Best cat tracker 2021: from GPS trackers to sleep and activity monitors

JUST like we’ve become obsessed with tracking everything in our own lives, pet owners are increasingly concerned with getting wearable trackers for their pets.

Pet GPS trackers for cats and dogs were initially created to help reunite lost pets with their owners.

These cat trackers can tell you where your beloved feline is at all times

For cats who like to go far from the family home, a tracker attached to a collar can be a game-changer (and reduce the general stress load of everyone in the home).

Typically, cat trackers are connected to apps which let you follow your pet’s routes.

Cat trackers can also keep track of more than where your pet is, noting their activity levels throughout the day or beeping if your pet goes beyond a certain ‘boundary’ you’ve created.

Some cat trackers can track sleep patterns, determine exactly what type of exercise your cat has been doing (e.g. walking or running) and tell you how many calories your cat has burned, as well as advise on how much you should be feeding them, after you’ve loaded your pet’s stats into the app.

Once you’ve gone all techie for your cat with a tracker, you’ll be pleased to know you can also invest in self-feeding cat bowls and Ebo, a robot toy for cats which helps entertain your cat with real-life interactions while you’re in the office, and photographs them in the process, so you won’t feel like you’ve missed a thing.

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1. Best cat tracker with heatmap: Tractive New 2019 IKATI

A helpful heatmap shows you all of the places your kitty likes to exploreAmazon UK

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This live location tracker from Tractive with IKATI boasts a handy heatmap to show you Kitty’s favourite hangouts in addition to their real-time positioning, logs activity and fits seamlessly onto most cat collars.

After a couple of hours’ charge, the battery can last up to a few days.

Subscription fees starts at £3.33 a month – which fans say is ‘well worth the money’.

‘This is a great product. It sits neatly under my cat’s chin and he doesn’t seem to notice it. Certainly hasn’t tried to pull it off. It has given me peace of mind that I can find him if he disappeared. He did get spooked at Firework night and vanished. I was frantic! Found him in next door’s garden 36 hours later. Now if he’s out I can easily find him. The app shows all activity, sleep and battery levels… very helpful’, writes a convert.

2. Best cat tracker for large cats: Pawfit-S Dog GPS Tracker & Activity Monitor

This cat tracker works well on larger catsAmazon UK

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Ideal for cats 3.5 kilos and up, the Pawfit-S has an embedded SIM (which gives coverage in the Europe and North America), and uses GPS, WiFi and cellular technology to track your cat accurately.

Subscriptions start at £3.59 a month, and the device also tracks your cat’s activity levels as well as letting you customise safety zones. 

The tracker is waterproof and fully recharges in a few hours.

Fans say it’s a ‘quality product and app’, ‘great tracker for your pets’, ‘a breeze to use’ and ‘absolutely brilliant’.

3. Best cat tracker with torch: Kippy EVO, The new GPS and Activity Monitor for Dogs and Cats

The Kippy EVO comes in a choice of three stylish colourwaysAmazon UK

 Kippy EVO, The new GPS and Activity Monitor for Dogs and Cats, for £49.99 on Amazon – buy here

A must for night owls, the stylish Kippy EVO tracker includes a built-in LED torch, is waterproof and uses cellular technology to track your kitty.

It even sends you personalised messages about your cat’s activity levels, health and wellbeing.

‘I’m loving the Kippy Evo and if I’m honest, in the few days I’ve had it, I’ve found it excellent. Better than I thought it would be so far. The level of information it provides from current live location, history of routes she’s taken and her various ‘touch points’, to time spent sleeping (she’s a cat so a lot !!!), walking etc. I find fascinating. The option also to set a geofence if she was to wander further afield and set a flashing LED if she was to go missing to help find her is excellent’, writes a happy customer.

4.  Best cat tracker for multiple cats: Tabcat Bundle

Tabcat Bundle, £99.99 from Tabcat – buy here

If you have more than one cat, you need to know about the Tabcat Bundle.

The kit comes with four homing tags and four protective cases, which each direct you where to find your felines.

Why have one cat when you can have four?

5. Best bargain cat tracker: Tile Mate The Versatile Finder

Mate The Versatile Finder, £14.99 from Tile – buy here

This is the most versatile tracker on our list as it can be used for everything, from your keys to your cat.

Simply attach it to your cat’s collar then use the app to see where they are at all times.

It’s water-resistant, has a 200ft Bluetooth range and is compatible with compatible with Android, Windows and iOS platforms. And it’s less than £15.

6. Best-looking cat tracker: Vodafone Curve Dog GPS Tracker

Vodafone Curve Dog GPS Tracker, £30 from Argos – buy here

Vodafone’s Curve Dog GPS Tracker can double as a cat tracker too, at Argos for just £30.

Using GPS location tracking, the device can be located via your phone using Vodafone’s global network.

You simply pay for subscription for 12 or 24 months, arranging the zone that your cat is allowed to travel in (it beeps when they leave it).

What is the best GPS tracker for cats?

There are loads of GPS trackers available that you can attach to your cat’s collar.

Most of them do the same thing, it just mainly depends on a few things: the size of your cat, whether you want to use an app and what your budget is.

Are cat trackers worth it?

Many people rely on microchips from the vets, instead of cat trackers.

However, if it will put your mind at ease if you have an outdoorsy cat then it’s definitely worth it.

Expensive cats and kittens are most likely to get stolen, so take with that what you will.

Can a cat tracker fall off?

Sometimes it’s worth spending a bit more on a quality cat tracker, so that it doesn’t fall off.

Of course, if you haven’t assembled it properly, it could fall off but again, it all depends on which one you buy.

We’ve designed Sun Selects to help you to find the best products that won’t break the bank.

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