The 3 Best Cat GPS Trackers of 2023

Best Overall

Tractive GPS Tracker for Cats

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The Tractive GPS Tracker for Cats can access real-time GPS locations using three different major cellular networks, ensuring the best possible coverage, as long as you’re in an area with 4G cellular access. It updates your cat’s location every 2-3 seconds. Advanced features include the ability to set safe zones, or areas where your cat shouldn’t go—you’ll get a notification if they cross into a no-go zone. 

The device itself is waterproof, ultra durable, and can go seven days without a battery charge. Plus, it’s tinier than any other fully-featured GPS tracker we evaluated. At just over a single ounce, with a body that’s under three inches long, the Tractive tracker will still take some getting used to for your cat, but is as unobtrusive as possible. 

As with most cat trackers the Tractive requires a subscription, but offers two different tiers with different features. Both Basic and Premium subscriptions give you unlimited live tracking and access to the Tractive app’s data monitoring, which includes your cat’s sleep and activity patterns. Premium subscriptions can have multiple people tracking your cat at once—so you could share data with a cat sitter or family member. Premium subscriptions also provide international support, retain your cat’s location data for a full year, and even allow you to export GPS data so you can do your own analysis. 

Subscriptions start at $13 a month, or you can get a year of the Basic subscription by buying annually, at a rate of $8 a month. Premium plans start at $9 a month, paid annually. The Tractive GPS Cat LTE device comes packaged with a charging cable, and a bracket for attaching it to your cat’s collar.

Price at time of publish: $50 (device only)

Best for Cities

Cube Real Time GPS Dog & Cat Tracker

4.2

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This fully-featured GPS tracker is slightly heavier and bulkier than our favorite overall, the Tractive tracker, which makes all the difference when it comes to a device you expect your cat to wear around your neck. 

However, while many of the Cube’s features are comparable to the Tractive, it differs in one major aspect by triangulating your cat’s location with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, in addition to GPS over cellular networks. This makes it particularly useful in urban environments, where tall buildings can block the line of sight necessary to establish a location using GPS satellites.

The Cube GPS Tracker can attach to most cats’ collars with ease, thanks to the slide-on design. You can buy the device separately or in tandem with one of the brand’s specifically-made collars. 

There’s an excellent phone app that corresponds with this piece of wearable tech. Download the app, then enable tracking and location services. While the Cube itself is only $30, unlocking its features via the app requires a $16.50 monthly subscription, or a one-time, yearly subscription price of $198. 

The Cube tracker accounts for myriad different specs, including, of course, location—in real-time and historically. It also tracks the speed at which your pet is moving, as well as when they stop and start moving. There’s also a handy audible ringer feature. If your cat is out and about in the yard, but visually out of sight, this tracker is great, too, as it allows you to ring it audibly from a distance, making it that much easier to find your furry friend when they’re meandering through the bushes!

In terms of battery life, the Cube GPS tracker outlasts many other similar options, with a 10-60 day use per charging session. 

Price at time of publish: $30