Cat Scanner
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Cat Scanner, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Cat Scanner's own pricing page, checked 14 Nov 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Cat Scanner | Free | App available free; optional premium in-app purchase; premium price is not stated on the opened page |
| Free | Free | camera, video, or gallery · mixed-breed results · breed database without scanning · ads removed only in premium · Download for free |
| All Access | $2.99, paid once | US App Store in-app purchase · no billing interval printed beside this price · All Access $2.99 |
| Cat Scanner Premium | $13.99, paid once | US App Store in-app purchase · no billing interval printed beside this price · Cat Scanner Premium $13.99 |
| Premium | — | paid premium features · Siwalu does not refund fees or pay out credits · one-time payment |
| Basic Business | Priced on request | 590+ breeds · mixed breeds · any digital product · limited requests per day · standard speed · attribution required |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | 590+ breeds · unlimited requests per day · maximum speed · no attribution required · high priority |
| Premium | — | weekly option also offered · one-time option also offered · price shown before purchase · recurring fees renew until cancelled in the store · monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Cat Scanner's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accuracy limit
- Results are educated predictions from the image or video, and the maker says not every individual cat can be detected correctly.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Accuracy limitation
- Results are predictions and depend on the quality of the submitted image or video; not every cat will be identified correctly.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Audience
- Siwalu presents the apps as a mobile tool for animal lovers who want to learn a pet’s characteristics and traits.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Breed database
- The Cat Scanner database page lists information on 158 individual cat breeds and says the app can determine a breed automatically.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Breeds identified
- The app currently identifies around 60 cat breeds, including every breed officially recognized by FIFe and some more.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Business API
- Siwalu offers a REST API, using the same AI as its apps, to identify any dog, cat, or horse breed in other products.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Community features
- Users can post cat pictures, view profiles and photos, and like or comment on community posts.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Gamification
- A Pokémon Go-style mode lets users catch breeds, finish challenges, earn virtual treats, and climb a ranking list.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Human recognition
- The app can scan people to show which cats they resemble.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Human scan
- The app also recognizes humans so a person can scan a selfie and see which cats they resemble.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Input methods
- Users can take pictures or videos with the app camera or upload images from their gallery.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Mixed breeds
- The app recognizes mixed breeds and supplies detailed data and facts about the breeds in the mix.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Premium features
- Premium removes ads, returns results faster, lets the user choose speed or higher accuracy, and enables offline scanning.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Privacy
- The scanner-app policy is under the GDPR and German BDSG, and Siwalu says it does not make automated decisions, including profiling.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Purpose
- Cat Scanner identifies cat breeds from an image or video.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Recognition coverage
- The app currently identifies around 60 cat breeds.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Social feed
- Users can post cat pictures to a Social Feed, view profiles, like and comment, and filter posts by date or popularity.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Stated accuracy
- Siwalu states that the accuracy of its apps is above 90 percent.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Support
- Google Play lists [email protected] as the support email, and the site contact form includes product feedback, technical issues, and account deletion.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Use limit
- The apps are licensed only for personal, non-commercial use.checked 14 Nov 2026
The company
- Founded
- Siwalu Software says it was founded in 2019.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Headquarters
- Havixbeck, Germanychecked 19 Oct 2026
- Maker
- Siwalu Software GmbH develops AI-based image recognition and describes its apps as a mobile solution for animal lovers.checked 14 Nov 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile platforms
- The app is available for Android and iPhone or iPad.checked 14 Nov 2026
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