Best Automatic Pet Feeder for Cats and Dogs in Australia (2026)

The Granary does the plain job well and makes the fewest demands on your house. PETLIBRO’s Australian store lists a 5L hopper, up to 10 meals a day, and portions of 1 to 50 servings, each about 20ml or roughly 10g. PETLIBRO put the top end at about 4 cups a meal. It takes dry food from 2mm to 15mm across, the joint largest kibble size published on this page.

Two details matter more than the capacity. It connects on 2.4GHz or 5GHz, so it will join whatever your router broadcasts. And it runs on a 5V adapter with a backup of three alkaline D batteries. In a blackout it keeps serving meals on schedule; PETLIBRO say the Wi-Fi, record button and reset button switch off to save the batteries, and not to use rechargeables.

PETLIBRO describe it as best for small or medium pets and give small dogs, cats and rabbits as examples. One inconsistency on the Australian page: the headline says up to 10 meals a day, while an answer lower down says up to 6. We have gone with 10, the figure in the specification.

Who it suits: one or two cats on dry food, or a small dog, in a house where you want meals served on time whether or not you are home.

PetSafe Australia sell this as a dog and cat feeder and say it is best for cats and small to medium dogs. That makes it the only feeder on this page whose maker names medium dogs. It holds 24 cups (5,678mL) and serves meals from 1/8 cup to 4 cups, up to 12 times a day.

The Slow Feed setting spreads a meal over 15 minutes, which PetSafe pitch at pets that eat too fast. It takes dry or semi-moist food, the lid, hopper, bowl and holder go in the top rack of the dishwasher, and PetSafe say it works with Alexa. It needs a 2.4GHz router.

Two gaps. The Australian page says there is a backup battery option and that batteries are not included, and does not say what type. And the warranty is the shortest published here: PetSafe’s Australian terms give one year by default, and feeders are not among the lines it names for two or three years. The Granary serves the same 4 cups a meal with 24 months, if your dog is on the small side.

Who it suits: a small to medium dog, or a cat and a dog on the same dry food.

This is a scheduled feeder with a lock on the bowl. PETLIBRO’s Australian page says the reader checks the pet’s collar tag before the lid unlocks and food is served. So the greedy cat, or the dog that finishes its own bowl and moves on to the cat’s, finds a closed lid.

Read the tag rules before you buy. PETLIBRO say the reader works only with its own collar tag, not with microchips or other brands’ tags, and each feeder syncs with one tag. Two pets means two feeders, at least 25cm apart, and the RFID reader mat has to be in place or recognition fails.

Everything else follows the Granary: dry food from 2mm to 15mm, 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi, three D batteries as a backup, and 24 months of warranty on the Australian store. The hopper is smaller at 3L and PETLIBRO do not publish a maximum meal. They say it suits small or medium pets. The tag weighs 4.2g, needs no charging, and is splashproof, not waterproof.

Who it suits: a multi-pet house where one animal is on a diet or a prescription food, or is being bullied off its bowl.

This is the only timed feeder on this page that takes wet food. Six sealed trays, cooled by ice packs, are served on a schedule you set. PaWz say the ice packs keep food fresh for up to 24 hours, and their own product images put each tray at about 100g and list wet, freeze-dried, canned and dry food.

It connects over Bluetooth to the Tuya Smart app, which PaWz describe as close-range operation. In practice that means setting it up at home: Bluetooth does not reach your phone at work.

It runs on batteries alone, so a blackout makes no difference. PaWz disagree with themselves on which ones: the specification and the product images say 4 x AA, the description says four D-size. Check the manual when it arrives. PaWz do not say what size of pet it suits; at about 100g a tray, it is a cat or small dog feeder.

Who it suits: a cat or small dog on wet food, fed while you are out for the day.

The SOLO is a compact app feeder, 31.6 x 29.6 x 16.7cm, with a stainless steel bowl and a 3L hopper. PETKIT Australia say that is about 1.33kg of food, enough for an adult cat for 15 days. It serves up to 10 meals a day of 10g to 50g each, and PETKIT say it suits cats and small-breed dogs.

It takes dry kibble under 12mm and freeze-dried food under 9mm, and PETKIT ask that freeze-dried stays under 20% of a portion. It connects over 2.4GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, keeps to its schedule if the Wi-Fi drops, and carries on through a power cut on AAA batteries you buy separately.

The catch is the warranty. PETKIT Australia’s policy gives 12 months as standard and lists 24 months only for its camera feeders, the YumShare Solo, Solo 2, Dual Hopper and Dual Hopper 2. The SOLO is not on that list.

Who it suits: one cat, a small kitchen or laundry, and a router that broadcasts 2.4GHz.

Two hoppers, 2L and 3L, let you serve two different dry foods from one machine: a main food and a treat, say, or two diets for two cats. PETKIT Australia list up to 10 meals a day of about 10g to 100g, dry kibble under 12mm and freeze-dried under 9mm, and say it suits cats and small-breed dogs. It works on 2.4GHz and 5GHz.

The camera is the reason to pay for it. PETKIT describe real-time monitoring, two-way audio, infrared night vision, and AI recognition of up to 20 pets, so the app can tell you who ate and when. On four D batteries it keeps serving meals through a blackout, but PETKIT say the camera switches off to make them last.

Two things to know first. PETKIT’s Australian page says some advanced features need a paid PETKIT Care+ subscription after the free trial, and it does not list which ones. And recognition is not access control. It records who ate; it does not shut anyone out.

Who it suits: someone away a lot who wants to see mealtimes, with cats or a small dog on dry food.

If you want a camera and your pet eats more than a cat, this is the one to look at. PaWz publish a 6L hopper and 1 to 20 servings a meal, each about 10g give or take 2g, so a meal of roughly 200g. That is about twice the PETKIT camera feeder’s top portion. PaWz sell it for cats and dogs and publish no size limit.

The camera is 1080p with a 130 degree view, 4x digital zoom, night vision and two-way audio, and you can record a 10-second meal call. It takes dry food from 2mm to 12mm across, runs on a 5V adapter with a battery backup whose type PaWz do not state, and needs 2.4GHz Wi-Fi.

The spec sheet is loose. PaWz’s page says a maximum of 6 meals a day in one paragraph and up to 8 in the feature list. The Amazon Australia listing says 6, so plan on 6.

Who it suits: a small or medium dog, or a hungry cat, in a house where someone wants to watch mealtimes.

This one is different, and it is here because it answers a question the timed feeders cannot. It is a sealed bowl that opens when a registered pet walks up, reading the microchip your pet already has, or a SureFlap collar tag (one is in the box). It remembers up to 32 pets. Every other pet finds a closed lid.

It takes wet or dry food. Sure Petcare’s Australian page puts the bowl at 400ml, or two pouches of wet food, with a split bowl for wet and dry side by side, and says the sealed bowl keeps flies off. It runs entirely on four C batteries, about six months a set as published, so a power cut changes nothing.

What it does not do is schedule anything. There is no timer and no portioning. It serves whatever you put in it, whenever the right pet arrives. It carries the longest warranty on this page: Sure Petcare’s Australian site lists 3 years for the SureFeed Microchip Feeder, with proof of purchase.

Who it suits: a pet on a prescription or wet diet in a house with other pets, where the problem is who eats, not when.