App lets it down.
First things first, we love our OnlyCat cat flap. To date, it has stopped Nala bringing in 4 mice and 2 birds.
The reason I gave 4* instead of 5* is the app. Some of the wording of the alerts is confusing and you can’t do a great deal with the app.
It would be good to have some of the functionality seen on other well known brands:
- Clearer alert message. (“Cleared for Entry”, when an unknown cat approaches the cat flap does nothing for your blood pressure!)
- Filtering by cat name.
- Summary of each cat’s status (in or out) on a separate screen of the app
- indicating the cat has looked through the flap, rather than having gone through it
- Better use of the eInk display. Just having the word “Ready” displayed is a waste of real estate. Perhaps have a display of which cat is in and which is out (as shown in some of the early advertisements).
As I say, we love our OnlyCat. Just a few tweaks of the app and device itself would make it even more amazing.
The reason I gave 4* instead of 5* is the app. Some of the wording of the alerts is confusing and you can’t do a great deal with the app.
It would be good to have some of the functionality seen on other well known brands:
- Clearer alert message. (“Cleared for Entry”, when an unknown cat approaches the cat flap does nothing for your blood pressure!)
- Filtering by cat name.
- Summary of each cat’s status (in or out) on a separate screen of the app
- indicating the cat has looked through the flap, rather than having gone through it
- Better use of the eInk display. Just having the word “Ready” displayed is a waste of real estate. Perhaps have a display of which cat is in and which is out (as shown in some of the early advertisements).
As I say, we love our OnlyCat. Just a few tweaks of the app and device itself would make it even more amazing.
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Better than Sureflap
Roughly a week in using the OnlyCat cat flap and App. On the first night we prevented a mouse and a bird being brought in by our cat so the A.I. definitely works! The app allows various ways to control the entry and exit options and there are further improvements expected in the use of the e-ink screen which currently shows connection status but will hopefully soon show whether a cat is in or out. Highly Recommended
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Only Cat smart cat flap
This has given us so much peace of mind, we’ve had it now for at least 8 months, it’s a brilliant bit of kit. We’ve had several detections but thankfully no live or dead mice, shrews or birds to chase / recover from around the house.
Works great
App works really well with the door. Set-up was super easy. I'm looking forward to having more options in the push notifications menu.
Gute Klappe, (noch) schlechte App
Das Konzept der Klappe ist super, aber die App (ios) ist noch sehr verbesserungsfähig
