The best automatic pet feeders of 2024

This Petlibro Automatic is the best automatic cat feeder, but it’s designed for both cats and small-to-medium-sized dogs. It comes with a 2-inch deep stainless steel food tray for when you need to wash out the bowl, but it helps keep kibble in the bowl and, most importantly, not in the surrounding area.

You’ll be able to read the time in clear numbers on the screen and program the pet feeder with the physical buttons front and center. The pet feeder can dish out up to nine different portions of food from one to four times per day. 

In the event of a power outage, the feeder can use three D-cell alkaline batteries to keep the food going until power is restored. If you have more than one furry friend, it comes in two sizes: 4L and 6L.

Verified Amazon customers praise that the feeder is easy to set up and use, and that the device lasts years of use.

Petlibro Automatic features: 2-inch deep stainless steel food dish | Backup battery option for power outages (batteries not included) | Two food tank options depending on household size

It’s hard to keep wet food fresh in an automatic feeder, and while most other brands on the market use ice packs to do so, Petlibro’s Polar Wet Food Automatic Feeder utilizes semiconductor cooling technology that acts like a refrigerator to keep wet food fresh and cold for up to three days. 

Review: My cat Norbert gives this automatic wet food feeder two paws up

I was able to go hands-on with this device and after trying it out with my cat, Norbert, for a week, I rest easier knowing he won’t be waiting up for us to get home for his wet food dinner. For more extended weekend getaways, this will be a lifesaver for us to ensure his feeding schedule remains the same. 

You can set up a feeding schedule on the accompanying Petlibro app, but you can even make sure your pet ate its food thanks to the Anti-Pinch infrared lid sensor, which tracks how long your pet was eating at the device, ensuring it doesn’t close on your furry friend mid-feed. However, you can also customize how long the food compartment stays open (up to 30 minutes) if your pet is a slow eater or a grazer. 

One Reddit user noted that the feeder saves them from having to get up early to feed their cat, and that it does well keeping the wet food (even specialized wet food) cool. 

Petlibro Polar Wet Food Automatic Feeder features: Holds 220ml of wet food | Semiconductor cooling technology keeps wet food fresh for up to 3 days | Accompanying app 

Want to up your game with a built-in camera for your pet feeder? Whether you want to be able to call them over when it’s dinner time or watch to make sure your fur baby eats their meals, the DoHonest automatic pet feeder will let you check in on the camera from anywhere using your Android or iOS device.

The desiccant on the inside of this smart feeder’s lid helps keep food fresh to make pet parents’ lives easier, knowing their fur baby remains a happy and healthy pet. 

If your pets are used to hearing your voice at mealtimes, you can record your own voice messages and set custom feeding calls to summon them while the feeder dispenses the kibble. With a large, 8L capacity food tank, this feeder can keep your cats or dogs happy for a few days.

Verified Amazon customers praised the camera on this feeder, especially noting the night vision it provides. 

DoHonest Automatic Feeder features: 8 L food tank | 1080p camera with night vision and two-way audio | Wi-Fi app control

With a 5L capacity and two stainless steel food bowls, this Petlibro automatic pet feeder can feed two cats at the same time (provided they want to share, of course). The black design is great at hiding dirt from messy mouths.

Set one to six meals per day, including up to 50 portions per meal with 20 ml for each portion. If you want to manually reward your cat, you can press a manual feeding button on the touchscreen to dole out an extra portion. Like the Wopet, it features a 10-second audio call to alert your cats that it’s time to eat. 

As a personal user of this cat feeder, one of the features I really enjoy is the adjustable feeding splitter to allow for different amounts of kibble to flow into each of the two bowls. The splitter will allow the portions to flow into the food bowl depending on your cats’ needs. You can also opt for the single bowl model, too.

Overall, 94% of Best Buy customers who purchased this feeder would recommend it to other pet parents, giving it an average rating of 4.8 out of 5.

Petlibro Automatic Feeder for Two features: Two stainless steel food bowls | Up to 50 portions per meal | 10-second audio call for pets

So you’ve got two different pets with two different diets; the good news is that with the SureFlap SureFeed automatic pet feeder, you can use their microchips to allow certain furry friends to feast when they’re hungry. All 9 (Avid Secure), 10 (FDXA), and 15 (FDXB) chips are compatible with the automatic pet feeder.

It uses a plastic covering to ensure that only the pet(s) that you want eating from the food tray will be able to eat from it. The cover lid opens when pets get close and shuts when your designated pet walks away. This makes it easier to control who’s eating where and when. To further keep pets out, a neoprene lip seals any food into an airtight space to keep wet food moist and dry food safe. The bowl can hold up to 13.5 fluid ounces of cat food, so you don’t have to constantly refill the bowl. It also operates on batteries for ease-of-use.

One Reddit user praised the feeder saying, “I’d recommend it to anyone with cats on opposite ends of the food motivation scale (or one cat with a special diet).”

SureFlap SureFeed Microchip Automatic Pet Feeder features: Microchip-based signals | Airtight neoprene lid | Battery-operated (batteries not included)