Comparison

There's a Cat vs Bruno's Trail

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

Head to head
About

There's a Cat

This app offers a minimalist clock and Pomodoro timer featuring a serene, monochrome room with a cat. It's designed to provide a calming background presence for your workspace or bedside, with dynamic lighting and ambient sounds that change with the real time of day.

Highlights
  • Monochrome room with cat animation
  • Dynamic lighting shifts with time of day
  • Ambient soundscape and rain effects
  • Pomodoro timer for focus sessions
  • Calming desk clock
  • Silhouette cat movements
Features
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"There's a Cat" is a clock and Pomodoro timer set inside a quiet, monochrome room — with a cat living in it. Keep it on the corner of your desk while you work. Every time you glance over, the cat is there. It's designed to sit quietly in the background, never getting in the way of your focus. ■ The cat's quiet day A silhouette cat lives freely inside the room. It yawns, grooms itself, gazes out the window, and curls up to sleep again. We've focused on the small details — twitching ears, a swaying tail — that bring a cat to life through shadow alone. ■ A clock you can watch The screen shows a large clock and a monochrome room. The lighting shifts through morning, noon, evening, and night, in sync with the real time of day. Rain comes and goes outside the window, and the ambient sounds of the room change with it. ■ Pomodoro timer A simple Pomodoro timer is built in to mark your focus and break sessions. The cat and the room stay center stage the whole time. Only a soft bell marks each interval. ■ Made for ・A calm clock to sit on your work desk ・A short cat-watching break between focus sessions ・A quiet view by your bed before sleep ・To gently add a cat's quiet presence to your day ■ Features ・A colorless world built from light and shadow alone ・Lighting that shifts naturally with the time of day ・Occasional rain and a gentle ambient soundscape ・Natural cat motion expressed entirely through silhouette ・Clock view and Pomodoro timer

About

Bruno's Trail

Features
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Stay with your work, gently. Bruno's Trail turns focused time into a quiet walk through a tiny handmade world — so staying off your phone feels like going somewhere, and a calm hour actually feels calm. No streaks to lose. No scolding. Pick up your phone mid-walk and Bruno keeps walking; end early and your progress is saved with a kind word. The walk stays visible on your Lock Screen, so there's never a reason to unlock. The walk is a visual timer you can read at a glance: the trail stitches itself in behind Bruno as the time goes by, on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you never have to check a clock. Not sure you have an hour in you? Take a five-minute walk. Prefer a rhythm? Turn on Pomodoro: 25 minutes, a five-minute campfire, and walk on when you're ready — the app never starts a round for you. Here's the shape of it: set an intention, choose your time, and go. Your focused minutes become distance on an endless journey. Finished walks mail you a postcard from wherever the trail reached. Patches get sewn onto a felt board. Walk far enough and companions join you at named places — met, never bought. Everything you see was built by hand — felt, kraft paper, clay — and photographed piece by piece. The trail knows the real world: bright at noon, evening-quiet at night, following the calendar through three seasons on its own. Soft focus music and trail sounds are loop-engineered so nothing ever interrupts you. The full journey is free, forever: every walk, postcard, patch, and every companion the trail introduces. The Trail Pass adds the extras — any season anytime, and companions who walk with Pass holders. Monthly, yearly with a 14-day free trial, or a one-time purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://altaiventures.co/privacy/

Screenshots

There's a Cat4 screens
Bruno's Trail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bruno's Trail at Free against There's a Cat's $0.99. There's a Cat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

Bruno's Trail is free to download; There's a Cat costs $0.99 up front. Bruno's Trail sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. There's a Cat asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 3 level
There's a Cat versus Bruno's Trail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThere's a CatBruno's Trail
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB363 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYohei IgarashiAltai Ventures LLC

In-app purchases

None

There's a Cat

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Bruno's Trail

Subscriptions2
  • Trail Pass Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Trail Pass Yearly14 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Trail Pass Lifetime$12.99

Questions

Is There's a Cat free?
There's a Cat costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bruno's Trail free?
Bruno's Trail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do There's a Cat or Bruno's Trail have ads?
Neither There's a Cat nor Bruno's Trail shows ads.

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