I highly recommend this toy called a Cat Dancer. Cats love playing with it, even the elderly ones. It’s basically a steel wire with some small rolled cardboard pieces on the end. I know how it sounds, but the way it moves really ignites their prey drive. Its durability really depends on the cat (mine last quite a while), but at least it’s cheap, and you can probably pick one up where you buy your supplies.
From my experience, cats get bored of laser pointers after a while when they realize they can never catch it.
Near-field communication (NFC)