Cats Lock – keyboard lock for cat people

A tiny new Mac App Store app called Cats Lock promises a very specific modern luxury: keeping your cat from turning your keyboard into a furry chaos machine. It costs $2.99, it’s a one-time purchase, and it’s aimed squarely at people whose pets treat laptops like heated beds. Cute idea, right? Well, the community instantly turned this into a full-on comment section cage match.

The biggest reaction was basically: wait, does my computer already do this for free? One commenter boiled the entire sales pitch down to “Windows+L,” meaning the usual lock-your-computer shortcut, while another asked bluntly if this is just “lock the user” with extra steps. Ouch. The skepticism didn’t stop there: one person said the video was so unclear they could only guess what the app actually does, which is never the vibe you want when asking people for three bucks.

But the thread wasn’t all hissing. There was meme energy too, with a glorious “kitten mittens” drive-by that turned the whole thing into a sitcom bit. Another commenter dreamed bigger, wishing for a smarter app that could detect wild cat paw-smashing automatically instead of needing manual locking. And of course, because it’s 2026 and no product launch is safe, someone immediately asked: “Can’t AI solve this?” In other words, the real drama isn’t the app — it’s whether cat owners are paying for convenience or being charged for a shortcut they already had.