Grow Your Cat is a calm, single-player focus timer where every focus session grows a one-of-a-kind cat. This page answers the most common questions and tells you how to get in touch.
Need help, found a bug, or have an idea? Email growyourcat.app@gmail.com. We read every message and usually reply within a few days. There are no accounts and no support portal — a plain email is all you need.
Everything — your grown cats, focus sessions, intentions, streaks, and settings — is stored privately on your device. The app also keeps a small automatic backup in your own private cloud account: iCloud on iPhone and iPad, or Google Auto Backup (your Google Drive) on Android.
No, as long as backup is enabled for the app. On iPhone and iPad your collection is restored automatically from your private iCloud backup when you reinstall Grow Your Cat or set it up on a new device signed in to the same Apple ID. On Android the same happens through Android's Auto Backup, using the Google account on your device.
On iPhone and iPad, yes. If your devices are signed in to the same Apple ID with iCloud enabled, Grow Your Cat keeps your collection in sync across your Apple devices — a cat grown on your iPhone shows up on your iPad automatically. The data stays in your own private iCloud account; the developer cannot see it.
On Android, not continuously. Android's Auto Backup restores your collection when you reinstall the app or set up a new device, but it does not keep two phones you use at the same time in sync.
On iPhone and iPad, open the iOS Settings app, find Grow Your Cat (or the iCloud section), and disable iCloud for the app. On Android, open Settings → Google → Backup. The app keeps working either way — your data simply stays on the device only.
No. Notifications (for example, when a focus session or break ends) are optional and generated entirely on your device. If you decline the permission, the timer still works fully.
By default the app is a simple, free-form timer. In Settings you can opt into each Pomodoro principle individually: break cycles (with an optional longer break every few sessions), focus intentions (tag what you're working on), and mandatory breaks (make breaks unskippable and auto-continue the cycle).
Yes — Grow Your Cat is completely free, with no ads and no tracking. The “Support Grow Your Cat” row in Settings opens an optional tip page (Ko-fi) in your browser. It is a tip jar only; it unlocks nothing, and you never have to use it.
No. Grow Your Cat works fully offline. The only background network activity is your device's own backup service — Apple's iCloud or Google's Auto Backup — copying your own data to your own account.
English, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified). The app follows your device language automatically.
Grow Your Cat does not collect, transmit, sell, or share any personal data. For the full details, see the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use.