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Locate & help stray animals with StraySync! Pin sightings, upload photos, and get real-time alerts—all on an interactive map. Join the community today
Lost paws need found hearts. StraySync is your go-to app for locating and tracking stray animals in your area. Whether it’s a curious cat or a wandering dog, you can make a difference—one pin at a time.
How It Works:
Spot & Pin: See a stray? Snap a photo and drop a pin on the map with its exact location.
Share the Story: Upload the stray’s picture to help others recognize it.
Find & Help: Tap a pin to see the animal’s photo and get directions to its spot.
Built with compassion in mind, StraySync empowers animal lovers to team up and support strays in need. Whether you’re reuniting pets with owners or alerting local rescuers, every pin brings us closer to a world where no stray goes unnoticed.
Key Features:
Easy-to-use map to mark and find stray animals
Photo uploads for quick identification
Directions to guide you to each pinned location
Community-driven: help strays, one tap at a time
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24 Comments
kennyloginz
I hope this app isn’t available on the planet Melmac.
technol0gic
live-action Pokemon Go
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?
roegerle
map won't load.
anmilu
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october8140
How do you prevent it being used to bait people down a dark alley?
naveed125
Just wanted to say that i love your app's icon.
damion6
Would you be open to Android? I love the idea
gunian
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hnreader2024
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crystaln
This is really cute, however I have a hard time seeing a route to widespread adoption as a marketplace of source. I was going to suggest adding adoption and rescues, however there seem to be a number of highly rated apps in that space already.
I would imagine the most useful function if a pet is lost or found would be to allow posting to places like NextDoor, printing posters, a contacting shelters, etc. and offering other support to people.
Tewboo
Impressive work! It's great to see tech being used for a good cause. I've had a couple strays in my neighborhood, this could be a lifesaver.
InsideOutSanta
I like the idea. Plenty of people everywhere keep an eye out for strays, and having an app to connect them would be valuable. The main issue is how to let them know that the app exists.
Where I live, a slightly similar app (intended to connect lost pets with their owners) has found widespread local adoption. It is promoted by a local non-profit, so maybe partnerships with non-profits would allow you to find the audience that will appreciate something like this.
Also, this needs an Android app. You need every user you can get to make it successful.
zombot
This has to require some central server. If the app is free, how are hosting fees payed?
mvernano
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Brosper
I know that US iOS is the dominant system, but shouldn't it be just a website with PWA??
upmostly
Just tried emailing you and your contact form doesn't work.
alp1n3_eth
This is one area where I'll actively discourage fragmentation of the existing ecosystem. Currently in the U.S. it's:
1) PawBoost
2) Facebook Groups (which PawBoost usually posts to as well)
3) NextDoor
Past that, the animal needs to be captured and checked for a chip. Having 10+ different apps to report lost animals essentially means there's zero point to posting to one in the first place, unless there is some distributed system they all would agree to operate on top of (maybe ATProto? idk).
laylower
Do you use google maps or openstreetmap?
How are you dealing with data costs?
Do you cache data once every day/week or do you have a real-time call for both the cats/dogs and the proximity to the phone/mob user?
araes
Somewhat tangentially related, yet several posters mention other apps in a similar category.
Is there a way to browse / search the app store from a desktop? Every link just seems to go to an advertisement splash page, and search for "stray" does not even return the linked app.
Found Lifestyle Apps [1] from StraySync's own "Lifestyle" category, yet only the top free apps to number 100 on desktop. Does not appear to show "PawBoost" or some of the other mentions.
[1] https://apps.apple.com/us/charts/iphone/lifestyle-apps/6012?…
isjustintime
Neat idea! If you can, someone figure out how to get Nextdoor animal-posters to join and participate, this would be really useful. Last time I saw a dog on the street, I pulled over to catch the dog, re-installed Nextdoor, made a post, and brought the dog to the local shelter. It's hard to beat not only the neighborhood aspect of Nextdoor, but also just the volume and mental "this is where it goes" vibe. What's not hard to beat about Nextdoor is the NIMBY and triggering comments so you're halfway there, hah!
karlylamm
Nice work! Really great idea.
taishikato
wow love the idea!
nextts
I have rescued 2 stray (lost really) animals. A dog I took to the vet. And a bird I was about to take to the vet. Heard the person down the street calling for them. But yeah. Vets! Microchips! Unless you are scared of the animal then fair enough use an app.