Nearby Meows
Kevin Taniguchi Entertainment iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Nearby Meows is a free Entertainment app for iPhone and iPad by Kevin Taniguchi. Requires iOS 26.5. Updated October 30, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 10 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 30
- 2026 · v1.12
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About Nearby Meows
Every neighborhood has its own wildlife — you just haven't been keeping score. Nearby Meows turns real-world cat spotting into the collecting game it always deserved to be. See a cat on your walk? Open the scanner, frame it, and hit capture. On-device AI identifies the breed in seconds and adds it to your Cat Dex. BUILD YOUR CAT DEX • 22 breeds to discover, from everyday Domestic Shorthairs to the elusive Sphynx and Egyptian Mau • Four rarity tiers — Common, Uncommon, Rare, and Legendary — each with its own XP reward • Your Explorer Path shows the breeds you still need, tier by tier, from Common up to Legendary • Browse your collection by breed or by individual catch, complete with photo, time, and place SCAN LIKE A PRO • A full-screen radar viewfinder keeps the cat front and center, with nothing in the way • The breed classifier runs entirely on your iPhone — no photos ever leave your device • A depth-sensing liveness check keeps it honest: photos of cats on screens or paper don't count • Couldn't get a clean ID? Log it as a Mysterious sighting and keep exploring LEVEL UP • Earn XP for every capture — rarer cats, bigger rewards • Climb explorer titles and unlock achievements • Revisit every catch on your personal sightings map PRIVATE BY DESIGN All identification happens on-device. Your photos and locations stay on your phone. The cats are out there. Go find them.
What’s new
Version 1.12 · Updated October 30, 2026
What's new: • Explorer Path: Home now tracks your progress through each rarity tier and shows the breeds you still need to catalog, from Common up to Legendary • Daily spawns are gone, so Home shows only your real progress and the scanner's viewfinder gets the whole screen • New achievement: 25 Catches • Scanner results now say "Log it!" • Layouts fit short and wide screens better
App privacy
The developer, Kevin Taniguchi, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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