App For Cats vs Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
App For Cats
This app transforms your device into an interactive toy for your cat, featuring various animated prey like fish, mice, and insects. It adapts to your cat's engagement level and includes a cat-safe mode to prevent accidental exits. An optional Pro upgrade unlocks more scenes and detailed play statistics for each cat.
- Interactive animated prey (fish, mice, laser dots)
- Adaptive difficulty based on cat's engagement
- Cat-safe mode to prevent accidental exits
- Multiple themed scenes
- Cat profile and personality tracking (Pro)
- Shareable Cat Cards (Pro)
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App For Cats turns your iPhone or iPad into a toy your cat can actually play with. Fish swim across the screen, mice scurry between hiding spots, laser dots dart unpredictably, and your cat chases, swipes, and catches them all. No ads during play, no account required. Just open a scene and hand it to your cat. Choose from six interactive scenes, each with unique prey, ambient sounds, and beautiful backgrounds: - Aquarium: Tropical fish glide through an underwater world with bubbling water sounds. Your cat will love tracking their smooth, sweeping paths. - Laser Pointer: A classic red dot bounces and zips across a dark background. It pauses, darts, and changes speed just like the real thing. - Garden: Ladybugs crawl through the grass while butterflies drift overhead. A sunny scene with birdsong and a gentle breeze. - Field: Mice dash between rocks and hiding holes in a golden wheat field. Quick bursts and sudden stops keep your cat on alert. - Pond: Frogs hop between lily pads while dragonflies dart above the water. Splashes, croaking, and dripping water set the mood. - Night Sky: Fireflies pulse and glow across a moonlit meadow as moths flutter toward the light. A calm nighttime hunt with crickets and a distant owl. Every scene is designed for cat paws. We use oversized touch targets so even the clumsiest swipe counts. The game adapts in real time: if your cat is catching everything, prey gets faster and trickier. If they are having a slow start, things ease up to keep them engaged. And if your cat walks away, a gentle sound draws them back. Cat-safe mode keeps your cat in the game. The screen stays on, system gestures are blocked, and the only way to exit is a deliberate two-finger hold that a cat paw can never accidentally trigger. Hand your iPad to your cat and walk away with confidence. Upgrade to Pro and unlock four additional scenes, unlimited cat profiles, and personality tracking. Create a profile for each of your cats and the app tracks their play stats over time: total catches, favorite scenes, combo streaks, and more. After enough play sessions, each cat earns a Hunter Personality type based on their unique play style. Are they The Assassin with lightning reflexes? The Explorer who tries every scene? The Marathon Hunter who never quits? Generate a shareable Cat Card with your cat's photo, personality badge, and stats. Show the world what kind of hunter your cat really is. Two scenes are completely free with no limits. No timers, no ads, no sign-up walls. Just cats playing.
Light
Enhance your photos with unique light effects and custom messages. Choose backgrounds, paintbrushes, and colors to create personalized images for social media, greeting cards, or smartphone wallpapers.
- Add light effects to photos
- Select backgrounds from templates or own photos
- Choose from various paintbrushes and colors
- Adjust brush size
- Add custom messages
- Save and share creations
- Undo/erase unwanted edits
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Add a gleam to your photos with the unique LEDVANCE Light-Painter! No matter whether you are talking about vacation photos, selfies or everyday snapshots – you can add a personal touch to them in a snap with the help of the Light-Painter app. How? It's a piece of cake! Just select a background. This can be your own photo or one found in our many image templates. You then select a paintbrush, the brush size and the color. Various effects can be produced with the different types of brushes – from a shimmering light to dual strands of light and 3D effects. Tap the brush that you want to use and then set the brush size by moving the slider from left to right with your finger. After everything is just the way you want it, you can close the control panel and get started. Use light to accentuate your images and add a message at will. You can also select something from the Light-Painter templates that you can integrate into your photo. Don’t like the result? Simply use the eraser to remove certain areas or go back one work step using the back arrow. Once you have finished your piece of art, you can save it and share it with your friends. You can use your self-designed images as background photos for your smartphone, as an enhancement for your social media account or as a special greeting card. What are you waiting for? Pick up a brush and create a sparkle!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Light at none against App For Cats's 1. Light also leads on rating (2.7 vs 2.2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 148 months). App For Cats's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 3). On price 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. App For Cats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Light asks for nothing beyond the download.
Light holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: App For Cats has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of App For Cats's written reviews are positive against 63% of Light's.
App For Cats ships an update every 148 months, Light monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | App For Cats | Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (16 ratings) | 2.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.0% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 148 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | E-String Technologies, Inc. | LEDVANCE GmbH |
Customer experience
App For Cats
Light
In-app purchases
App For Cats
- App For Cats Pro$2.99
Light
No in-app purchases









