Alternatives

Products that do what Desktop Cat does

Pixelcats that live on your Mac and fetch your notifications

1
Mac Pet▲469
A menu bar pet that wakes and sleeps as you work
2024
2
RunCat▲158
Creatures living in your menubar
2019
3
Wallcat▲364
A beautiful wallpaper for your Mac, every day
2015
4
NotiSprite▲129
Bring your Mac to life with delightful notification sprites
Nov 2025
5
Mochi▲104
A tiny animated cat for every browser tab.
18d ago · github.com
6
DailyKitten▲93
Your daily dose of cute kittens :-)
2017
7
Laser Kitten▲145
Unofficial Product Hunt app for the Mac
2016
8
Live Desktop▲240
Make your Mac desktop come alive with animated themes
2016
9
CozyPet▲70
A tiny pixel pet that lives on your Mac desktop.
2025
10
MacPaws: The Cat Stickers▲84
Because your Messages need some cats.
2016
11
Orbit, the cat▲127
On each new tab, my cat will tell you how awesome you are.
2018
12
Coffee Companion▲164
A free native macOS companion app for Buy Me a Coffee
2023
13
Wallcat Partners▲124
Your brand on everyone's desktop.
2016
14
Pets Therapy - Desktop Pets▲7
Cute pixel art pets that live on your desktop 🐶🐱🐕🐇🐈🐹🐩
Jul 2026 · pets-therapy.com
15
catcatcatcaaaaaaaaaaaaat▲146
Cats attack on your screen
2019
16
Mac Pet▲134
A pixel pet for your menu bar or MacBook notch w/ Pomodoro
Apr 2026 · mac-pet.com
17
PixelClaw▲162
A tiny pixel crab that lives on your Dock
Mar 2026
18
AR Kitty▲142
Raising your own kitty on your smartphone
2018
19
Peach for Mac▲220
Unofficial desktop client for 🍑
2016
20
Kitty▲100
An opinionated Product Hunt client for iOS
2016
21
Purr-Moji App Cat Stickers▲95
Cat emoticons stickers with "hooman" expressions
2016
22
Clicky▲144
AI buddy next to your cursor on Mac—sees, guides, helps you!
Apr 2026 · github.com
23SF
Servus for Mac and Dropbox▲95
I've built a thing! A few months back someone (not me) posted my Mac app Droplings to HN. It was incredibly rough around the edges back then, and in alpha. Well, it's finished now and sparkles like crazy. Please take a look! :)
2012 · servus.io
24
Forecats▲99
Cats, GIFs, weather… You are welcome. :)
2015

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