SpaceCat is an Android app developed by The Pill Tree (42 Beau Park Crescent Clongriffin, Dublin 13). Others apps created by The Pill Tree are: Chalk Ball Lite.

SpaceCat first became available on 17 Dec 2011. It is estimated that SpaceCat has been downloaded between 1000000 and 5000000 times from the Play Store.

SpaceCat 2.0.5 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows access to the vibrator.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.