Comparison

BTT Mobile vs Cat Scratches

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

Head to head
About

BTT Mobile

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a customizable remote for your Mac. Design personalized macro pads, control panels, and shortcut launchers to streamline your workflow. Trigger actions, scripts, and system commands with ease.

Highlights
  • Customizable macro pads and control panels
  • App-specific remote layouts
  • Trigger keyboard shortcuts and scripts
  • Remote keyboard and trackpad functionality
  • Integration with BetterTouchTool AI assistants
Features
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BTT Mobile turns your iPhone or iPad into a fully customizable remote control for your Mac. Create your own macro pads, control panels, shortcut launchers, and remote UIs in BetterTouchTool, then use them instantly on your mobile device. With Floating Menus, you can build custom button grids, app-specific toolbars, media controls, automation panels, and context-aware interfaces tailored exactly to your workflow. Use BTT Mobile to: • Run custom BetterTouchTool actions and automations • Build fully personalized macro pads and remote control panels • Create app-specific layouts for creative tools, coding, presentations, media, and productivity • Trigger keyboard shortcuts, scripts, Apple Shortcuts, system actions, and BTT workflows • Use your iPhone or iPad as a remote keyboard, trackpad, and command surface • Chat with your configured BetterTouchTool AI assistants (if any) Whether you want a simple set of shortcut buttons or a complete custom control surface for your Mac, BTT Mobile lets you design the interface you actually want. BTT Mobile is free but requires BetterTouchTool running on your Mac.

About

Cat Scratches

Streamline your web content workflow by sending articles and selected text directly to your writing app. This tool offers customization options for templates and tags, ensuring content is organized as you save it. It integrates seamlessly with your preferred writing environment and provides a fallback option for broader compatibility.

Highlights
  • Capture selected text or full pages
  • Send content directly to Drafts
  • Fallback to Share Sheet
  • Customize templates, tags, and filters
  • Sync extension settings with iCloud
Features
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Cat Scratches is a Safari extension for sending clean website text to Drafts. It can also use the Share Sheet for Notes, Mail, Messages, and other apps. Automatically extract the main article body, or select text to clip a passage. Use it to: • Send the page title, source URL, and text to Drafts • Save captures to Notes or other apps through the Share Sheet • Convert captures to readable Markdown • Choose templates, tags, and cleanup settings How it works: 1. Enable the Cat Scratches Safari extension 2. Open a webpage in Safari 3. Run Cat Scratches 4. Review or edit the capture in Drafts, Notes, or another app Cat Scratches only reads a page when you run the extension. It does not track browsing history or collect data. Source code is available at https://github.com/ddegner/cat-scratches.

Screenshots

BTT Mobile4 screens
Cat Scratches4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BTT Mobile at 5.0 against Cat Scratches's 4.0. Cat Scratches's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BTT Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BTT Mobile ships an update every 5 months, Cat Scratches every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BTT Mobile versus Cat Scratches: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBTT MobileCat Scratches
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfolivora.AI GmbHDavid Degner

Customer experience

BTT Mobile

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cat Scratches

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BTT Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Cat Scratches

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BTT Mobile free?
BTT Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cat Scratches free?
Cat Scratches is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BTT Mobile or Cat Scratches?
BTT Mobile is rated higher. BTT Mobile averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Cat Scratches averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do BTT Mobile or Cat Scratches have ads?
Neither BTT Mobile nor Cat Scratches shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BTT Mobile or Cat Scratches?
BTT Mobile ships an update every 5 months, and Cat Scratches every 4 days. Most recently, BTT Mobile was updated on October 30, 2026 and Cat Scratches on November 5, 2026.

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