Cat food: prices compared across apps

The 3 widest gaps between apps

farmina matisse chicken and rice adult dry cat food was ₹529 on Blinkit (seen 10 Nov) and ₹7,390 on Amazon (seen 8 Nov), a gap of ₹6,861.

royal canin persian dry kitten food was ₹556 on Amazon (seen 9 Nov) and ₹2,802 on Instamart (seen 30 Oct), a gap of ₹2,246.

Royal Canin Mother & Babycat, Dry Food, 2 kg was ₹567 on Amazon (seen 9 Nov) and ₹2,269 on Blinkit (seen 10 Nov), a gap of ₹1,702.

Across the 14 products priced differently, the lowest listed price was on Blinkit 6 times, Amazon 5 times and Instamart 3 times. A tie counts for each app.

3 had the same listed price on every app they were on, among them sheba fine adult wet cat food tuna pumpkin and carrot in gravy (₹80 on Blinkit and Instamart) and sheba rich adult wet cat food skipjack and salmon (₹50 on Blinkit and Instamart).

MRPs and ratings

For 11 products the apps printed different MRPs. The widest MRP gap is for farmina matisse chicken and rice adult dry cat food: an MRP of ₹540 on Blinkit and ₹8,650 on Amazon, so a discount worked out from MRP is not the same on both.

The product with the most ratings is drools ocean fish dry cat food adult: 4.5 from 11,559 ratings on Blinkit.

Every product on two or more apps

Brands among these products

The apps named a brand for 13 of the 17 products. Royal Canin has 3, Sheba has 3 and PurePet has 2.

Where the listings came from

Amazon 450, Blinkit 315 and Instamart 79 listings, 709 products in all. Most products were seen on one app only, so they are not in the table above.

How this is worked out

Each app’s line is its lowest listed price for the product in the 14 days, dated, not a promise of what you will pay. Listings join only on matching brand and model words. The full method is on the pet care page, with the dog food comparisons. A brand or app that believes a figure is wrong can write to us.