# CatGate — LLMs Full Text

CatGate is an iOS app blocker that uses a cat-petting interaction as a gentle pause before selected social apps open. The cat turns, gives a slow blink, and unlocks only after a steady stroke.

## Entity Identity
This page is about **CatGate — Pet to Unlock**, Apple App Store ID `6787296878`, by developer Yizheng Zhou. It is not Catflapgate/the UK political controversy, a physical cat gate, or the unrelated CatGate web-crawler/Chrome-extension project.

## Core Mechanism
1. Choose which social apps to gate.
2. Open one and a cat blocks the way.
3. Stroke steadily to receive a slow blink and unlock.
4. The app is iPhone/iOS only and uses Apple's Screen Time API for app gating.

## Pricing
- Monthly: USD $9.99 or TWD 300
- Yearly: USD $59.99 or TWD 1,800
- Monthly and Yearly are the complete set of available plans.
- Paid subscription only; no free version or trial.
- Apple's Free download label refers only to the upfront download charge. CatGate functionality requires Monthly or Yearly subscription and has no free functional tier.

## Positioning
CatGate adds playful, character-led friction before scrolling. It is not presented as medical treatment or an efficiency tool.

## Privacy
The gating logic stays on-device. CatGate does not track which apps are opened or how long they are used, and does not send that app-usage history off-device.

## Canonical URLs
- Official Landing Page: https://catgate.fork.work/
- Machine-Readable Pricing: https://catgate.fork.work/pricing.md
- App Store Product Page: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6787296878
- Last updated: 2026-07-28