“A shoebox of receipts. Expense report due Monday.”
Receipt Cat
Coming soonSnap it.Claim it.
Receipts read on your device. Expense reports in a tap. No account, no limits.
01 — We listen
We listenbefore we build.
Before we make an app, we read what people can't stand about the ones they use today. Thousands of one-, two- and three-star reviews. Every complaint is a note on what to do differently.
- Reviews read
- 8,244one-to-three-star reviews of the apps people use for these jobs today
- Apps built from them
- 11each one started from its own pile of complaints
- The top complaint
- 10 of 11times, it was paying: paywalls, subscriptions and surprise charges
Expense receipts1–3★
Paywalls and surprise charges
483 reviews
Signing PDFs1–3★
A free trial that bills a whole year
231 reviews
Invoicing1–3★
“Free” that isn’t free
~110 reviews
Mileage logs1–3★
Price hikes and free-trip caps
~350 reviews
Counting stock1–3★
Forced accounts and spam
44 reviews
Writing résumés1–3★
A monthly plan for a one-off job
~25 reviews
Flyers and invitations1–3★
Templates and fonts locked
125 reviews
Scanning paper1–3★
Forced account, files in the cloud
58 reviews
Printing labels1–3★
Prints drift down the sheet
10 reviews
Converting photos1–3★
One photo at a time
~100 reviews
Converting photos1–3★
Uploads your photos to a server
~55 reviews
Mileage logs1–3★
Trips missed, tracking just stops
~390 reviews
Counting stock1–3★
Pricing, paywalls and billing
179 reviews
Writing résumés1–3★
Pay at the end to download it
~31 reviews
Flyers and invitations1–3★
Fiddly editing
386 reviews
Scanning paper1–3★
Full-screen ads
78 reviews
Printing labels1–3★
Designs gone after an update
11 reviews
Converting photos1–3★
An ad for every photo
~130 reviews
Tracking hours1–3★
Overtime missing or wrong
39 reviews
Expense receipts1–3★
Receipts and data lost
170 reviews
Signing PDFs1–3★
Signed files lost or never sent
113 reviews
Signing PDFs1–3★
Support you can’t reach
95 reviews
Flyers and invitations1–3★
Paywall after you’ve designed it
616 reviews
Scanning paper1–3★
Subscription traps
151 reviews
Printing labels1–3★
A watermark across the label until you pay
38 reviews
Converting photos1–3★
Can’t find the converted files
~190 reviews
Tracking hours1–3★
Entries lost or scrambled
57 reviews
Expense receipts1–3★
Exports and reports that fail
370 reviews
Signing PDFs1–3★
Login loops and verification codes
158 reviews
Invoicing1–3★
Caps on invoices and clients
~30 reviews
Mileage logs1–3★
Battery drain
~50 reviews
Counting stock1–3★
Barcode scanning behind a paywall
24 reviews
Converting photos1–3★
Pay before it converts anything
~510 reviews
Tracking hours1–3★
Paywall after weeks of logging
85 reviews
Expense receipts1–3★
Forced sign-up and login loops
370 reviews
Signing PDFs1–3★
Form fields that won’t behave
165 reviews
Invoicing1–3★
Work held hostage by an account
~45 reviews
Mileage logs1–3★
Wrong distances
~120 reviews
Counting stock1–3★
Counts that change by themselves
39 reviews
Writing résumés1–3★
Crashes and lost work
~25 reviews
Flyers and invitations1–3★
Work lost
118 reviews
Scanning paper1–3★
Export locked behind a paywall
49 reviews
02 — Generous apps
So we makethe generousversion.
The house rules in all 14 new Cat apps. On the left, the complaints we read most.
- 01
Pay before it does anythingThe whole job is free. - 02
A weekly subscriptionPro is paid for once. - 03
A watermark on everythingNo watermarks. - 04
Make an account firstNo sign-up. - 05
An ad between every stepNo ads.
The promise
Pay once.
Keep it forever.
Pro adds extra tools for people who need more. You pay for it once, it's yours to keep, and the basics never move behind it.
The whole job is free. No ads. No watermarks. No sign-up. Pro, paid once.
03 — The apps
A small appfor everyboring job.
The Cat family: 15 iPhone and iPad apps with one tuxedo cat between them. One is out now, and the rest are on the way.
“Where’s that lease? It was on paper. Somewhere.”
Scan Cat
Coming soonScan it.Find it.
Paper to searchable PDF, read right on your device. No account, no watermark.
“Print it, sign it, scan it, send it back. For one signature.”
Sign Cat
Coming soonSign it.Send it.
Fill and sign PDFs on your device. No account, no watermark, nothing uploaded unless you share it.
“Invoice the client before the weekend. A proper PDF, please.”
Invoice Cat
Coming soonBill it.Get paid.
Invoices and estimates, free and unlimited.
“Passport photo by Friday. White background, no shadows, exact size.”
Passport Cat
Coming soonSnap it.Check it.
Passport, visa and ID photos, checked against each country’s published rules before you print.
“The form only takes JPG. My phone only makes HEIC.”
Convert Cat
Coming soonPick it.Convert it.
HEIC to JPEG, smaller photos, PDFs made, merged and split. All on your phone.
Every app.
Browse by family- 01Convert CatConvert photos and PDFs on your phoneComing soon
- 02Passport CatID photos checked against published rulesComing soon
- 03
Inventory CatStock counts with a barcode scannerComing soon - 04Scan CatScan documents to searchable PDFsComing soon
- 05Invoice CatInvoices and estimates in a minuteComing soon
- 06Receipt CatReceipts and expense reports, sortedComing soon
- 07Sign CatSign and fill PDFs on your phoneComing soon
- 08
Mileage CatMileage log with published per-mile ratesComing soon - 09
Hours CatOne-tap hours tracker and timesheetsComing soon - 10
Resume CatRésumés that get past the robotsComing soon - 11
Label CatLabels that line up on every sheetComing soon - 12
Flyer CatFlyers & invitationsComing soon - 13
Card CatBusiness cards, printed or sharedComing soon - 14
Menu CatRestaurant menus that print beautifullyComing soon - 15
QR CatQR codes for Wi-Fi, menus and cardsOut now - 16No Waste AIPhotograph your groceries; it tracks expiry dates and reminds you before food goes badOut now
04 — We keep listening
Tell us what’sannoying.
Once an app is out, the listening doesn't stop. A small studio means a short path from your message to the fix, and we like to keep it that way.
- 01
You tell us
From any app’s support page, or straight to our inbox. One line is plenty.
- 02
We read it
Your message lands with the team that makes the app. No call centre, no ticket maze.
- 03
We ship the fix
As fast as we can get it right. Then we listen again.
05 — Say hello
Got a boringproblem?
Tell us about the job nobody wants to do. It might be our next app.