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Show HN: I Built an iOS app to locate stray animals

Show HN: I Built an iOS app to locate stray animals

10 comments

·March 17, 2025

https://stray-sync-landing.vercel.app/

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rpjt

I see strays from time to time and I do often wonder if they belong to someone. Is the idea that I'd be able to report the stray on the app and hope that the owner has the app too and sees my report?

bb88

Well, I see two issues.

The first is getting mass adoption of your app, and tell people what makes it so much better than what we already have (facebook/twitter/nextdoor/instagram/etc).

Also lost pets are common, but they might rarely happen to you. That might lead to the second issue which is notification fatigue and uninstall the app. Or people will forget, and simply uninstall the app since they never use it.

I think a better solution is putting an airtag (or an rfid tag) on your pet, along with a telephone number on the collar to call.

naveed125

Just wanted to say that i love your app's icon.

october8140

How do you prevent it being used to bait people down a dark alley?

damion6

Would you be open to Android? I love the idea

technol0gic

live-action Pokemon Go

kennyloginz

I hope this app isn’t available on the planet Melmac.

roegerle

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gunian

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anmilu

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