Petlibro launched its Granary 2 smart feeder lineup on September 19, 2026, with four models priced from $129.99 to $249.99 and an AI camera on the higher tiers that can recognize up to 10 individual cats. The pitch is straightforward: instead of just dispensing kibble on a timer, the feeders weigh what's left in the bowl and tie each meal to a specific pet's profile. For multi-cat households where one animal is on a prescription diet and another is a food thief, that per-pet tracking is the whole product.
The entry-level $129.99 Granary 2 handles app-controlled feeding, portioning, and intake tracking. The $189.99 Granary 2 Vision adds the 1080p AI camera with night vision and two-way audio. The $199.99 Vision Duo is built for multi-pet homes, with two separate dispensing chutes and bowls. The top-of-line $249.99 Granary 2 X uses AI recognition to serve individualized portions calibrated to each pet's dietary needs.
The hardware differentiator across the line is a built-in scale under the tray. Traditional automatic feeders can confirm that food was dispensed at 7 p.m. but not whether the cat actually ate it. The Granary 2 measures what's dispensed and what remains, then logs intake, eating duration, feeding frequency, favorite eating times, and eating speed. The companion app rolls those into daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly views so owners can spot appetite shifts that would otherwise go unnoticed.
Key facts
- 01Petlibro's Granary 2 series spans four models priced from $129.99 to $249.99, all built around a dry-food dispenser with a built-in scale.
- 02The $189.99 Granary 2 Vision uses an AI camera to recognize up to 10 cats and log each pet's meals to an individual profile.
- 03The $249.99 Granary 2 X adds AI-driven individualized portioning for pets with specific dietary needs.
- 04Advanced health tracking requires a Petlibro Care subscription at $59.99 per year, and cloud video runs $119.99 per year.
- 05Rival Pawsync offers a scale-based smart feeder for $79.99, undercutting the Granary 2 lineup on price.
The AI camera on the Vision models is what pushes this past a scheduled dispenser. It identifies which cat is at the bowl and associates the meal with the correct profile automatically, and on multi-pet setups it will only open the feeder when the recognized pet is the intended one. Petlibro says the vision system handles up to 10 cats per household, enough headroom for foster homes and small rescues. The camera also supports remote check-ins and a recorded call-to-dinner message that plays from the device.
Two feeding modes cover the main use cases. Smart Refill keeps a small amount of fresh food in the bowl throughout the day and stops once a daily cap is hit, aimed at grazers. Scheduled Mode is the conventional set-times-and-portions approach. A manual button handles off-schedule feeds, and instant app alerts flag low battery, low food, or a jam. A rechargeable backup battery keeps the unit running through power outages.
The economic model here is the part worth flagging. The hardware price is only part of the total cost of ownership. Petlibro gates certain health-tracking and monitoring features behind a Petlibro Care subscription starting at $59.99 per year, and cloud video recording and playback on the camera-equipped models requires a Video Cloud plan at $119.99 per year. Buy the Vision Duo and add both subscriptions, and the first-year outlay clears $380 before food.
“Overall, I do think this is one of the best feeders I've tested”— Lauren Forristal, TechCrunch reviewer
Competition on price is real. Pawsync sells a scale-based smart feeder for $79.99 — nearly $50 under the cheapest Granary 2 and $110 under the Vision. Pawsync's device also uses a built-in scale to prevent underfeeding and overfeeding, though it lacks the per-cat AI recognition that defines Petlibro's higher tiers. The question buyers face is whether individual pet identification is worth the premium, and for single-cat households the answer is probably no.
The Granary 2 line lands in an increasingly crowded smart-feeder category where nearly every entrant is bolting on cameras and AI to justify higher price tags and recurring revenue. Petlibro's advantage is that the AI here does something concrete — attributing meals to specific animals — rather than serving as marketing garnish. Whether households with two or more cats will pay a subscription indefinitely to keep the analytics running is the harder commercial test, and it's the one that will determine whether AI-per-pet tracking becomes standard or stays a niche upsell.
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