Terms of Use

Last updated 5 November 2026

These terms apply to HouseCat for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch (“the app”), made by Josh Haines in London, United Kingdom (“we”, “us”). The app is licensed to you under Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the standard EULA), together with these terms. If the two disagree, these terms apply, except where the standard EULA says otherwise. By using the app you agree to both.

1. Using HouseCat

The app is for your personal, non-commercial use. Please don’t copy, modify, reverse-engineer or resell it, or use bugs or modified clocks to gain items. We may update the app, add or change content, and fix balance issues over time.

2. Beans and other in-game items

• Beans are the game’s one currency. You earn them by playing and can also buy them in packs. They never expire.
• Beans and in-game items have no cash value, can’t be exchanged for money and can’t be transferred outside the game. What you buy is a licence to use that content in the app.
• Nothing sold in HouseCat is random. The daily gift is earned only and can’t be bought or changed by any purchase.
• Room looks are one-off purchases that stay with your Apple Account, and can be restored with Restore Purchases.
• Each season has a free track and a premium track. The premium pass is a one-off purchase for that season only, at the price shown in the app; it stays with your Apple Account and can be restored with Restore Purchases. It isn’t included in Cat Club. Like every purchase it is refundable only through Apple (section 4), and a season that has ended is not refunded for being over. Rewards you claim are yours to keep after the season ends. Nothing on either track is random.
• Some items are sold only in certain months. The shop shows the real date a sale ends.

3. Cat Club subscription

• Cat Club is an optional auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly through your Apple Account at the price shown in the app before you buy, including VAT.
• The yearly plan may start with a 7-day free trial. If you don’t cancel during the trial, the yearly price is charged when it ends.
• Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel or change it any time in Settings → your name → Subscriptions, or from Manage subscription in the app.
• Members get +20% Beans earned, a daily treat of Beans and season pass XP, and a streak shield that holds one missed day a calendar month. The daily present is not part of Cat Club; it is earned only. The season pass is sold separately.
• If prices change, Apple will tell you before the new price applies, and you can cancel before then.

4. Payments and refunds

All purchases are processed by Apple, and Apple’s refund rules apply. You can ask for a refund from Request a refund in the app or at reportaproblem.apple.com. If a purchase is refunded, what it gave you is removed from your game. Nothing here affects your statutory rights as a consumer.

5. Weather and other services

HouseCat is a game. The weather in it is the game’s own, chosen for your home’s town and season; it is not a forecast.

6. Your save

Your save is kept on your device. We can’t see or restore it for you, so if you delete it, or delete the app without a backup, it is gone. Purchases stay with your Apple Account and can be restored.

7. Liability

We work hard to keep HouseCat running well, but it is provided as it is. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for losses that weren’t reasonably foreseeable, or for indirect losses. We don’t exclude liability where the law doesn’t allow it, including for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.

8. Ending these terms

You can stop at any time by deleting the app (and cancelling Cat Club if you have it).

9. Law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. If you live elsewhere in the UK or in the EU, you keep the protection of your local consumer law and can bring a claim in your local courts.

10. Contact

Josh Haines, HouseCat, London, United Kingdom
support@housecatgame.com