Comparison

Fatty Cat! vs Squares

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fatty Cat!

This app transforms study sessions into an engaging adventure with an interactive cat companion. Earn coins, customize your cat and environment, and track progress to improve study habits. Features include immersive mode and white noise for enhanced focus.

Highlights
  • Virtual cat study companion
  • Interactive study sessions
  • Customization shop
  • Goals and statistics tracking
  • Immersive mode
  • White noise support
Features
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Step into the enchanting world of Fatty Cat, your unmistakable study buddy that turns the mundane study routine into an irresistible adventure! Studying has never been this fun, thanks to this adorable cat that will guide you through every step of your study day. • Your Study, His Well-being: Fatty Cat is not just a cute cat; he's the living representation of your dedication to studying. Keep your kitty in tip-top shape by feeding him with regular study sessions. His health reflects your discipline, so be the best student to see your feline friend thrive! • Interactive Study Sessions: Initiate a new study session and immerse yourself in the colorful world of Fatty Cat! Feed him during breaks and earn coins for exclusive customizations. Complete all four bowls for a successful party and impeccable study routine! • Unique, Hand-Drawn Style: Enjoy an original and unique hand-drawn style with love. Fatty Cat boasts over 20 adorable animations to express his emotions. Interact with him through fun gestures and watch how he reacts to your actions! • Goals, Records, and Statistics: Challenge yourself to unlock secret goals, surpass your records, and monitor your weekly statistics to consistently improve your study routine. The Guinness Cat Record awaits to immortalize your achievements! • Immersive Mode and White Noise: Maximize your focus with the immersive mode and support for white noise. Eliminate distractions and fully immerse yourself in your studies with the help of your beloved Fatty Cat! • Limitless Customization: Unleash your creativity in the Shop, where you can customize not only Fatty Cat but also the entire app experience! Purchase new looks, delicious foods, and colorful backgrounds to make every study session unique and enjoyable. Prepare your study routine and make Fatty Cat your educational adventure companion. Download the app today and transform your study time into an irresistible experience!

About

Squares

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You know the GitHub contribution graph. Those little green squares that show every day you wrote code. Squares is that, but for your entire working life. Most people have no idea where their hours actually go. Squares shows them. HOW IT WORKS Every 30 minutes, Squares asks one question: what did you just do? You answer in a few words. One tap. One slot fills in. That is it. No timers to start. No sessions to forget. No friction. Just a quiet prompt and a green square that grows on your grid. Tag your entries as Deep Work, Coding, Meetings, Design, or anything you create yourself. Link them to projects when it matters. Skip the ones that do not. THE GRID Your annual heatmap shows every day of the year at a glance. The darker the green, the more you worked. Intense weeks, slow weeks, streaks, gaps, every shape of your year, visible in one screen. Open any past day to fill in entries you missed. Filter the entire grid by tag or by project to see exactly where your hours went. WIDGETS Home screen and lock screen widgets in three sizes keep your heatmap visible all day without opening the app. They refresh automatically as you log entries. WHY IT WORKS Your total blocks, current streak, and best streak are always visible. As the grid fills, the streak becomes something worth protecting. The visual record of your work becomes its own motivation. After a year, you have a complete map of every hour worked. The intense days. The slow ones. The patterns you never noticed. DESIGNED FOR iPhone Native SwiftUI app. iCloud sync across your devices. Export your data as CSV anytime. No account required to start. Your data stays yours. Terms of Use: https://squares.day/terms Privacy Policy: https://squares.day/privacy

Screenshots

Fatty Cat!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fatty Cat! at Free against Squares's $2.99. Fatty Cat! also leads on device support and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Squares's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4).

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Fatty Cat! is free to download; Squares costs $2.99 up front. Fatty Cat! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Squares asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fatty Cat! versus Squares: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFatty Cat!Squares
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (405 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings405 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size207 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichele MarrazzoAmaury Gau

Bugs and requests

Fatty Cat!

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Timer alerts too short and can be missed
  • Study time invalidated when exiting the app
  • Cats dying unexpectedly without clear reason
  • Lack of developer response to support emails
  • Screen turns off if not touched during study session
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  • Time zone issues causing sessions to be calculated to the next day
  • Incorrect display of study time ('Error Time!')
  • Discrepancies between bowls eaten and displayed
  • Bluetooth speaker interaction failing study sessions
  • Time pausing when phone is face down
  • iPad version overriding iPhone data causing cat death
  • Sound notifications not working when app is in background

Requested features

16 requests
  • Continue ringing/vibrating until stopped
  • Stopwatch mode
  • Widgets for data display
  • Premium charts with color-coded study types
  • Adjustable UI (black and white option)
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  • More freedom in modifying study length (e.g., 50min minimum)
  • Ability to feed cat more than four times a day
  • Earn cat drawings over time instead of with premium
  • Option to count excess time
  • Daily reset for tracking
  • More achievements
  • Ability to navigate back to main screen and save current progress
  • Premium content accessible to free users as rewards
  • Multiple cats for different subjects
  • Colored cats as premium option
  • Language selection independent of system language

Squares

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Fatty Cat!

One-time4
  • Coin Purse$0.99
  • Coin Bag$2.99
  • Fatty Cat! Premium$2.99
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  • Coin Chest$4.99
None

Squares

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fatty Cat! free?
Fatty Cat! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Squares free?
Squares costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.

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