What app are people using to make their pets clap like the cat meme?
Updated · Clapping Cat AI
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Make your pet clap: upload a photo ↓
Two kinds of app: CapCut's free clapping cat template, which lays the original black cat over a clip of your own, and AI photo-to-video apps like ZOOOP or Clapping Cat AI, which make your own cat or dog stand up, grin and clap from one photo. If the pet in the video you keep seeing is somebody's own cat or dog, it's the second kind: upload one full-body photo of your pet below and get a 10-second clapping video in 2 to 5 minutes, $5.90 for one video, no account.
Which kind made the video you saw
- The same black cat every time, grinning with human teeth and clapping small human hands over someone else's video: that's the original clip (Know Your Meme files it as Black Cat Clapping), added with a CapCut template or a green-screen cut.
- Someone's own tabby, ginger cat or dog standing up and clapping, often with a wide human-like grin: that was made from a photo of their pet with an AI video app.
- The owner on screen too, giving the pet a treat, shushing it and shaking its paw after the clap: that's the you-and-your-pet version, made from two photos, one of the person and one of the pet.
The apps people use, side by side
| App | You upload | You get | Price | Account |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapCut template "cat clapping meme" | A clip of your own | The original black cat clapping over your clip, a 7-second vertical edit; not your pet | Free | The CapCut app |
| ZOOOP (Clapping Cat template) | One photo of your cat or dog | A vertical clip with your pet sitting up, grinning and clapping its own paws; ZOOOP says it keeps the original clip's floor, pink basket and camera. 480p or 720p | 180 credits at 480p, 271 at 720p. Credit packs from $10 for 1,000 credits | Sign-up |
| Clapping Cat AI (this site) | One photo of your own cat or dog; for the you-and-your-pet version, a photo of you too | A new 10-second 720p vertical video in your pet's own room: it stands up, grins with human teeth and claps small human hands, with a clapping sound and no watermark | $5.90 for one video; $14.90 for 3, $19.90 for 5 | None: pay once, no subscription |
How we checked
We opened ZOOOP's template and pricing pages on October 27, 2026 and CapCut's template on October 17, 2026, and wrote down what they showed; we didn't buy credits, so this compares what they offer, not how their videos look. More apps, including the ones that make the you-and-your-pet version, are in our clapping cat AI apps comparison.
Make your own pet clap here
- Choose one photo: one cat or dog, whole body in frame, facing the camera, in good light.
- Upload it above. It has to be your own pet. To be in the video too, choose "You + your pet" and add a photo of you (adults only).
- Pay once: $5.90 for one video; $14.90 for 3, $19.90 for 5. No account, app or subscription.
- Wait 2 to 5 minutes, then download the MP4 from your private order page and post it with a caption about what your pet is clapping at.
If it doesn't come out right
If a video fails to generate, the credit goes back to your order automatically. A video that comes out clearly broken gets its cost back.