Cat in a Flat: Pet Cat Sitting 4+

Easy to book and communicate with clients/sitters. However, the fees on the sitter’s payouts are ridiculous. If you are booked for $60, expect $40-$43.

Thank you for your feedback and we’re happy to see that you like using Cat in a Flat.

As we don't charge a subscription fee, we have kept our commission per booking as low as possible. This fee provides you with customer support, platform maintenance, a secure payment system, community engagement and education. This in turn will help you find even more jobs :-)

PS. Our fees are 19%, so on a $60 booking, you would make $48.60

Thank you for your support,
Cat in a Flat

I'm one of the best sitters in NYC and this app hasn't brought me any new clients that were legit. One exception was a legit client who cancelled their booking due to cat being too nervous after she moved. For sitters reaching out to staff is pointless since it's someone in the UK who will get back to an email many hours later and won't address detailed questions you have. You're truly on your own.
Over 5 months the only possible work inquiries have been scammers posing as a potential clients stringing me along with weirdly worded questions and shifting requests. The good thing is these are quickly removed but only after wasting my time. Seems there no vetting process to weed scammers out. Makes it unsafe as well.

App co founder women seem nice, with hearts in the right place I assumed but my experience is that the app focus and emphasis is on their getting a cut of bookings and they're hyper sensitive to sitters possibly accepting payment outside the app and fear if they contact a possible client off the app- which has been their request at times since it's faster to text directly.

Until the app weeds out fake accounts, has better sitter contact, and cleans up the interface a little to show true pricing to clients it won't be worth using for good sitters.

Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry to hear you feel this way.

We have developed technology to help identify and remove suspicious users quickly. Users are also encouraged to report suspicious accounts to us.

We would always strongly encourage all sitters to keep their communication within our platform. We have optimized our service over the years with thousands of successful connections to prevent any behavior that breaches our Code of Conduct and Terms & Conditions. We have therefore developed a strict policy that guarantees a secure connection and payment as long as everything remains within our platform.

To clarify, cat owners are shown the fees they will need to pay in their booking.

We are working hard to send more cat sitting jobs your way. Thank you for your support.

Best wishes
Cat in a Flat