Building a pet tracking app — what's the 1 thing missing for diabetic pet families?
Hi r/FelineDiabetes — long-time lurker, posting once.
I've been building FurNote (pet health journal) and the population I most want to serve well is families managing diabetes. This sub has taught me a lot just from reading.
What's already in it that might be useful for diabetic pets:
- Time-stamped logs for insulin and oral med doses, with per-medication schedules
- Reminders so missed doses are rare
- Weight tracking with monthly trend chart (since weight changes dosing)
- Symptom log — where you can note BG readings, hypos, food refusal, etc. as free text (no structured BG field yet — see questions below)
- One-tap PDF of the past 30 days for vet appointments
- Family sharing so partner/sitter can record the dose they gave (avoids "did you give him insulin?" texts)
I'm not here to sell. The free tier covers one pet's full tracking forever. I'm here to ask:
What is the 1 thing a tracking app could do that no app currently does well for diabetic pets?
A few specific things I'm wondering — feedback on any of these welcome:
Is BG curve plotting (multiple readings over the day, plotted) something you'd actually use, or do you log BG elsewhere?
Would "compare today's curve to last week's" be useful, or noisy?
Do you want to share with vet directly (like a magic link they can view in browser), or is PDF download enough?
Is hypoglycemia warning (e.g., flag when a reading drops below your threshold) something you'd want, or feels paternalistic?
Genuinely grateful for any thoughts. I want to build what's needed, not what I imagine.
(For context — iOS: https://apps.apple.com/en/app/furnote/id6762322726, web: https://furnote.io. Free for 1 pet.)
To anyone managing a diabetic pet right now — I see you. The discipline this takes is something most pet owners never understand.
— Ming-Hsiu