Comparison

CatDays vs PawPeek

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

Head to head
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 talk to you—every cat has a personality of its own, so each moment together feels a little different. ・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. Lock Screen widgets are available too, so you can check the day count without unlocking your iPhone. ・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. More cats can be unlocked from the Cat Shop in Settings. Each cat is a one-time purchase and yours to use forever—no subscription required. Want to bring several home at once? Choose a 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/

About

PawPeek

Features
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Your old iPad is the best pet camera you'll ever own. (Before you start: you'll need two devices running iOS 16 or later - one as the camera, one to watch from.) PawPeek turns a spare iPad or iPhone into a home camera: recording, live remote viewing, two-way talk and AI pet detection - no monthly fee, no account to create, and your video never passes through any cloud server. AI PET DETECTION (ON DEVICE) Recording starts only when your cat or dog shows up, so you use about 10x less storage. The AI runs entirely on the device; nothing is uploaded anywhere. EVERY CAMERA ON ONE WALL Put an old device in each room and watch them all live, side by side, on your phone. Wherever your cat wanders, you'll see it. VIDEO CALL YOUR PET Tap any camera to see them, hear them and talk to them - your face appears on the camera's screen. REMOTE PLAYBACK AND A DAILY TIME-LAPSE Watch clips back while you're out. Snapshots build up through the day into a one-tap time-lapse of your pet's day. PAIR BY QR, KEYS THAT ROTATE A new device pairs by scanning the QR code on the camera's screen. Each pairing key is used once and then replaced, so pairing only works from inside your home. Revoke any device whenever you want. WATCH FROM ANYWHERE, STILL NO FEES Zero setup on your own Wi-Fi. When you're out, the direct connection is automatic if your router supports NAT-PMP/UPnP and has a public IP address. Shortcuts, widgets and App Lock A Home Screen widget shows when your pet was last seen, with a photo. Open a camera or pause monitoring from Shortcuts or Spotlight, and require Face ID to open the app. Sound detection and weekly highlights Get notified when a camera hears a smoke alarm, breaking glass, meowing or barking — recognition happens on the camera, and the audio used for it is never recorded or sent. Each week, share your pet's week on one card. WORKS EVEN WHEN THE NETWORK KEEPS DEVICES APART Office, dorm and guest Wi-Fi often isolate devices from one another. PawPeek switches automatically to a direct device-to-device link - no router, no configuration. Just keep the two devices near each other with Wi-Fi turned on. BACK UP TO YOUR OWN CLOUD Recordings can back up automatically to iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive and others - your account, which we never touch. In-app purchase "PawPeek Pro" (one-time, not a subscription): unlocks watching from several devices at once, plus cat-arrival alerts (even with the app closed, delivered encrypted through your own iCloud; can be turned off). No subscription. No account. Video never touches a server. Your home, your video. Requires two devices running iOS 16 or later (one as the camera, one to watch from).

Screenshots

CatDays4 screens
PawPeek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PawPeek at every 2 days against CatDays's every 3 weeks. PawPeek also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 8 one-off in-app purchases and PawPeek sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CatDays ships an update every 3 weeks, PawPeek every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CatDays versus PawPeek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatDaysPawPeek
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.516.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLychee Intelligence Co., Ltd.SHIH TSUNG CHEN

In-app purchases

8 purchases

CatDays

One-time8
  • Leo$2.99
  • Luna$2.99
  • Tofu$2.99
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  • Ash$2.99
  • Milo$2.99
  • Pumpkin$2.99
  • Leo & Luna Pack$3.99
  • Original Cats Pack$4.99
1 purchases

PawPeek

One-time1
  • PawPeek Pro$9.99

Questions

Is CatDays free?
CatDays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PawPeek free?
PawPeek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CatDays or PawPeek have ads?
Neither CatDays nor PawPeek shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CatDays or PawPeek?
CatDays ships an update every 3 weeks, and PawPeek every 2 days. Most recently, CatDays was updated on October 31, 2026 and PawPeek on October 31, 2026.

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