Let's be honest, I only remember your dog's name

The anti-social app
for social dogs.

No DMs. No awkward small talk.
Just dogs being dogs.

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Free Android No feeds. No followers. Privacy-first

Your dog found a best friend. You lost them.

It happens every time. Your dog hits it off with another dog at the park. They're wrestling, chasing, doing that weird thing where they just stand parallel and stare at the same squirrel.

And then you leave. And you never see that dog again. Because you were wearing your ratty sweatpants and didn't want to exchange numbers with a stranger in a parking lot.

Puppy Pals fixes that.

How it works

Three things. That's it.

1

Check in. See who's here.

Arrive at a park, tap to check in. You'll see every Puppy Pals dog there right now — strangers included. Browse profiles, see play styles, send a friend request to the golden retriever who just body-slammed your dog in the best possible way. Not at a park? Start a walk instead — your friends see you, strangers don't.

Geo-fenced check-in · Real-time park occupancy · At Park stranger discovery · Walk mode
Puppy Pals home map showing nearby parks, friend profile photos pinned at one park with a comet-tail ring, and an occupancy badge.
Park carousel on the home view with one card foregrounded, showing a hero image, two stacked pal avatars, a live occupancy count, and a check-in button.
Pals sheet open to the At Park tab — park hero card with a live time-at-park counter, plus three rows: a pal with a PAL badge, a stranger with a +Add button, and a stranger in a Sent state.

And once you're there

The other dogs at this park, right now.

Pals show up with a PAL badge. Strangers get a one-tap +Add. Pending requests land in a muted Sent state — no awkward follow-up. The live timer reminds everyone this is a "right now, in this place" connection, not another inbox.

2

Get notified. Show up.

When a friend checks in, they show up on your map — their profile photo pinned right where they are. Tap the bell on any friend and you'll also get a push notification next time they're at a park. Already see one on the map? Hit "Heading Your Way" — one tap, no text, no "omw" that means you haven't left yet. Just a signal that someone's coming.

Live friend markers on map · Notify Me When subscriptions · Heading Your Way alerts · Zero group texts
iOS-style Heading Your Way notification banner sliding down from the top of the screen with a friend's avatar, name, and the park they're heading to, with the map visible underneath.
3

Private by default. Always.

No background tracking. No location history. No "share your location forever." You check in, friends see you, you check out — gone. Strangers only see each other at the same park, at the same time, enforced server-side. GPS cuts out? Auto-checkout. We know less about you than your dog's vet.

Friends-only visibility · Server-side enforcement · Auto-checkout · No passive tracking
Persistent cream pill banner at the top of the home view reading 'Checked in at [park] · 23 min' with a pulsing green live dot — visual proof you're sharing on purpose, right now.

Dog profiles

Every profile is about the dog.

Because when you're deciding whether to go to the park, the question isn't "who's the owner?" — it's "will my dog have fun?"

Dog profile hero card with an 88dp avatar ringed in gold, a rank badge, dog name, Explorer rank pill, primary play-style tag, a 3-stat bar for parks, check-ins, and streak, and an absorbed About section with breed, age, size, energy and bio.
Profile screen scrolled to the play style tags row — one primary forest-green chip and four peach-background secondary chips — above a 3 by 2 photo gallery grid with a +N overlay on the last tile.

Multi-dog households

Add all your dogs. Pick a lead. The others don't get top billing.

Photo gallery

Up to 10 photos per dog. No likes. No algorithm. Just a gallery.

Play style tags

Five tags per dog. Compatibility matching, but for dogs.

ZoomieKing FetchObsessed GentleGiant BallThief WaterDog ChaseMe SunBather

Early Access — Android

Your dog's social life is waiting.

We're testing on Android first. Drop your email and we'll add you to the Google Play early access group.

No spam. No DMs. Obviously.

Free Android only (for now) No feeds Privacy-first