User Reviews for RunCat

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5 years ago, mousepad04

Back to being a great app

Previous version was sweet — lots of animations to pick from and they looked great in the menu bar. Version 3.0 comes with only 3 animations and on my iMac running High Sierra with 2 monitors it’s just a white box on a black menu bar. Worthless. Hopefully the developer will address the issue. If you have a previous version, I suggest you don’t update. UPDATE: I wrote the above review on 1/24 and the developer quicky fixed the issue. And a running human was added. Loving this app again.

1 year ago, Trident893

Almost purrfect!

This is a great app that lets you know if your Mac is being overloaded, and can show you quick readable stats! I love the animations and the characters, plus the character creator tool. The only thing holding it from being purrfect is the lack of temperature sensor support, I'd love to see my Mac temperatures. I think it would be a nice additional extension that could add a new animation, maybe making something sweat by higher heats. Or maybe a gradient in the characters as the temperature? I think there is a lot that can be done. Regardless, its a fun tool and I really like it!

3 months ago, WodeLiu

You brought detailed menu bar back!

Thank you developer! I love you bringing the detailed info on menu bar option back! Now the cat runs perfectly on my menu bar, and I don't have to chlick it to check current memory or network info once a while.

3 years ago, NikoOme

I love this app, BUT battery notification is needed

Imagine sending out super cute cat-related battery state notifications. All the other apps of this kind have low/high battery notification, so I hope the developer can find the time and energy to do this. I would definitely consider paying once the functionality side of the app becomes on par with its competitiors. I already have istat but ould love to keeo this app just for the cats alone...LOVE!

3 years ago, Mizasquare

Adorable app

I have never used any of system monitoring app for everyday use. on occation they were useful for a troubleshooting, but for a daily basis? nah. it felt so pointless. Until This App the in-app purchase buisiness model were also neat. it is totally harmless and I would willingly spend extra bucks.

5 years ago, Antifa Jet

Revised rating for 2019 (UPDATE AVAILABLE!)

What was once a simple, great app has fallen victim to the Andrew Wilson mindset of consumption - everything that was once taken for granted as a basic feature is now hidden behind a paywall. Looking forward to the original cat also becoming a "DLC". What a joke. UPDATE: Why on earth is the developer pushing out changes EVERY DAY?! Can you please just leave some animations as defaults and hide the rest behind your paywall, without having to update every day? This is the third time in 3 days there's an update available. I'm very tempted to find another app to do this task.

4 months ago, Silian Rail

Great piece of software

Does exactly what it aims to do and does it very well. Love the options for different runners and the developer is very active in keeping the program updated.

5 years ago, fojlz

Love it, but lost my purchases

This is one of my favorite apps, very cute, but I lost access to the special runners I paid for with one of the updates. My favorite runner was the octopus and now I'd have to pay a second time in order to get access to it. :( Doesn't seem to be any real way to contact the developer either.

5 months ago, Nick eat potato

The new UI is not useful

The new UI change makes it not useful at all. If I have to click on it to see the status, why don't I just click on the Activity Monitor? It was useful because I can see the system metrics anytime without clicking. That's all the purpose of using it for me. Please consider to add it back, or add an option to turn it on/off.

2 years ago, SeoulSophie

Its like having a live pet in my laptop!

However when I tried to change the graphic, it suddenly disappeared from my menu bar. I am unable to close/launch this app :( please help!

3 years ago, M4rvin5

So Adroable

This is the most adorable app I ever used on my Mac! I like having something moving in the background while I'm working. I used to have htop constantly running but now I found this! THE MOST SWEET CAT!

8 months ago, Yaroslav Ya

good

Let me state it clear and loud: I seek exactly this app for a years. Nothing is better to check whether xcodebuild working down there by looking at a parrot messing around.

1 year ago, Dommym0mmy

I love this

I really enjoy having a my own gifs play on my status bar. Has so much features too

5 years ago, Rip_City_Melo

Love This App

This is perfect for when I am producing and my pluggins are using up a lot of my CPU. Often I run around 80-95% CPU usage so it's really nice have this app in my menu bar letting me know how much i'm using.

5 years ago, monokrome

This is pretty cute, but not great for performance.

This is def the cutest app in the app store, but unfortunately - even when my menu bar is hidden - it just sits around sucking up all of my battery. Would be great to see it working a little more efficiently, but I can't use it for now :(

1 month ago, XX&AA

It works.😁

Very good, hope to increase the monitoring of CPU temperature, hard disk display available space number.

4 months ago, JohnHillegass

Great app!

Loved the floating bar :) It was a really polished customization for my machine. Hoping to see it again one day!

4 years ago, TheMoonDawg

Love it!

Just bought the puppy icon to support the developer, but there are a TON of awesome free icons! I love this because it's a simple way to tell when my dev environment starts going insane. :D

3 years ago, Xorbb

Quick Stats

Great tool to just see some quick stats!

1 year ago, 安猪动物园

it's good, but still want the color back

color color, i want the acent color back~ one more thing, using new version , the icons are much too small. i don't know whether it conflicts with bartender 4 or not. but when i check the "show in the menu bar", it become nomal. btw, mine's macos 13.3 intel chip.

6 years ago, tianfeiwei

Runner stops when working on the second monitor

2 years ago, Smitty Abe

Still great!

I've installed this on my machines for the last 3 years. Conversation piece and useful metrics.

5 years ago, zginq

love this app

I was looking for a way to see my memory/cpu usage in the menu bar and came across this adorable app. I love it so much!

5 years ago, Munchkyn

This is an adorable time-waster

The hamster wheel had me giggling from the moment I loaded it. This is the perfect antidote to a too-serious work environment.

3 years ago, SkylerS

Dance party in my menu bar

Love this app! Something the novelty of people raving in my menu bar to the beat of my CPU doesn't wear off!

4 years ago, EvoRelease

I am originally a Win user. I love this!!

I like cats but the dog addition is awesome! finally a way to see how hard my 2018 mini is thinking!!

4 years ago, Ashlianna

very cute

i like the running cat its very cute thats all i have to say about no problems with its just xcute thats all.

5 years ago, Rosalind _ :3

New Update

Very good BUT new update makes all runners cropped and enlarged. I have a mac. Hope this helped!

5 years ago, SpencerSwan

Adorable.

Thanks for brightening up my workdays!

5 months ago, OfficialReviewORG

The new UI is awful

The new UI has abandoned the previous functionality

5 years ago, mgourd

Not very stable

Sometimes this app will glitch and take up most CPU resource.

3 years ago, Chrisrmc

Great stats menu, please add GPU

Would love for it to add a GPU widget for monitoring how hard the GPU is working.

2 years ago, dirtdogg1

Love this app.

That's it. Love it.

2 weeks ago, ios 5 was the best

Energy drain

Drains 1 percent cpu usage even when stopping menu icon animation. Uninstalled

1 year ago, Nooordic

Can't open it

I can't open this app after dowloaded, help!

1 year ago, alsdn1206colourblind

what is this

i'm using on the macbook pro m2, i cannot use this, it is just blank space. and don't dare share me that apple menu bar tip page, i tried for hours

4 months ago, ipcjs.us

Good

Very good

11 months ago, Kaiusee

pretty cool

pretty cool app. good execution.

3 years ago, Black tea 37

AMAZING ! AMAZING! AMAZING !

this is a amazing and helpfull app

2 years ago, X-xiong

这个app好玩

这个app太好玩了，打开电脑就看见自己喜欢的小动物在menubar上跑挺开心的。

2 years ago, weevey鲤鱼

两个问题

一、无中文二、网速显示错误

5 years ago, 0u0u0u0

そう貧しいですか

可哀想です

Description

The cat takes up residence in your Mac's menu bar, and he just keeps running! The cat will run at a speed that depends on the CPU usage on your Mac. You can see how much the current CPU usage is by looking at the running of the cat. How about looking at a cat while waiting for a video to be exported or a program to be built? • You can purchase various Runners at the Runners Store. [Special color runners] 7 types Golden Cat, Metal Cluster Cat, Flash Cat, Maneki Neko, Sushi, Uhooi, Entaku [Animal type runners] 28 types Cheetah, Dog, Puppy, Rabbit, Frog, Bird, Penguin, Dolphin, Dragon, Owl, Dinosaur, Jack Russell Terrier, Hedgehog, Horse, Penguin 2, Hamster Wheel, Octopus, Chameleon, Chicken, Mouse, Pig, Fox, Whale, Otter, Squirrel, Butterfly, Greyhound, Welsh Corgi [Inanimate type runners] 15 types Cogwheel, Bonfire, Drop, Rocket, Pendulum, Newton's Cradle, Sine wave, pulse, Hot Coffee, Steam Locomotive, Tapioca Drink, Frypan, Factory, Engine, Earth [Seasonal runners] 7 types Reindeer & Sleigh, Snowman (Christmas) Wind Chime, Sparkler (Summer in Japan) Jack-o'-Lantern, Ghost (Halloween) Mochi (Jugoya) • It is also possible to always display the system information on the menu bar. The developer has not tested it on all types of Macs. • You can check CPU usage, Memory performance, Battery state, Storage capacity, and Network connection. • You can register self-made runners (In-App Purchase). • Developer may end support for older macOS without notice.