# App For Cats: Cat Games — user reviews > 20 indexed App Store user reviews of App For Cats by E-String Technologies, Inc., rated 2.19/5 from 16 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/app-for-cats-cat-games/id371300692/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/app-for-cats-cat-games/id371300692.md ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Instantly Crashes!! *2016-06-27* Couldn't even try it out because as soon as the laser, fish or mouse was selected the app crashed. Tried to click on the link for App Support but page doesn't exist. ### 1/5 — Crashes after 2nd play *2016-06-01* Crashes ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2016-02-04* My cat does not like the ads. ### 1/5 — Cat Runs away and too many ads *2015-12-11* The cat would not have anything to do with it and the ads were incessant. Took it off. ### 1/5 — Crashes instantly *2015-07-30* My cats used to be mildly interested, but I can't run it at all on my iPhone 6. ### 1/5 — Crashes *2015-07-26* Keeps crashing. I deleted it right away. It also had a bunch of ads. I wish that there were zero stars. ### 1/5 — Urgh *2015-07-11* This game is annoying, I mean no offense. So I downloaded the app for my cat, he loved it the first time it ran, when I tried to load the laser the next time, it just crashed and crashed, and PLEEEASE fix that, my cat loves it! ### 1/5 — Immediately crashes *2015-04-11* Not exactly the most useful feature in an app. ### 1/5 — Waste of Money! *2012-01-28* This app for cats is a waste of money! There are much better ones out there that are free. The ants are too small and the contrast is not good enough for my cats to stay focused. I have found much better apps for my cats that have larger critters for them to catch and some of them have really cool sound effects. Don't waste your money on this one! ### 1/5 — ok, but one expects customization for the price *2010-05-28* Unfortunately, my cat does not appear to notice the bugs. This could be due to the lack of contrast and small size of the bugs. Cats are red-green color blind. They are most attracted to high contrasts. Could we have black bugs against a pure white background. Options to tweak what kind of bugs/ bug size/ color of background / color of bugs without having to go through the random process of shaking the device would be greatly appreciated in the next update by my cat! thank you for your work. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2015-02-21* Amazing it kept my kids entertained for hours ### 5/5 — Great update *2014-04-30* Should be called the app for dogs though. :-) ### 5/5 — My cat loves it! *2011-06-25* My cat loves this app. She has a fun time trying to swat at the bugs- she runs around the phone to position herself best to attack. She can't always make the sound, but she sure has a fun time! ### 5/5 — App for Hal *2011-05-29* My cat usually plays about one minute and is bored. I just purchased this app for my iPod Touch and Hal tried to catch the bugs with his paws. He stepped on them and they made noise. Then he tried to pick them up with his tongue. He really likes the little red bugs. Great toy! ### 5/5 — My cat LOVES playing with this! *2010-07-11* He jumps on my iPad even when it's not turned on because he thinks the bugs are inside or underneath. It's best when it's dark in the room but keep in mind that shaking it changes the background/bugs so I always get a combination that he can see well. Thanks for making this simple yet entertaining app! ### 4/5 — Worth the price *2010-09-19* This app is pretty simple and to the point. You open it and put it on the ground. I had to teach my cat a little to actually notice the bugs but once she did she loved it. She loved it enough she scratched up my screen guard. Oye...careful with this you cat may like it more then you think! :) ### 4/5 — As advertised. *2010-05-18* A fun little diversion. More interesting and interactive that most of the silly "gun" and "lighter" type apps. It would probably really drive a cat nuts, since swatting the bugs just makes them move faster. ### 3/5 — Kept attacking me *2015-03-30* My kitten kept attacking my hand not the stupid things but I'm sure it would b ok for other cats so Might recommend ### 3/5 — 2/3 paws up! *2011-11-13* I've seen a video of the iPad version of this app and decided to try it out on my iPhone with a cat I've been cat sitting. He thought it was amusing. He shoved my phone around on the carpet a bit before hesitantly touching the screen. It wouldn't make the sound for him, which was a disappointment for both of us. I then brought it home to my two cats. I put the phone down on an area rug and one cat had a hilarious time batting around under the rug. The second cat sniffed it, but wasn't too interested. General impressions: hilarious to humans watching, as it seems to reveal insight into how cats' minds work (all the cats I got a response out of thought the bugs were under the phone (or even under the thing the phone was sitting on) rather than on it. Immensely satisfying to pay for a cat toy and actually have cats be interested. All three test cats frequently turn up their noses at toys that just don't interest them. I was disappointed that it didn't respond to cat touches like in the iPad video I saw. They may have been touching it wrong (my mom had a hard time getting the sounds, too), but for an app marketed for cats, it should take into account a lack of touchscreen precision. ### 2/5 — App crashes! *2015-04-16* It will work for the bugs but crash on the other two. Please fix! I have an iPhone 6 plus! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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