Paw Party
Prey is life size
A mouse is the same size on an iPad mini as on a 13-inch Pro. Bigger screens get more mice.
Try it
You be the cat.
Click or tap the mouse. Miss, and it bolts, same as in the app. Catch a few and more show up, faster.
Your cat will be better at this than you are.
- Score
- 0
- Caught
- 0
The games
Eleven of them.
Eight keep score and get harder as your cat gets better. Three are for watching, painting and calming down.
01Mouse Hunt
Mice dart, freeze, and bolt for a hole in the floorboards. Later levels bring a rat that takes three swats.
02Fish Pond
Koi and goldfish under rippling water. The pufferfish inflates when poked, so poke it twice.
03Bird Garden
Birds fly in, hop around and peck, each with its own call. Miss by a little and they leave.
04Bug Safari
Ladybugs, a trail of ants, and a spider that drops in on a thread.
05Critter Peek
A mole, a frog and a hedgehog pop out of burrows, look around, and duck back in.
06Laser Chase
The red dot, except it's green, because cats see green better than red.
07Yarn & String
Yarn balls that roll when batted, and a feather hanging from a string.
08Float & Pop
Bubbles, feathers and leaves drift across the screen. The bubbles pop.
09Paw Paint
Every touch leaves a paw print in paint. Save the result and tell people it was on purpose.
10Cat TV
A bird feeder, a pond and some fireflies. Nothing to catch, plenty to stare at.
11Purr Room
A slow glow and a purr, for winding down after all that hunting.
Can't pick? Party Mix.
One tap rotates through the games every few minutes and leans toward the ones your cat catches the most in.
For paws
Built around how a cat plays.
It keeps up with your cat
Catch a lot and everything speeds up. Miss a lot and it slows down. If the paws go quiet, the prey wanders closer.
There's no losing
No timer running out, no game over. Levels only go up, and new animals arrive as they do.
Only you can leave
Exiting a game takes a three-second hold on one corner. Cats tap and swipe. They don't hold.
For you
A few things for the human.
Hold the Humans button on the home screen and there's a whole back office.
Stats
Sessions, catches, reaction time, and a heat map of where the paws land.
The Cat-alog
65 animals to collect. The ones your cat hasn't caught yet stay as silhouettes.
Trophies
Twenty, from First Pounce to Apex Predator.
Pounce Cam
Takes a photo of your cat's face at the moment of a catch. It stays off until you turn it on.
A session timer
After ten minutes play winds down and you get a reminder to hand over a treat, since a screen never lets a cat hold what it caught.
More than one cat
Each cat gets its own levels, stats and trophies.
It's free.
No ads. No in-app purchases. Every game is included, and the animals unlock by playing.
On the App Store soon.
Questions
Things people ask.
Which iPads does it run on?
Any iPad on iPadOS 17 or later. That goes back to models from 2018, so the old one in the drawer probably works.
Will my cat care?
Some cats ignore screens completely, and no app fixes that. Try Fish Pond or Bug Safari first. Slow movers on a calm background are the easiest way in.
How do I stop my cat swiping out of the app?
Turn on Guided Access: open Settings, then Accessibility, then Guided Access. Open Paw Party, triple-click the top button (or the Home button on older iPads) and tap Start. Swipes and the Home gesture stop working until you triple-click again and enter your passcode.
Will claws scratch the screen?
Paw pads won't hurt glass. Grit caught under a claw can, so a glass screen protector is cheap insurance.
How long should a session be?
Ten to fifteen minutes is plenty. Finish with a treat or a toy your cat can grab, because catching something it can't hold gets frustrating.
Is it really free?
Yes. No ads and no in-app purchases.
Is there an iPhone version?
No, iPad only. A phone is a small hunting ground.