CatGenie vs Tinewa Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CatGenie
Manage and program smart pet devices, register your cats, and monitor their bathroom habits. Receive notifications for visits, firmware updates, and device issues. Access cat-related articles and troubleshoot problems.
- Device management and programming
- Cat registration and profile creation
- Bathroom habit monitoring
- Visit statistics and timeline
- Cleaning process control
- Firmware update notifications
- Device issue alerts
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Designed for use with CatGenie connected devices, app allows users to manage and program CatGenie AI devices, register cats and monitor their bathroom habits. CatGenie Pairing: When logging in for the first, the CatGenie wizard will be open and the app will scan for all CatGenie devices using BLE. When one or more devices are found, the user will be able to connect to CatGenie and to configure the CatGenie WIFI settings (SSID + password). Cats Registration: The user will be able to register cats in the application. Pressing (+) will open wizard for adding cats. The user will be able to add cat's name, hair type, birthday and connect other devices. (The cats screen displays list of registered cats with their names, picture and last visit time. When pressing on cat's card, the user will be able to see the cat diary. The diary contains 2 modes: 1 - CatGenie visit statistics chart for one week and last visits timeline - up to 100 visits. CatGenie operations and configuration - The devices list will display a list of CatGenie devices. When pressing on CatGenie card, it is possible to start/pause cleaning process, set CatGenie friendly name and change CatGenie configuration (cleaning mode, value, child lock). Cat News page will display cat related articles. Notifications: 1. When cat visited CatGenie, "Cat Visit" notification will be received. 2. When new Firmware Update is available, a notification will be received. The user can choose to approve the update or dismiss the notification. If the notification is dismissed, it will appear again next time the app is open. 3. CatGenie notification: If there is an issue with your CatGenie a notification will be sent telling you what is happening. General Settings: Pressing on (i) button on header, will open General Settings page, where the user will be able to view its profile settings, open troubleshooting url, send a feedback, and configure notification alerts.
Tinewa Smart
This app provides advanced door lock and security solutions, drawing on nearly 20 years of manufacturing experience. It aims to offer families worldwide safe and convenient locking mechanisms.
- Professional lock-making experience
- Dedicated R&D team
- Safe and convenient locks
- Focus on product quality
- Customer needs oriented
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Tinewa has a professional factory with nearly 20 years of lock-making experience and a professional R&D team, which is dedicated to providing our customers with the best possible door locks and security solutions. We focus on products and we value customer needs; we hope that every family around the world can use safe and convenient locks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tinewa Smart at 100% against CatGenie's 18%. Tinewa Smart also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.4). CatGenie's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (99 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tinewa Smart holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CatGenie has 99 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of CatGenie's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tinewa Smart's.
CatGenie ships an update every 5 weeks, Tinewa Smart every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CatGenie | Tinewa Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (99 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 287 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Petnovations ltd | SuZhou Changweihou Trading Ltd |
Customer experience
CatGenie
Tinewa Smart
In-app purchases
CatGenie
No in-app purchases
Tinewa Smart
No in-app purchases
