# Tably — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of Tably by SYLVESTER.AI INC, rated 4.20/5 from 33 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tably/id1555529204/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tably/id1555529204.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 19 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (11 of 51) ### 2/5 — Good idea but it doesn’t work *2022-07-22, version 2.2* I’ve had issues with cat health recently so I downloaded this hoping it would give me peace of mind. When my cat sleeps the app tells me he is annoyed or having a bad day. When he’s awake it says he’s fine. I took a video of him in the same positions and one time it said bad day the next, with no changes, it told me good day. It seems very random and unreliable. Please don’t take advantage of people who want to do right by their pets. That is an awful thing to do. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to leave a review - we are sorry to hear about your cat's recent health issues, but it sounds like you are doing a fantastic job for your beloved feline. Tably is best suited for North American and European adult cat breeds and is designed to assess the cat's face when they are awake. The Tably app has a >90% precision in identifying discomfort/stress/pain in cats using validated facial pain scales used by veterinarians. We love cats and our mission is to create tools that help pet caregivers give their cats more good days. If you would like to discuss more, please join us on Discord - and connect with like minded cat parents and our team. https://discord.com/invite/KzXxpGa5K5 ### 2/5 — Overly Simple *2021-11-10, version 2.0.1* It gives you very basic results. I expected more features. For example: The ability to add your cats information and track their moods over time. Or at the very least a simple history of snaps you have taken. ### 2/5 — Great concept, faulty results *2021-11-05, version 2.0.1* I love the idea of this app especially since I have 3 male cats and they have distinct personalities. That said they love each other and are purring love bugs with me. This app though always reads that the cats are unhappy even when they aren’t. So maybe they need to rework this…cute idea but execution stinks ### 2/5 — Cute idea, not accurate *2021-10-27, version 2.0.1* My car was purring and content, and it read unhappy. Was off 5/6 tries. ### 2/5 — Good for a laugh *2021-08-05, version 2.0* Apparently, my cat has Permanent Stank Face. Always get the red meaning she is discontent or ill. I was able to get it to work quite regularly. I stand in front of my cat, not right up in her face taking the scan at an angle. Light behind me. You just need to play with it a bit and you find the position that works best and it reads pretty quickly. Good for fun, but I wouldn’t worry about your cat if you keep getting red. ### 2/5 — Fun app to try but no real value. *2021-07-31, version 1.1* I thought I’d try this. What a hoot!! I’ve had my cats since they were kittens so pretty easy to read their moods. Neither of them appreciate a phone shoved in their face so yes, they look peeved. Deleting the app now since its really not telling me anything I don’t already know. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work at all *2021-07-31, version 1.1* You can’t get an assessment to work because the app freezes every time you try and use it. Exciting concept but this app is broken and I could not get it to get any type of assessment. ### 1/5 — Don’t understand the point *2021-07-31, version 1.1* I’m confused about how this app can be touted as a real way to tell if your cat is happy. Maybe they’re just joking and it’s supposed to be for fun? For one there’s no nuance — it’s just content or discontent. Second, it disproportionately reads discontent and says if you get that a lot contact your vet. Lol can you imagine calling your vet like “this facial recognition app for cats says Fluffy is discontent, can I bring him in?” Third, it’s nearly impossible to get a good shot of your pet’s face b/c, as others have said and I also experienced, it takes too long to register the face — there’s no way a cat is gonna sit and stare at your phone that long. I hate to be rude but sorry, not sorry: this app is dumb and I feel like it was a waste to download it. ### 1/5 — App doesn’t work *2021-07-31, version 1.1* After several tries, I finally managed to get a shot of my cat unmoving for a few seconds. She was contently purring (she does this in the morning). And the app didn’t get that. Instead said that she’s upset and we might have to take her to the vet. I’m giving a 1 star here for poor performance but I do acknowledge that this is app is in its nascent stages. ### 2/5 — Veterinarian review *2021-07-31, version 1.1* I was excited to see an app like this as a veterinarian. I would like to be able to have a resource to give to owners, many of whom fail to recognize pain in their cats at home. As a feline crazy vet and someone who has grown up around cats their expressions can be quite subtle. So I decided to take my app for a test drive on my own cat to see what would happen. Unfortunately disappointingly the app only gives one response (discontent) in a variety of situations: playful, content -getting affection, asleep, observant. So unfortunately this app for me doesn’t work. I really like the idea of it though and feel that if works could be extremely useful in veterinary medicine and really hope my response helps to fix any glitches. ### 2/5 — Glitches a lot and takes forever *2021-07-30, version 1.1* My cat is a good boi and sits still but even when he does it glitches and cuts out. It’s a dumb app. Just pay attention to your cat ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Inaccurate *2023-07-19* My cat was sleeping, I did a live capture, it said she’s having a BAD day. I tried it again with my cat in the exact same position and it said she’s having a GOOD day?? How is that possible when she hasn’t moved an inch? I uninstalled **Developer response:** Thank you so much for your feedback and for giving the app a try! We appreciate the feedback on the accuracy of the capture. We are currently developing updates to the model to reduce the chances of this happening in the future. While we understand this is frustrating for you, we encourage you to check back in on future updates. ### 1/5 — Magic 8 ball for cats *2022-07-14, version 2.2* So, for $3.99 a month, this app will allow me to upload photos of my cat and then tell me one of two things: he’s content, or he’s not content. It doesn’t give me any insight into how it arrived at this conclusion, making it appear totally random. If it thinks my cat is discontented, it asks me questions like: “Is he vomiting? Is he pooping?” First off, if my cat is puking, I don’t need an app to tell me he’s not happy. Could’ve figured that out on my own just by seeing food shoot out of his mouth. But for more subtle problems it isn’t really helpful either. If my cat seems ok, but this app says he’s not, I don’t think that would justify a vet trip. It just feels like a coin toss. There’s no explanation or analysis of the results. “Hi doc. My app says the cat’s not happy. Doesn’t say why. Please do thousands of dollars of tests.” Who’s going to do that?? **Developer response:** We appreciate this feedback! And we totally understand, we have more robust plans for the app in future releases and are working hard to create an end to end experience in partnership with potential vet-service providers to make it more accessible to check in with a Veterinarian. Tably now has a calendar so you can more easily track your cats' days over time, providing you and vets with more information as to possible patterns. As we have since the start of Tably, we are building the app in consultation with Veterinarians and using cutting edge AI and continuing to improve the helpfulness of the app - thank you for sharing your thoughts with us! ### 1/5 — I have an unhappy cat *2022-07-13, version 2.2* For the past year, my cat has been “not happy” according to the app. After vet visits, playing, hanging out in favorite spots throughout the house… he’s not happy…. Scanned him at play, sitting around, in favorite spots and sleeping…. All consistent “not happy”. So, I’m not sure if this app really works or not. I think he’s a happy cat or content cat. He doesn’t mark anything in the house. He only scratches at his cat tree and scratching posts. No aggressive behavior towards anyone at home either. I’m not going to say”don’t use or get” but, rather use at your own risk. **Developer response:** It sure sounds like you are creating an environment for a happy cat and taking him to the vet on a regular basis. We appreciate that being told he is having bad days or is unhappy on a regular basis can be difficult to hear, especially when it does not seem like anything is wrong. Tably is built in consultation with Veterinarians and uses cutting edge AI and Machine Learning to detect what is incredibly hard to notice in cats; when they are experiencing stress, discomfort, or bad days. Tably should be used on a regular basis as information for you to investigate further and keep track of bad/good days, potentially noticing a pattern over time. Thank you for your feedback and taking the time to leave a review! ### 1/5 — I’m the one who’s unhappy. *2021-12-18, version 2.0.1* The app doesn’t fit on the screen and scrolling in not an option. I can’t get to the ‘upload photo’ button and the live capture button is only half visible. Can’t keep kitty’s attention long enough to get a reliable reading, but cats will be cats. Only reading I do get is Unhappy. My wife tried it on me and I’m happy. Go figure. Back to the drawing board, Sylvester. At least the price was right. ### 1/5 — Not Happy *2021-12-15, version 2.0.1* I just tried this app on my Birman cat who had begged to crawl on my lap. He was sleeping soundly but the app said 5 times that he was “ Not Happy”. Seems it’s the only answer they have. If he wasn’t happy, then I don’t know what happy and content is! ### 1/5 — Clearly work to do *2021-10-08, version 2.0.1* I tried this app on my cat and no matter his expression or position it says he’s discontent when he clearly is not. I thought this would be helpful but it’s saying he’s in distress even when he’s fully stretched out and asleep in soft beds with the best look on his face. I don’t think I can rely on this app. ### 1/5 — What a joke! *2021-08-04, version 2.0* I tried it on my cats as they purred and snuggled with me. Not happy. Tried it when they were zonked and blissed out. Not happy. And then I thought that maybe it is right! Maybe using an app to check your cat out annoys them? The best proof of how awful it is is the good reviews that say, oh, this is new technology, give it a chance! Hahaha, sock puppets. ### 1/5 — Interesting idea *2021-08-02, version 1.1* Doesn’t capture cat’s face, no matter which angle you shoot from. Interesting idea, but app does not work and therefore not worth having it occupy space on my phone. ### 1/5 — Won’t pick up black cats! *2021-08-01, version 1.1* I understand (for the most part) why it won’t work, but surely there’s a way around it somehow. I would have rated higher had it worked on my black kitty. ### 1/5 — It clearly does not work *2021-07-31, version 1.1* Good concept, but it doesn’t work. I made sure I have the most current iso. It continually freezes at 15%. Nice try. Keep working at it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Used to be bad, update fixed everything *2021-08-03, version 2.0* the update fixed the live capture a lot! it used to not detect my cats face for 5 minutes but now it’s faster! thank you developers for actually listening to us ### 5/5 — This app is so cool! *2021-07-28, version 1.1* This app was very helpful and I like using it on my cats. The only hard part is getting your cat to sit still. I don’t understand why people are saying this is a bad app. I hope you like it and thanks. ### 4/5 — Great idea to build on… *2021-08-02, version 1.1* This app is a great idea, and is fun. It still needs some work when it comes to detecting cats in darker settings and cats with medium to dark colored fur. Since it takes awhile to analyze the cat’s face, my cats both get annoyed with having the phone in their face for a long period of time. Both my cats are medium gray and it’s a big issue for them. When I do a reading in bright light it works great and doesn’t take nearly as long, or intrude on my cats activities. Making the app more light sensitive is an important improvement for the long term survival of the app. ### 4/5 — It’s brand-new technology *2021-07-31, version 1.1* Listen, the naysayers are mad that this isn’t as fast as point and snap, but this is literally brand-new technology. No one is doing animal face recognition, let alone trying to tie cats to their pain/emotions. It’s a big ask of any research project. It has a lot of room to grow with the speed, and being able to recognize dark cats’ faces, sure. Think of how powerful this can be once it gets better. ### 4/5 — Works for me… *2021-07-30, version 1.1* I find it funny a lot of the reviewers are complaining and giving poor reviews because their cats wont hold still long enough for the app to work properly. Doesn’t sound like a developer problem. How about trying the app when you’re cat is chillin? If that doesn’t work… try patience. I’m giving the app four stars because I don’t fully believe it’s really reading a true emotion. But if it really is, all the better and pretend I have it five stars. ### 3/5 — Cute concept. But needs work. *2022-12-29, version 2.3.7* My exotic is a happy boy. As many know, exotics have very angry faces. So the grimace scale may be hard to catch with just this app alone. It’s like a random occurrence of a bad day and a good day depending on the angle I take. But very cute and well thought out concept. **Developer response:** Thank you for your encouraging feedback and for giving the Tably app a try with your cat! Tably is best suited for North American and European adult cat breeds, but we have exciting plans for the future of the app including more diverse results. The Tably app has a >90% precision in identifying discomfort/stress/pain in cats using validated facial pain scales used by veterinarians. We appreciate your encouragement, definitely more to come - keep watching this space! If you would like to discuss more, please join us on Discord - and connect with like minded cat parents and our team. https://discord.com/invite/KzXxpGa5K5 ### 3/5 — It has potential! *2022-07-20, version 2.2* I see this app having a lot of potential but it didn’t do much for me. It was exciting at first but the more i tried it, and on different days, it gave me the same generic results. I was hoping it was more of like a texting my cat kind of thing but it just repeated the same prompts. I can see it being a fun and interactive app if it had other options, but it’s just not something i would gravitate to. Hopefully an update will come and their will be more to it cause I can see it having a lot more to offer. **Developer response:** Thank you for your great feedback and for giving the Tably app a try with your cat! We have exciting plans for the future of the app including more diverse results and making it even more fun and interactive. The goal of Tably is to create a connection with cat owners and their pets to signal if the cat may be experiencing discomfort or stress and hiding it, as cats do so well. With regular use (and now with our highly requested calendar feature), cat owners can recognize patterns of good days/bad days that may be helpful to make adjustments for them and useful for veterinarians to assist with health checkups. We appreciate your encouragement, definitely more to come - keep watching this space! ### 3/5 — Needs work *2021-07-31, version 1.1* Tried it on four of my cats. Worked for the kitten who I got to look at the camera for long enough while distracting wit a toy. Apparently she’s a happy girl. Harder with the long haired ones, one who was definitely giving me his happy face got discontented result and if you have to keep trying to get them to look at the camera that seems to be the default. I wonder if you could amend your app to use a series of photos with the AI so the result would be less likely to be affected by bugging the cats to look at your device. Also think there is more work to be done for darker or longer furred cats. ### 3/5 — It is ok *2021-07-31, version 1.1* I wish they had more things they can tell us about our cats. instead of just happy or sad. what about playful? or mad… and sometimes it freezes . ### 3/5 — Seems to work… but… *2021-07-31, version 1.1* App seems to work. It claimed my cat was discontent and once the app was finished doing its work my cat hit me. The app also froze twice before I could get a reading. I wish the app could give me more info about what is happening behind the scenes, I want to be able to recognize my cats emotions without pulling out my phone. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*