Now on the App Store · Free · iOS 17+

Care. Track. Love.

Built for dogs. Made for the people who love them.

The dog care app that doesn't sell, track, or upsell anything. Track every health category, log GPS walks with a lock-screen Live Activity, share a clean vet report in one tap, organize walks with friends — and keep your dog's whole story private on your device and in your iCloud.

🔒 No account · no sign-up
💸 No subscription · no ads
📵 No analytics · no tracking

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Free · iPhone · iOS 17+ · Made in Nova Scotia 🐾

Why owners choose EmberPaws

The dog deserves better software.
So do you.

Most pet apps treat your dog's records as their product. EmberPaws treats them as yours.

Most pet apps

✕Force an account, email, and password
✕Stash your records on their servers
✕Ship analytics SDKs that phone home
✕Hide essentials behind a monthly subscription
✕Sell premium tiers, add upsells, run ads
✕Treat your med list as marketable data
✕Bolt on "pet social" features no one asked for

EmberPaws

✓Open the app, add your dog, done
✓Records live in your private iCloud
✓Zero third-party SDKs — Apple frameworks only
✓Free. Every feature. Forever.
✓No subscription. No ads. No upsells.
✓Medications are structurally unshareable
✓Focused tool, designed to feel calm

New in 1.2 · Walking Club

Walks are better together.

Plan a walk. Share the link. Your friend taps it on their iPhone — and EmberPaws opens right to the walk. They RSVP, you see them join, and the rest is just dogs sniffing things.

EmberPaws on phone A — walk event detail screen with date, location, the share code, and a Share button. The organizer is about to send the invite link via iMessage. — 1 · Plan & share
Pick a time and meeting spot. Tap Share. Send the tappable link to your dog-walking friends via iMessage, AirDrop, or anywhere a link goes.

EmberPaws on phone B — the friend tapped the iMessage link and the app opened straight to the same walk. A green 'You're going' pill confirms their RSVP, and the attendee list now includes their dog. — 2 · Tap & join
Your friend taps the link. EmberPaws opens straight to the walk — no signup, no code-typing, no Safari detour. They RSVP with their dog's name. You see them join in real time.

🔒 Only the meeting time, place, and dog name are shared. Weights, medications, and health logs never leave your iPhone.

Read the full Walking Club guide →

New in 1.2.2 · Sitter Mode

Hand off the leash, not the worry.

Going away for the weekend? Schedule a sit, send the invite link. Your sitter taps it on their iPhone — and they get a focused dashboard with your dog's feeding times, walk plan, and (only if you choose) medication schedule. Every meal, walk, and note they log flows back to you in real time.

EmberPaws — the owner's Start a Sit form. Dog: Sim. Sitter: Rachel. Dates: May 24 through May 26. A toggle marks Include medications as on, with a note that the sitter will see the med schedule and can log doses given. A free-text Notes for the sitter field is below, and a copper Create & Invite button is at the bottom, ready to send the iMessage link. — 1 · Schedule & invite
Pick your dog, name the sitter, set the dates. Decide whether medications are part of the share. Tap Create & Invite — the link goes through iMessage with your dog's name on the preview card.

EmberPaws — the owner's sit dashboard after the sitter has logged the day's care. Sim's breakfast, dinner, and probiotic medication all show green Logged badges with the time they were given. The next walk and most recent walk are visible. An End sit now button is available at the bottom for the owner to wrap up the sit early. — 2 · Watch the care happen
Your sitter logs each feeding, walk, and (if you've shared them) medication from their phone. You see the green Logged badges land on your dashboard in real time. End the sit early if you're home sooner than planned.

🔒 Medications are off by default. They're never sent to a public database — they only appear if you flip the per-sit toggle. When the sit ends, the sitter's copy of your dog's record is cleaned up automatically.

Read the full Sitter Mode guide →

New in 1.2.3 · GPS Walks

Every walk, on the map.

Open the Walks hub and tap Start GPS walk. EmberPaws traces your route, distance, time, and pace as you go — with a lock-screen Live Activity that keeps the stats glanceable without unlocking. Schedule your daily walks, pick Standard or Battery Saver, and tap End walk when you're home.

EmberPaws Walks hub — a copper Start GPS walk button next to Log walk, a count of three walks logged today, scheduled Daily Walks (Morning Walk at 6:30 AM and Evening Walk at 7:30 PM, each with an on/off toggle), and a Recent Walks list with a View all walks link. — 1 · Start or schedule
Tap Start GPS walk to track one live, or Log walk to record it after the fact. Set recurring daily walks with reminders so the routine runs itself — and every finished walk drops into your history.

EmberPaws tracking a walk in progress — a live map traces the route with a 'Tracking · Ember' pill, distance, time, and pace counting up below the map, and Pause and End walk buttons at the bottom. — 2 · Watch it track live
The map draws your route as you walk, with distance, time, and pace updating live. It auto-pauses when you stop, so a sniff break doesn't pad the stats. Standard keeps a precise route; Battery Saver goes light for all-day shifts. Tap End walk to log it.

🔒 Your route stays on your iPhone and in your private iCloud — never on our servers. A walk travels only through Family Sharing or Sitter Mode to people you invite, and never to the public Walking Club. Prefer not to record the path? Battery Saver keeps a less-detailed route by design.

Everything your dog needs. Nothing they don't.

Simple, focused tools that keep your dog's entire care record in one place.

Health Hub

Weight, stool, skin, feeding, walks, vaccinations, flea & tick, and medications — every health category in one place, always up to date.

Smart Reminders

Day-before and day-of alerts for vet appointments. Auto due-date math for flea & tick. 30-day expiry warnings for vaccinations.

Vet Report

Tap once to share a clean summary of every recent reading with your vet — via Mail, Messages, AirDrop, or your vet portal. No printing.

Appointments

Keep upcoming vet visits, dental cleanings, and checkups organized. EmberPaws reminds you so nothing sneaks up on you.

Birthday Countdown

Never miss your dog's birthday. A live countdown card on your dashboard and an automatic reminder on the day — and the day before.

Walking Club

Organize a walk, share an 8-character code with friends, and see who's coming. Built on private CloudKit — only the meeting time, place, and dog name are shared.

Trail Finder

Drop pins for the trails you walk together. Earn badges as you check in — First Trail, Trail Friend, Trailblazer. The trails you've shared, in one place.

Eye Health Tracker

A 1-10 scale plus eight observed-symptom chips — redness, discharge, cloudiness, squinting, tearing, swelling, third eyelid, rubbing. Recent scores flow into the Vet Report so trends are easy to share.

Heat Warnings

A weather-aware banner that warns you when today's forecast is too hot for your dog's walks. Tuned conservatively for thick-coated breeds. Powered by Apple WeatherKit.

Calendar Sync

Vet and grooming appointments mirror to your iPhone Calendar, so the whole household sees them. Write-only access — Ember never reads your existing events.

Apple Health

Walks logged with a duration become Walking workouts in Apple Health, so your time outside counts toward your own daily activity. Opt-in, write-only.

Vaccine Auto-Schedule

A baseline canine vaccine schedule generated from your dog's age. Toggle each row, edit dates, confirm with your vet. Removes the "what shots is she due for?" anxiety.

Sitter Info Sheet

A one-tap PDF for whoever's watching your dog while you're away. Feeding, meds, vet, allergies, and your "while I'm away" notes — exported in seconds, no app install required.

Grooming Schedule

Bath, nail trim, full grooming — track every appointment with day-before and day-of reminders. Sync to Calendar so the groomer's day is on your phone, your watch, and your laptop.

Coming Soon

Litter Network

Connect with your dog's littermates from the same breeder. Compare growth charts, spot shared health patterns early, and schedule walks together.

What's new

Latest in v1.2.3 — plus the v1.2 and v1.2.2 highlights that came before.

New in 1.2.3

GPS Walk Tracker

Tap Start and walk — EmberPaws maps your route, distance, and time, and keeps recording with the phone locked in your pocket. A lock-screen Live Activity shows the walk with an End button. Two modes: standard precision, or flip on Battery Saver for all-day daycare and pro-walker shifts (~1–3% battery per hour). Auto-pauses when you stop. Or skip GPS and log a walk by duration alone.

New in 1.2.2

Sitter Mode

Time-bounded handoffs for the dog sitter. Schedule the sit, share the link, your sitter gets a focused dashboard with feedings, walks, and (opt-in) meds for the dates you set. Their access ends when the sit ends. See it in action ↑

New

Family Sharing

Bring in the rest of the household. Vet appointments, walks, feedings, weights, and routine logs stay in sync across every iPhone via private CloudKit — never our servers, never anyone else's. One iMessage invite, accepted in the native iOS prompt, and you're sharing. Learn more →

New

Walking Club Invites

Share a walk via a tappable link. Friends tap it on iMessage — the app opens straight to the walk, RSVP-ready. See it in action ↑

New

Daily Routine

A morning and evening checklist of every walk, meal, and medication your dog needs today. Tick them off as you go; the dashboard quietly tracks compliance over time. No streaks, no shame — just a gentle nudge.

Built by a dog owner, in Nova Scotia

EmberPaws started with one Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever named Ember — the owner's own pup, and the reason this app exists. The Toller community was the first to get it. Every breed is welcome.

No subscription. No ads. No account required. Just a thoughtful tool that keeps your dog's entire story — from first vet visit to today — organised and private on your device.

Multi-dog support — manage your whole pack
Stool scorer using the Purina 1–5 Fecal Scoring System
Skin condition tracker — 1-10 slider with symptom log
Feeding schedule with per-meal reminders
Pet sitter and vet contacts with tap-to-call
Allergies and care notes for whoever's watching them
Trail badges for the dogs who love a good check-in
iCloud sync via your private CloudKit — never to us
lbs or kg — your choice

Care. Track. Love.

Know how your dog is doing — at a glance

The dog deserves better software.
So do you.

Walks are better together.

Hand off the leash, not the worry.

Every walk, on the map.