ShopCats 4+

i like this app a lot. i think the whole idea is neat. i love being able to know where i can find cats near me and just seeing people post about cats.

it is a bit buggy though. one thing that i noticed is that you can not add a place to shopcats through the “share a visit.” it gives you the option, but when you try to, it just stays blank/unresponsive. i figured out the only way to do it is by going to the “claim a shop” and adding the place there and choosing the option that says you will come back after they ask if you are the owner/have permission to claim the shop. i think most people would not think to do that and would just assume the sharing feature is broken. this would lead to missed chances for shops to be recorded on the app.

also, when i update the caption/bio to an already made post of mine, the screen instantly goes dark and the app is unresponsive. i will have to swipe the app out and click it again for it to work.

there have been a couple of times where the app just randomly freezes too.

This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen so naturally I’m obsessed. I, somehow, ended up with every neighbourhood cat in my area and I truly do love everything that has come from that. About 15 years ago while laying in the garden with Bendis (my cm. green iguana) I met Mameow. Mameow and Bendis met one another and the rest is history, they developed an oddly adorable and perplexing friendship that’s lasted years. My heart was shattered when Bendis passed away, of old age, in 2020 which left me with Frodo, a very sweet and special stray cat that bonded immediately with Ben. Mameow is still very present though Frodo has since passed as well. But Mameow and her mother Granmeow have multiplied bringing me first, Fric & Frac and their siblings Boote & Callie. Fric & Boote have each had a litter each bringing my current population up to 10 cats with Callieco and her Nan Granmeow due any day now.

It will prove hugely irresponsible of me to download and use this app but the way I see it is, the damage is done — may as well have fun.

Love this apps idea, but I wish they had more cats. I like that they have vets, bookstores, and pet stores, but I’d like to see stuff like bodegas and other more random stores added. It’s kinda a given that a pet store is gonna have cats, so not really much point in using the app for that. I hope to see that improved in the future.