Comparison

Ask Slowly vs CatDays

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

Head to head
About

Ask Slowly

Features
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Ask Slowly A small tool for less small talk. Pick someone you care about. Pick how deep you want to go. The question does the rest. 1,560 conversation cards. Six relationships. Four depth levels each. Now in English and Traditional Chinese. — SIX DECKS — Couples · For the love you come home to Friends · For the people who've chosen you back Family · For the people who raised you Children · For the people you watch become themselves Colleagues · For the people you share your weekday hours with Teammates · For the people who wear the same colours, close or not — FOUR LEVELS PER DECK — Level 0 — Warm-up: light, observational, easy to answer Level 1 — Closer: curious and warm, with room to wander Level 2 — Personal: the questions you usually skip past Level 3 — Deep: the questions you've been meaning to ask — WHAT YOU WON'T FIND — No accounts. No sign-up. No paywall. No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. No analytics. Nothing saved. Just the cards. Just the questions. Just the people. — FOR THE QUIET MOMENTS — For the long drive. For the dinner that's gone silent. For the friend you've missed. For the kid who's growing up. For the parent at the end of a phone line. For the colleague you barely know but kind of like. Real questions, time to answer.

About

CatDays

Track important dates with a customizable cat companion. Choose from various feline friends to count down to future events or count up days since past milestones. Receive gentle reminders and view your progress with home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Countdown and count-up modes
  • Selectable cat companions
  • Customizable reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Ad-free experience
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CatDays is a minimalist countdown and day counter app. Choose a cat for every day that matters. It’ll wait with you for what’s ahead and remember how far you’ve come. Whether you’re looking forward to something in the future or marking a journey already underway, leave the counting to a cat. Every time you open CatDays, it’ll be right there, counting with you. ・Two ways to count: down and up Count down the days until something ahead, or count up the days since something began. Birthdays, trips, anniversaries, exams, or every day since you gave something up—CatDays can keep track of them all. ・The days you’ve lived are worth keeping Every season of anticipation and perseverance deserves to be remembered. One-time countdowns automatically move to Memories after they end. When a chapter comes to a close, you can stop a count-up on the exact day it ended. If you want to keep going, you can bring it back and continue counting anytime. ・A cat of your own Every date can have its own cat. Give it a tap and it’ll strike a new pose and speak in its own distinctive voice—five cats, five personalities, each offering a different kind of companionship. ・Your cat will remind you when it matters When an important day is near or arrives, your cat will send a gentle reminder. It’ll also check in when a count-up reaches a milestone worth marking. Turn reminders on or off and choose your preferred reminder time in Settings—quiet and never intrusive. ・Home Screen widgets put your cat where you’ll always see it Choose from Small and Medium countdown widgets and select the dates you want to display. A Medium widget can also show up to three countdowns at once. Your cat will change poses from time to time, so every glance feels a little different. Tap a widget to jump straight to the details in CatDays—a companion you can see every day. ・Cat calendar widgets for every day Choose from a variety of cat calendar widgets featuring month, today, and week layouts. Pick your favorite cat and let it keep you company on your Home Screen every day. ・Automatic iCloud sync Your countdown data can sync automatically through iCloud across devices signed in to the same Apple Account, so it stays with you when you switch phones. Your content is stored on your device and in your personal iCloud and is never sent to our servers. ・Clean, calming, and free from distractions No ads, no subscriptions, and no complicated setup. Open CatDays and all you’ll see are your cats and the days that matter to you. 【Meet the Cats】 Included for free: Coco. Also available to unlock: Tofu, Ash, Milo, and Pumpkin. Each cat is a one-time purchase and yours to use forever—no subscription required. Want to bring all four home at once? Choose the “Original 4-cat Pack” for a better value. 【About Purchases】 CatDays is free to download, with all core features included. Additional cat characters are available as one-time purchases with no subscription fees. You can restore previously purchased content anytime from “Restore Purchases” in Settings. Let a cat keep track of the days that matter. Privacy Policy: https://catdays.app/en/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ask Slowly4 screens
CatDays4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ask Slowly at none against CatDays's 5. Ask Slowly also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. CatDays sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Ask Slowly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ask Slowly ships an update every 8 days, CatDays every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ask Slowly versus CatDays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsk SlowlyCatDays
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHEUK WANG TSELychee Intelligence Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Ask Slowly

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

CatDays

One-time5
  • Tofu$2.99
  • Ash$2.99
  • Milo$2.99
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  • Pumpkin$2.99
  • Original Cats Pack$4.99

Questions

Is Ask Slowly free?
Ask Slowly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CatDays free?
CatDays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ask Slowly or CatDays have ads?
Neither Ask Slowly nor CatDays shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ask Slowly or CatDays?
Ask Slowly ships an update every 8 days, and CatDays every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ask Slowly was updated on September 22, 2026 and CatDays on October 3, 2026.

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