5 FREE Amazing Apps For Cat Owners In 2022
Did you know that the average person spends a third of his/ her waking hours on mobile apps? In this digital age, our handphones are extremely critical to our lives. As such, we decided to curate a list of useful, highly accessible mobile apps that will help cat parents like you.
This article shall introduce the following apps:
-MeowTalk Translator
-Tably
-CatSmart’s Shopping App
-Animal Poison App
-11pets
1) MeowTalk Translator
Category: Entertainment
Availability: App Store & Google Playstore
The brainchild of a former Alexa engineer, MeowTalk by Akvelon, decodes your cat’s unique meows! Using machine learning, MeowTalk instantly translates your feline's meows into 1 of the 11 general cat intents/ cat moods:
-Happy/Content
- Defence
- Angry
- Attack
- Mother Call
- Mating Call
- In Pain
- Resting
- Hunting
- Warning
- Give me Attention
Side note: To learn more about different types of cat vocalisations, click here.
Of course, the aforementioned meow-to-mood matches are merely general trends that do not necessarily apply to all cats, because each cat has a unique vocabulary of meows.
You can educate the MeowTalk app about your cat's individual vocabulary of meows by telling the app what each meow means when your feline makes it. When you feed the app 5 to 10 instances of a specific meow for your cat (e.g. "food","let me out"), the app will begin to recognise that meow when it hears it.
Verdict: Although MeowTalk is not completely accurate, playing with the app is definitely a fun way for cat owners to bond with their kitties.
2) Tably
Category: Health & Wellness
Availability: App Store only
Are you aware that cats are “masters of disguise” when it comes to hiding their pain? Due to their survival instinct, cats are often reluctant to show that they are in pain because, in the wild, showing signs of weakness could lead to them being eaten by predators. Hence, we think that there is a strong rationale for developing the following pain-detecting app.
A Calgary, Alberta, animal health technology company, Sylvester.ai, has created an app that uses the phone's camera to detect if a cat is in pain by scanning its face. The app examines ear and head placement, eye-narrowing, muzzle tension, and whiskers movement, to bring to light feline distress.
Using machine learning and a series of images, the Sylvester.ai team trained the app to be proficient in recognising feline symptoms of pain. However, app-users should understand that they can also glean valuable insights about their cats’ pain level by looking at other parts of the feline body (e.g. the tail).
Verdict: New cat owners who are not well-versed with reading feline body language could find this app useful. With this knowledge, cat parents will be able to swiftly detect feline pain which is the vital first step towards healing.
3) CatSmart’s Shopping App
Category: Shopping
Availability: App Store & Google Playstore
CatSmart, Singapore’s number 1 cat products specialty store, has a shopping app that allows pawrents to shop on the go quickly. You can choose to shop by brands or shop by categories (e.g. cat food, litter boxes, health essentials).
The CatSmart app boasts unique app-exclusive functions that are not available on other platforms (e.g. its website).
Be notified when your favourite products are restocked. Simply tap the grey ‘notify when available button’, then you will receive push notifications when the product is available.
Save precious time when you reorder the same products. At the app’s order history section, tap on the ‘repurchase’ icon to quickly add your previously-bought products back to cart. You can also instantly remove all the items in your cart by tapping on the ‘replace bag’ icon.
Verdict: The CatSmart app is a must-have for cat owners in Singapore who wish to shop on the go rapidly.
4) Animal Poison App
Category: Health & Wellness
Availability: App Store only
Did your cat eat chocolate? A poisonous plant? Your medication? Like it or not, there are hazards everywhere that can compromise your cat’s safety. As a responsible pawrent, you need to be well-aware of these potential dangers, so that you can cat-proof your home.
Covering dogs, cats, horses, and birds, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) created a handy mobile app that helps owners conveniently identify over 300 potential everyday hazards, providing key information about the substance’s toxicity and the corresponding follow-up steps.
Rest assured, the app’s searchable database is written by the specialist veterinary staff at the ASPCA’s Animal Poison Control Center. As of now, these experienced veterinary professionals have dealt with over 2.5 million cases of pets being exposed to potentially toxic substances. Hence, the app’s information is trustworthy.
Verdict: The app’s database is not all-inclusive. Nonetheless, this app still includes the most frequently encountered toxins, helping pawrents to effectively cat-proof their homes.
5) 11pets: Pet Care
Category: Health & Wellness
Availability : App Store & Google Playstore
Frazzled by the huge responsibility of taking care of multiple furkids? 11pets’ organisation app has an impressive array of functions that are especially worthwhile for those in a multi-pet household.
The app takes care of everything crucial:
- Logging and reminders for medications
- Schedule and reminders for vaccinations, dewormings and hygiene
- Unique photo-gallery and timeline for each pet
- Complete medical history including x-rays, lab results, blood tests and many more
- Monitor vital metrics, weight, height and temperature
- Follow-up symptoms using photos and notes
- Keep info about all the professionals that care your pet
- Secure cloud backups of your data and photos
11pets stores all your pet’s health data together consistently and efficiently, aiding your efforts to keep your favourite felines safe and happy.
Verdict: This app can be of help to pawrents who are looking for an all-in-one organisation app that is capable of managing and storing their precious pets’ data.
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