Sprout is a friendly little Mac app that notices the second you start to slump, then walks you through a 5-minute fix — counting your reps and checking your form, so your neck actually gets better.
Free for 7 days, no card. Then $49 once, yours for life. Your camera never leaves your laptop.
Made for your Mac · Windows coming soon
You start the morning sitting just fine. Then a deadline lands, you lean in toward the screen, your shoulders round, your chin drifts forward — and you hold that shape for hours without once noticing. The first you hear of it is the ache that shows up at the end of the day.
You've tried the fixes. A better chair. A standing desk you forget to raise. A reminder app you now swipe away in your sleep — because it nags on a timer whether you're actually slouching or not. None of them watch you. None of them catch you in the act and walk you back.
You can't catch yourself slouching all day. So something has to do it for you.
A little model on your Mac spots the slump — and only the slump — then gives you a friendly nudge. Not a dumb timer you learn to ignore.
Once a day, a 5-minute routine. The camera counts your reps and checks your form — so you're actually doing the moves that undo the damage.
Most apps buzz, you stop noticing, you quit. Sprout shows your posture getting better week by week — so you can see it working and keep going.
Every cheap app stops at the buzz, or snaps one photo and guesses. None of them check if you're doing the fix right. That's the bit that actually changes things — so that's the bit we built around.
Like a coach over your shoulder — not a video you half-follow.
Not just an alarm, not just a stretch library. Both, working together.
Your actual posture, charted as it improves.
Nothing to wear, nothing to renew, nobody to ask permission.
Straight talk: some apps cost less, and the fancy clinical ones come with real physios. Here's the honest picture anyway.
| Can it… | Sprout | SuperShrimp | SitApp | Upright | Posture AI | Hinge / Sword |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catch you slouching, live | Yes | Yes | Yes | Sensor | No | Yes |
| Check your form & count reps | Yes | No | No | No | No | Clinical |
| Track your posture over time | Yes | Sort of | Sort of | Sort of | Snapshot | Yes |
| Stay on your laptop, no cloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | App | Photos | Cloud |
| Work with no extra gadget | Yes | Yes | Yes | $60–100 | Yes | Varies |
| Just buy it, no insurer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Cost | $49 once | $17–29 once | free–$35/yr | $60–100 | subscription | via employer |
Other apps shuffle their prices and features a lot — these were right at the time of writing.
The model runs right on your computer. Nothing's ever sent to a server.
No frames stored, no uploads. Read in the moment, then gone.
Pull the wifi — it still does its job just fine.
Just download and go. No account, no email harvesting.
I write code for a living, and after years hunched at a laptop my neck was a wreck. I tried the standing desk, the brace, the reminder apps I learned to swipe away in my sleep. Not one of them ever checked whether I was actually fixing anything.
So I'm building the thing I wish I'd had — a friendly little app that catches me folding forward and walks me through the fix, right on my own machine, with nobody watching but me. If that sounds like you too, founding members can help me build it.
Try it free, buy it once, unlock it for life.
Grab Sprout for your Mac and use every feature free for 7 days. No card, no account.
Like it? Buy the founding lifetime license for a one-time $49 — whenever you're ready.
We email you a code like SPRT-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX. Open Sprout → Settings and paste it in.
Lifetime access unlocked — no subscription, no renewals, ever.
Start with a free 7-day trial — no card, no account. Buy the one-time $49 founding lifetime license whenever you're ready.
Prefer to pay monthly? $4.99/mo — coming soon.
Your Sprout license code (SPRT-…) is on its way to your email. Open Sprout → Settings, paste it in, and you're set for life.
Didn't get it within a few minutes? Email hello@sproutposture.app.
Your neck has to last your whole career. Forty-nine bucks, one time, is basically nothing against that.
Student? A verified student price ($29 lifetime) is on the way — email us and we'll sort you out.
Free for 7 days. Then $49 once. Your camera stays put.