Terms of use

Matcha Cat · last updated October 20, 2026

Matcha Cat is licensed to you under Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement, together with these terms. It's made by Oliver Encabo, trading as Taxpayer Labs.

Who your cat is

Your cat, and the cat-girl or cat-boy it becomes, is a fictional character. Its thoughts, letters, diary pages and replies are written by an AI model (OpenAI's), from what you've told it. It is not a person, it can't feel the way people do, and it can be wrong. It isn't a doctor, a counsellor or an emergency service, and nothing it says is advice. For the big things, talk to the people in your life.

The AI is used only if you agree, and you can turn it off any time in Settings › AI and your data. The rest of the game works either way.

Not a crisis service

If you might hurt yourself or someone else, or someone is hurting you, please reach a person now: in the US and Canada call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland call Samaritans on 116 123; in Australia call Lifeline on 13 11 14; in New Zealand call or text 1737; anywhere else, find a line at findahelpline.com, or call your local emergency number. How the game responds is on the support page.

Age

Matcha Cat is for ages 13 and up.

Matcha, purchases and the Tea Club

• Matcha is the game's currency. You earn it by playing, or buy it in tins. It has no value outside the game, can't be exchanged for money, and never expires. Matcha you buy stays yours even if you start over; matcha you earned doesn't.
• The Starter Bundle is a one-time purchase: 600 matcha, a lucky bell, a lucky-cat figure for the room and two wallpapers. Restore Purchases brings it back on a new phone.
• Nothing sold is random. Every purchase has the contents it says. Treasures and wallpapers that turn up while you play are free.
• The Tea Club is an optional auto-renewable subscription: 12 free cups of tea a day instead of 2, 25% more matcha from games and joys, a members' wallpaper each month and the Moon kanzashi. It costs $5.99 a month or $39.99 a year (or the equivalent in your country), each starting with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the trial ends. It renews automatically for the same period at the same price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; renewal is charged within the 24 hours before then. Manage or cancel it in your iPhone's Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Wallpapers and the kanzashi you received as a member stay yours after you leave.
• Refunds are handled by Apple (reportaproblem.apple.com). If the Starter Bundle is refunded, its pieces and wallpapers are taken back; matcha already spent stays spent.
• The whole story, the change and two free cups of tea a day are free, and always will be in this version.

Using it well

Please don't use Matcha Cat to try to make the AI produce harmful content, to get around its daily limits, or to overload its server. We may limit requests from a device that does.

Your data

See the privacy policy. Everything your cat remembers stays on your iPhone; Settings › Start over deletes it.

Contact

Questions: thehonestcivilian1@gmail.com.