# HammyNest — Hamster Care Companion > Hamster Care Companion (iPhone/iPad app by Venetsia Krasteva.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hammynest/id6760735030 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Venetsia Krasteva](https://appshunter.io/developer/1884626023) - Category: Lifestyle, Reference - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 21 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-04-04 - Data updated: 2026-08-26 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hammynest/id6760735030/reviews.md ## What is HammyNest? HammyNest — The Complete Hamster Care Companion Everything you need to give your hamster the best life possible. Built by a hamster owner, for hamster owners. DAILY CARE - Track feeding with 191-food safety database - Log cage cleaning with next-due reminders - Daily care checklist with auto-logging - Playtime timer for free-roam sessions - Morning check-in for overnight activity - Water monitoring and shopping list - Heat warnings and a summer safety briefing when it's dangerously hot — free for everyone - Cold-weather & torpor warnings when a cold night is dangerous — free for everyone - Add your own custom food types to the feeding log - Customisable care reminders — feeding, water, cleaning & seasonal tips, at your chosen times HEALTH & WELLNESS - Health journal with weight & vet visit logs - Mood & behaviour logging with patterns - Sleep tracking with wake/sleep shifts - Heat cycle & scent tracker with 4-day predictions - Activity tracker - Care score — your weekly care report card - Custom Trackers — track your own things (nail length, wheel distance, mood…) and chart them over time - Medication and allergy tracking GUIDES & REFERENCE - Emergency guide for health crises - "Hamster on the Loose!" — escape recovery, real stories, an illustrated comic & a calm space - Summer heat-safety guide — cooling, heatstroke signs & what never to do - Going Away guide — travel prep, time limits & sitter instructions - Behaviour guide — 20 behaviours decoded - Cage setup guide (wire vs tank vs bin) - Breed encyclopedia (all 5 breeds) - Safety guides — free-roam hazards, bedding & floor cleaning - Owner Wellbeing guide — stress, health & calming techniques - Allergies & Asthma guide — spotting an allergy from bedding & dander PHOTOS & SHARING - Photo gallery — timeline, tags & growth strip - Tag & Share — share a mood card in one tap - Share Hub — 10 shareable cards - QR pet sitter cards with emergency contacts - Food barcode scanner — check if a food is safe - AI photo tags (premium) — one-tap suggested tags TOOLS & MORE - Taming tracker with trick training guide - Vet appointments with Calendar sync & Maps location - Export data as CSV or vet visit summary - Backup & Restore — save everything to a file and restore it any time (free) - Achievements & care streaks - Age, cage size & bedding calculators PREMIUM - 7-day free trial - Unlimited hamster profiles - Full care history and food database - Health journal, mood, sleep, and activity tracking - Photo gallery, journal, and care calendar - Live weather + automatic heat alerts the night before a hot day, even when the app's closed - Cold-snap & torpor warnings, medication reminders, heat-cycle predictions & senior check-ins - Pet sitter cards, export data, custom themes, and more - Unlimited custom food types (everyone gets a couple free) FAMILY & SHARING - Care Circle — share care in real time - See who fed, who cleaned, and who's next at a glance - Push notifications when your partner logs care - "Already fed?" guard prevents duplicate logging - FairShare (premium) — see who did what percentage of the care - Routines (premium) — assign standing responsibilities MORE FROM THE DEVELOPER - Symply — asthma & allergy tracker - Moshed — a concert & gig journal - NEATEd — a playful "see how AI learns" sandbox - Loafe — cozy lo-fi you make yourself - Dear Diary — a gentle journal for your days OUR PROMISE Heat and cold-weather warnings, the emergency guide, and life-saving care advice are free for everyone. A hamster's safety is never a premium feature. PRIVACY Your data stays on your device and in your personal iCloud. We never collect, see, or share your information. Built with love in Scotland, inspired by Miho — a five-time escape artist who once stole an entire carrot and vanished for three days. Privacy Policy: https://github.com/venetsia/hammynest-support/blob/main/PRIVACY.md Terms of Use: https://github.com/venetsia/hammynest-support/blob/main/TERMS.md ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | HammyNest Premium – Yearly | $19.99 | per year | | HammyNest Premium – Monthly | $2.99 | per month | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.7.0 — 2026-07-14 Track anything you want — and keep your data safe. • Custom Trackers — add your own things to track (nail length, wheel distance, mood, medication… anything you measure), log them in a tap, and chart them over time. This one came straight from your survey. • Backup & Restore — save everything to a single file you keep, and bring it all back on a new phone or after a reinstall. Free, because your hamster's history should never sit behind a paywall. • Cold-snap & torpor warnings — now free. When a cold night could put your hamster at risk, you'll see a warning right on your home screen, wherever you are. (Premium adds the automatic night-before alert.) • Reminder Check-Up — a one-tap way to confirm your reminders are actually set and will fire. • More reliable iCloud sync behind the scenes. Thank you for shaping HammyNest — keep the ideas coming in the survey. ### 1.6.1 — 2026-06-25 This is a small but important reliability update. • Fixed an issue from 1.6.0 that could stop your data syncing to iCloud. After updating, your hamsters, logs, trackers and photos sync across your devices again — automatically, with nothing for you to do. • Stability improvements. Your data always stays on your device and in your own iCloud. Thank you for your patience — now go give your hammy a treat from us. ### 1.6.0 — 2026-06-16 Your Home, Your Way — this whole update started with a single survey reply. PICK YOUR HOME SCREEN Your dashboard is no longer one-size-fits-all. Choose from Classic, Modern, Minimal, Stats, or a build-your-own Custom layout — and the Care & Health tabs get a tidy grid of cards too. Switch any time from the layout button (top-left) or in Settings under Appearance. Classic is untouched, so nothing you love has moved. HOUSEHOLDS LAYOUT More than one hamster? The new Households layout gives each one its own collapsible card — status, quick logs and an expandable "Attention Required" section all together — so you're not scrolling past every hamster to find the one that needs you. TRACK PER HAMSTER (Premium) Expenses, shopping lists and the enrichment planner can now be set for a specific hamster — or kept shared — so multi-hamster homes stay organised. SMOOTHER WITH MULTIPLE HAMSTERS Logging a cage clean now lets you pick which hamster it's for, and the enrichment planner opens reliably every time. Thank you for shaping HammyNest — keep the ideas coming via Settings > Report a Bug or Request a Feature. ### 1.5.0 — 2026-06-15 Reminders, extended. Your care reminders now arrive reliably — and there are lots more to choose from: • Feeding, water & cleaning reminders — set your own times • Care-streak saver — a gentle evening nudge only if you haven't logged care that day • Seasonal care tips as each season begins • Premium: cold-snap & torpor warnings the night before a dangerously cold night, medication reminders, heat-cycle predictions, and gentle senior check-ins Switch on just the ones you want, at the times that suit you. You can now also Report a bug or request a feature any time from Settings — the best fixes come from you. Thank you for being part of HammyNest. ### 1.4.1 — 2026-06-12 Summer care, made yours. Log any food — add your own types Feeding something that's not in the list? You can now add your own food types right in the feeding log — saved for next time and synced across your devices. Everyone gets a couple free; Premium unlocks unlimited. (Straight from an early-user's survey suggestion — thank you!) Reframe a photo you've set Wish your hamster's profile photo sat differently? Open the hamster, tap Edit, and use Adjust framing to pinch-zoom and reposition — no need to re-pick. Reminders that arrive on time We tuned notifications so your care reminders land reliably. Premium owners: the heat-forecast alert is now on by default through summer, so you'll get the heads-up the evening before a dangerously hot day — without digging into Settings. Heat safety stays free Heat warnings and the safety briefing remain free for everyone. A hamster's safety is never a premium feature. See what's coming next There's a new "Road Ahead" in Settings — a peek at what we're exploring, shaped by your feedback. Thank you to our early users for helping shape HammyNest. Got a request? The in-app survey is the best place to tell us. 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User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-26.*