Question 1

What is smol and how does it work?

Accepted Answer

smol is an iOS pet care app that helps you keep everyday care in one calm record. You can add a pet profile, complete daily check-ins, log care moments, keep routines and reminders, review recent history, use the Today Care widget, and keep useful context ready for family, sitters, and vets.

Question 2

Is smol free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The free experience includes one pet profile, daily check-ins, core quick logs for meals, water, pee, poop, weight, activity, symptoms, and basic medication notes, recent calendar history, meal, activity, and medication reminders, food inventory, 7-day charts, a current 7-day health snapshot, the Today Care widget, supported Live Activities, and an ad-supported experience. smol plus unlocks up to ten pets, behavior logs, vaccination records, parasite-control records, hygiene tracking, inventory-backed medication records, longer chart ranges, 30-day snapshots, saved snapshot history, condition tracking, vet-ready PDF reports, medication and antiparasitic inventory, sharing-group creation, and no ads.

Question 3

Can I track multiple pets?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Free users can keep one pet profile. smol plus supports up to ten pet profiles, each with its own care history, reminders, routines, logs, health context, inventory, and sharing state.

Question 4

What can I log in smol?

Accepted Answer

Free users can log meals, water, pee, poop, weight, activity, symptoms, and basic one-off medication notes, plus daily check-ins for eating, drinking, bathroom changes, energy, sleep, scratching, grooming, and notes. smol plus adds behavior, vaccines, parasite control, hygiene, and inventory-backed medication records.

Question 5

How do reminders work?

Accepted Answer

You can create, pause, complete, and manage scheduled reminders for meals, activity, and medication, with push notification support when notifications are enabled. Medication reminders and basic one-off medication logs are free; medication inventory, inventory-backed dose records, and medication checklist tasks are part of smol plus.

Question 6

Can I share pet care with family or sitters?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Invited users can enter a 5-minute invite code to request owner-approved access. smol plus owners can create and manage sharing groups, invite guests, assign pets, and coordinate care with family member and pet sitter roles. Current smol plus limits are two owner-created groups with three guests per group.

Question 7

Can smol help with vet visits?

Accepted Answer

smol can help you bring clearer context to a vet visit by keeping logs, check-ins, charts, health snapshots, condition history, and notes in one place. smol plus adds vet-ready PDF reports, longer chart ranges, full calendar history, activity search, and saved snapshot history.

Question 8

What platforms is smol available on?

Accepted Answer

smol is built for iOS. The app is designed around native iPhone care workflows, push notifications, iOS widgets, and supported Live Activities.

Question 9

Does it work for animals other than cats and dogs?

Accepted Answer

smol is especially useful for cats and dogs, but pet profiles support flexible species, breed, birthday, weight, vet, microchip, and care-note fields for other household pets too.

Question 10

Is my data private?

Accepted Answer

Pet care records can include sensitive household and health context, and smol is designed with that in mind. We do not sell your personal information. You can manage your account in the app, and you can delete your account if you no longer want to use smol.

Question 11

Does smol replace veterinary care?

Accepted Answer

No. smol is not veterinary advice, diagnosis, treatment, emergency triage, or a replacement for a veterinarian. It helps you keep care records and notice patterns so you can discuss them with a professional when needed.

Question 12

How do I cancel my subscription?

Accepted Answer

You can manage or cancel smol plus through your Apple App Store subscription settings. Deleting your smol account does not cancel an Apple subscription, so make sure to cancel through Apple if you want billing to stop.

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