
to start. no account. built by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. no ads on either tier.
why sitting too long is its own problem

your standing desk
is still keeping you
still.

The issue isn't sitting specifically. It's prolonged stillness. A standing desk where you stand motionless for six hours has many of the same problems as a chair. What the research keeps pointing to: it's the absence of movement that matters, not the posture.

A peer-reviewed study on healthy desk workers found that four hours of uninterrupted sitting measurably reduced blood flow to the brain. The group that took two-minute walks every 30 minutes showed no such reduction. The walks didn't have to be intense. They just had to happen.

SuperMoo's sitting reminder is built around this: on iPhone and Android, up to six free nudges across your sitting day (as often as every thirty minutes on premium), sixty seconds of anything that moves your body, and a villain cow who gets increasingly smug when you ignore it. The narrative makes skipping the reminder feel like something, not just a dismissed notification.

even people who exercise regularly need sitting reminders. the research is clear that your workout session doesn't undo prolonged stillness at a desk. read more on the gym-goers page.
dracu-moo · when you've been sitting too long
"magnificent sitting. sustained excellence. moo lah lah."
questions

what people ask.

On the free tier on iPhone and Android, SuperMoo sends up to six notifications a day, spread across the sitting day you set. When you tap Moo and log a move, the notification clears and that day counts toward your week. If you keep ignoring reminders, Dracu-Moo's notifications start appearing. They escalate in tone as dracu-moo accumulates wins. The messages include things like "magnificent sitting. sustained excellence. moo lah lah." and "the chalkboard plan is ahead of schedule." You fix this by moving for 60 seconds. Premium unlocks a custom schedule (Regular, Gentle, or Keen modes; Keen fires hourly).
Not exactly. The problem isn't the posture, it's the stillness. Standing motionless for hours has many of the same metabolic effects as sitting. What the research supports is movement, not just standing. Short walks, stretches, desk exercises. SuperMoo works just as well for standing desk users as for chair workers. The reminder is really a movement reminder, not just a get-up reminder.
The research says yes. A 2018 study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology specifically found that even physically active desk workers showed measurable reductions in brain blood flow after four hours of uninterrupted sitting. The morning workout is great. It doesn't prevent the afternoon slowdown. SuperMoo fills the gap. See the gym-goers page for more.
Yes. For free on iPhone and Android, you set your sitting day (a from, an until and the days you sit), the nudges spread across it, and they go quiet once you reach your daily goal. On premium you set the exact schedule: which days, which hours, what frequency. Gentle mode lets you pick specific times. If you're active and just want a light nudge a few times a day, you can set exactly that. The reminder system is fully customizable.
Yes. On iPhone and Android, free includes up to six daily sitting reminders spread across your sitting day, moo picks for me, every one-minute moove in the library, a weekly count of the days you moved, levels, the full Dracu-Moo arc, and the home-screen widget (display). No account required. No ads on any tier. SuperMoo is made by Reweave, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Premium adds power features: custom schedule (including hourly), quiet hours, real alarms on iPhone (iOS 26 or later) that start with a one-minute moo countdown and can go quiet after your goal, the Apple Watch app (with iPhone), the Mac screen takeover, Apple Health on iPhone, choose your moo, longer history, and widget tap-to-log.
free. no account. no ads.

stop sitting.
sixty seconds.

dracu-moo's chalkboard is very full right now. moo has thoughts about this.

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from the guide

this page is half the story. the other half is what actually moves the needle once you stand up.

how to move more at a desk job, the complete guide →