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Pixel Cat

A tiny pixel cat that lives in your Android status bar

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It walks on top of your clock, sleeps on the battery icon and rests in the little gap next to the camera hole. If it falls off, it has a parachute, and three balloons to get back up. It brings small gifts, shows hearts once it trusts you and has ten rare moments to catch. Free, no ads, no tracking.

PH · launched Nov 14, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 19%) · 0 views

Niche: virtual desktop pets and widgets · 184 launches, 15 in the last 7 days ▼ -21% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project
  • Android
  • Funny
  • Pets

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Could you build this?

Yes A small Android app that animates a pixel sprite over system UI is a well-trodden pattern. An AI assistant can handle the animation logic, state, and gifts, though it requires some Android overlay or live-wallpaper knowledge.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 349 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #50 of 350 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 304 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Cat Paws: Cute Paw Surprise · ph · 2026-09-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.63
  • Meowy · ph · 2026-11-08 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.62
  • Unhooked: Screen Time Pet · ph · 2026-09-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • SpotKat · ph · 2026-10-23 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • Mewmori · ph · 2026-10-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • Screen Pet: Pocket Pals · ph · 2026-10-29 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.53
  • Pixbu · ph · 2026-09-13 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.53
  • Mimo · ph · 2026-10-30 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.52

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