Meow Metrics 2.0 adds a colony management plan for local governments, a population simulator that compares sterilization scenarios (projections, not predictions) and two free tools: a TNR (trap-neuter-return) calculator and an Excel spreadsheet for your colony census. It also brings document reading for veterinary paperwork and cat photo recognition.
Here is what each one does, and what it does not do.
What is new in Meow Metrics 2.0?
Version 2.0 focuses on three things: planning, projecting and making daily work easier.
- Planning: a colony management plan inside the platform, for local governments.
- Projecting: a population simulator that compares sterilization scenarios, also for local governments.
- Making it easier: a free TNR calculator and Excel spreadsheet, document reading for veterinary paperwork, cat photo recognition and other new features listed below.
What is the colony management plan?
It is a feature for local governments that prepares a draft community cat colony management plan using the municipality’s own data. The local team can edit and approve it. It is built with fixed rules and without artificial intelligence.
It does not replace any program a local government formally adopts, and it is not an “official plan”: it is a working starting point for the people who manage the colonies, which the local government reviews and makes its own.
What does the population simulator do?
It projects how long a municipality’s colonies would take to reach 80% of cats sterilized and compares scenarios: the current pace, no sterilization and your own scenarios. It shows ranges rather than a single number, because every projection is uncertain, and lets you download the results as reports and a spreadsheet. It is available to local governments.
It is a projection, not a prediction: it helps compare scenarios and plan, not set a figure or count cats. And it assumes that caregivers will keep caring for the colonies; if they stop, the real outcome will be different.
Is there a free TNR calculator?
Yes. The TNR calculator is free and needs no sign-up. It projects how a colony, or a municipality’s colonies, may evolve with and without a TNR program, and how many sterilizations per year are needed to reach 80% per colony. You can download the result as a PDF.
If you would rather start with a spreadsheet, there is also a free colony tracking spreadsheet in Excel, with one sheet for colonies, one for cats and one for interventions. You get it after a short form.
Like the simulator, the calculator gives a projection, not a prediction, and assumes that caregivers keep caring for the colonies.
What is document reading for veterinary paperwork?
A feature that helps you get the data from an invoice, a veterinary report or a delivery note into the platform: you upload the document and Meow Metrics suggests the data for the form. It can make mistakes, so you always check what it suggests before saving; nothing is saved to the record until you confirm it.
To use it, whoever administers the organization must first accept the data processing agreement. It is now available, except on free accounts, and it has limits per document and per person per day.
Does Meow Metrics recognize cats by their photo?
Yes, it is now available: Meow Metrics recognizes colony cats by their photo. It is available to people with a free account and to associations and foundations. The model has been trained on real photos of community cats registered on the platform by their caregivers, where each cat has its own individual record, with its colony, its sterilization and its health.
There are 15,467 cats registered on Meow Metrics, according to the platform’s public API as of November 3, 2026 (the figure includes deleted cats and those in free accounts). It is the total number of cats registered on the platform, not the number of cats or photos used to train the model. The latest figure is shown in the counters on the home page.
What else is new?
- Assignments and reminders: you assign an action or an alert to someone else on the team, or set yourself a reminder.
- Inventory by compartments: you split supplies and costs by team, and each person sees their group’s.
- Surveys: whoever manages them can close and reopen them.
- Handing over colonies from an association to a local government: the association hands over its colonies and the local government accepts. It cannot be undone, and the association keeps managing them.
- Greek among the platform’s languages.
To see the activity recorded on the platform over the last quarter, read the Meow Metrics quarterly report for November 2026.
How can I try it?
The quickest way is to see the platform working with a sample municipality. If you manage colonies for a local government, Meow Metrics for local governments sums up what it includes, and if you want to see it live, and we will show you.
Frequently asked questions
What is Meow Metrics 2.0?
It is version 2.0 of Zoometrics’ cat colony management platform. It adds a management plan and a population simulator for local governments, a free TNR calculator and Excel spreadsheet, document reading for veterinary paperwork, and other improvements for daily work.
Do the management plan and the simulator use artificial intelligence?
No. The management plan is built with fixed rules, and the simulator does not use artificial intelligence either. Document reading for veterinary paperwork does rely on artificial intelligence.
Does the calculator predict how many cats there will be?
No. It makes a projection from the data you enter, with a likely range, and assumes that caregivers will keep caring for the colonies.
How much do the calculator and the spreadsheet cost?
Nothing: they are free. The calculator needs no sign-up and you can download the spreadsheet after a short form.
Is it for associations or only for local governments?
For both, with differences. Associations get, for example, assignments and reminders, inventory by compartments and handing over colonies to a local government. The management plan and the population simulator are for local governments. The calculator and the spreadsheet are free for anyone.
About the author
Juan Manuel Taboada Álvarez is Founder of Zoometrics, the company behind Meow Metrics.
