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Desksquattaz vs Desktop Goose. Different animals.
Desktop Goose: Pure chaos in goose form, and a classic for good reason. Desksquattaz: a deadpan box cat with his own life on your Windows desktop. Here’s an honest look at both.
- Made by
- Indie developer samperson (Sam Chiet), 2020
- Price
- Free, pay what you want
- Platforms
- Windows, with a macOS version
- Vibe
- Honks, tracks mud, drags memes and notes onto your screen, steals your cursor
Where Desktop Goose wins
- Instant, pure chaos. You know exactly what it is within ten seconds.
- Tiny, simple, and free, with a big modding scene.
- Runs on macOS too.
Where Toastah is different
- He has his own computer full of games, and he plays some of them with you.
- Toastah is not trying to annoy you. He is busy with his own day, and you happen to share the desk.
- He lives in your real files: My Stash, his food bowl, and his litter box are folders, and his trips leave souvenir files.
- There is a whole life under the jokes: a computer with a journal and a bank account, friends who visit, co-op games.
- With Cat Plan he talks back and remembers you.
| Side by side | Desktop Goose | Desksquattaz |
|---|---|---|
| Built-in games | Not listed | 12 (5 free) |
| Co-op games with you | Not listed | Yes: 5 local co-op games |
| Tamagotchi-style care | Not listed | Real-folder bowl and litter, kibble bank and shop, streaks, achievements. Never dies. |
| Own daily schedule: naps, work, trips | Not listed | ✓ Yes |
| Uses real files: stash, bowl, litter, souvenirs | Not listed | ✓ Yes |
| Has his own computer with apps and games | Not listed | ✓ Yes |
| Messes with your cursor and windows | Steals your cursor, tracks mud, drags memes and notes | Moves icons, puts them back |
| Care loop that never punishes you | Not listed | ✓ Yes |
| Talks back and remembers you | Not listed | With Cat Plan |
| Community mods | ✓ Yes | — No |
| Price | Name your own price (itch.io) | Free, Cat Plan optional |
| Platforms | Windows (v0.31, Oct 2022), macOS (older v0.22) | Windows |
| Still being updated | Last version 0.31 (Oct 2022) | 14 builds in the last 30 days |
Pick Desktop Goose if
You want five minutes of honking chaos, or a prank for a friend’s PC.
Pick Desksquattaz if
You want something that lives on the desk all day and has a personality you get to know.
the goose is loud. I am busy. we are not the same bird. I am not a bird. — Toastah, asked for comment
Last updated: 17 October 2026
Facts about other apps checked October 2026 from their official pages. Something wrong? Tell us at hello@desksquattaz.com.
Try him
Free, and he’ll ignore you. That’s the deal.
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