With our GPS tracker for cats, you see in the app where your cat is right now.
✓ Only 29 grams, with display and Lost Mode
✓ No subscription, prepaid from €4.50 a month
★ 8.4 out of 10 based on more than 1,900 reviews
With the Spotter CatX you see in the app where your cat is now and where it has been.
Display, Lost Mode and camera. If your cat goes missing, the display on the collar immediately shows that it is lost, together with your phone number. With the camera you take a photo remotely.
GPS location. Always see where your cat is.
Routes and favourite places. Discover where it likes to go.
Zones. You get an alert when your cat leaves or enters a zone.
Activity. See how active your cat has been.
The Spotter CatX comes with a matching collar, so you can use your cat’s GPS collar straight away. The collar has a safety buckle that opens by itself if your cat gets caught on something. That way your cat can move freely, without the tracker becoming a risk.
Does your cat already have a favourite collar? With the separate mounting set you can easily turn it into a GPS collar.
Safety buckle. Opens if your cat gets caught.
Included. The collar comes with the CatX.
Also for your own collar. With the mounting set.
Light. At 29 grams, your cat gets used to it quickly.
Not every tracker suits every cat. These are the six things to check before you choose.
Weight and size. No more than 2 to 3% of your cat’s body weight, so usually under 30 grams.
Battery life. Choose a tracker that lasts days rather than hours.
Coverage and network. With its own SIM card and 4G you can follow your cat anywhere there is mobile coverage. Bluetooth tags only work close by.
Zones and alerts. An automatic alert as soon as your cat leaves an area or comes back home.
If your cat goes missing. Check how a finder can reach you, for example through a display or a call function.
Costs and subscription. Factor in the monthly costs. Prepaid without automatic renewal is often cheaper.
This makes all the difference
Many cat GPS trackers come with a fixed subscription that renews automatically. Spotter works differently. You buy the Spotter CatX once and then choose a prepaid usage period of 3, 6, 12 or 24 months. There is no automatic renewal, so you are never tied in. Once your period ends, you decide if and when you activate the cat tracker again.
No automatically renewing subscription
Choose 3, 6, 12 or 24 months
Decide for yourself when to reactivate
GPS, 4G and unlimited use included
A GPS tracker shows you where your cat is, even when there is no smartphone nearby. An AirTag has no GPS of its own and only finds your cat if an Apple device happens to be nearby. Especially in gardens, fields and quiet streets, that makes a big difference.
Here you’ll find the most important details together, so you can quickly see whether the CatX suits your cat.
Weight. 29 grams, 48 × 31.5 × 15 mm
Display. 1.47 inch colour display with Lost Mode
Network and coverage. 4G with built-in prepaid SIM card, across Europe and usable worldwide
Battery. 4 to 10 days, magnetic charging cable
Waterproof. IPX7, up to 1 metre deep for 30 minutes
Camera. 0.3 MP for remote photos
Costs. Prepaid for 3, 6, 12 or 24 months, from €4.50 a month. 12 months cost €60
In the box. CatX, collar, magnetic USB cable, Spottercode card and quick guide
A GPS tracker for cats determines its location via GPS, WiFi and cell towers (LBS) and sends it over the 4G network using a built-in SIM card. You click the device onto the collar and see your cat’s position on the map in the app and online environment.
You attach the tracker to a cat collar with a safety buckle and put it around your cat’s neck. You then see on a map in the app where your cat is, you can zoom in to street level and look back at the route it walked that day.
A tracker with its own SIM card works anywhere there is mobile coverage, throughout Europe and beyond. Accuracy is highest outdoors. Indoors, in a shed or under dense vegetation the signal can be weaker and the location less precise.
A GPS tracker has no distance limit: as long as there is mobile coverage, you can see where your cat is, whether that is two streets away or abroad. That is the big difference with bluetooth tags, which only reach a few dozen metres.
Yes. At Spotter you buy the tracker once and then choose a prepaid usage period of 3, 6, 12 or 24 months yourself. There is no automatic renewal: when the period ends, you decide whether you activate it again. View the usage periods.
The rule of thumb is that the tracker and collar together weigh no more than 2 to 3% of your cat’s body weight. For an adult cat of four kilos that is roughly 80 to 120 grams. Most cat trackers stay well below that.
The smallest models for cats are about four to five centimetres long and weigh between 25 and 35 grams. Do not only look at the weight: a small device with a small battery needs charging more often. The balance between size and battery life is what counts.
You open the app and check the last known location and the route travelled, so you can search in a targeted way instead of combing the whole neighbourhood. Trackers with a display can also show your phone number to the finder.
No. Without a SIM card a tracker cannot send a location, those are bluetooth tags, which only work in the immediate vicinity. At Spotter there is a secured SIM card inside the device and you pay with prepaid credit, so you do not take out a separate subscription yourself.
That mainly depends on how often the tracker sends a location. With an interval of a few minutes you usually get a few days; with a wider interval that increases to more than a week. A motion sensor saves the battery while your cat sleeps.
Yes, provided you combine a lightweight tracker with a cat collar with a safety buckle. It releases as soon as your cat gets caught on something. Let your cat get used to the collar for a few days first and only then click on the tracker.
You pay once for the tracker and then prepaid for using it. With the Spotter CatX, 12 months cost a one-off €60, which is €5 a month. You can also choose 3, 6 or 24 months, from €7 to €4.50 a month. There is no ongoing subscription.
A microchip has no GPS and does not send a location. It only helps when someone finds your cat and has it scanned at the vet or a shelter. A radio tracker also only shows you the direction once you are already nearby. A GPS tracker like the Spotter CatX shows the location directly on the map, so you can search in a targeted way. Microchip and tracker complement each other.
No. An AirTag has no GPS and no SIM card and relies on iPhones nearby. If there are none, you get no location. A GPS tracker determines its own position and sends it on.
In our cat tracker comparison we put the Spotter CatX next to the Tractive CAT 6 Mini, the Weenect XS and the Kippy EVO, with price, weight, battery life, network and subscription model side by side.
