Bark Buddies is a dog playdate app built to help dog owners find better, safer, and more compatible dog friends nearby.
Create a profile for your dog, answer a detailed matching questionnaire, browse compatible buddy matches, send buddy requests, chat with accepted matches, schedule meetups, and discover nearby dog parks.
Bark Buddies focuses on behavior-based matching instead of breed stereotypes. The app considers details such as size, energy level, play style, temperament, comfort around other dogs, owner preferences, availability, distance, and safety notes to help suggest better playdate matches.
Key Features
Dog Profiles
Create detailed profiles for your dogs with photos, breed or mix, age, size, energy level, temperament, play style, and special notes.
Smart Dog Matching
Find nearby dogs based on compatibility, distance, play style, size, energy level, temperament, and owner preferences.
Match Grades
View compatibility scores, match grades, match reasons, and helpful caution notes for safer first introductions.
Buddy Requests
Send, receive, accept, decline, or cancel buddy requests before connecting with another dog owner.
Safe Messaging
Chat only after a buddy request is accepted. Bark Buddies includes safety reminders, report tools, and block tools.
Meetups
Plan dog playdates with date, time, location, notes, and dogs attending.
Dog Parks
Discover nearby dog parks and open directions in your phone’s map app.
Bark Buddies Premium
Bark Buddies Premium is an optional auto-renewable subscription that unlocks additional features for dog owners who want more flexibility.
Premium features may include unlimited dog profiles, advanced matching filters, profile boosts, seeing who liked or requested your dog, group meetups, photo messages, recurring meetups, premium badges, and other enhanced features.
Subscription Information
Bark Buddies Premium is optional. The free version of Bark Buddies still allows users to create one dog profile, browse basic matches, send buddy requests, message accepted matches, schedule basic meetups, discover dog parks, and use safety tools.
Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings.
Safety First
Bark Buddies encourages public first meetups, leashed introductions, responsible owner communication, and careful supervision.
Bark Buddies does not guarantee the behavior, health, training, vaccination status, temperament, safety, or compatibility of any dog or user. Always use your own judgment when meeting people or dogs in person.
Terms of Use (EULA):
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy:
https://barkbuddies.app/privacy
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