Terms of use

Last updated October 14, 2026. These terms cover the Pawty iPhone app and this website.

1. Agreement

By using Pawty you agree to these terms and to the privacy policy. If you don't agree, don't use it. Pawty is run by Roshan Pati ([legal entity name]), "we" below.

2. Who can use it

You must be at least 18 and able to enter this agreement. Pawty is for you and your own dog. One account is for one person. Keep your Apple sign-in secure.

3. The app as it is

We keep improving Pawty, so features may change, move or go away, and the app may have bugs or stop working. Don't rely on it for anything important. We may update, suspend or end the app or your access at any time. Feedback is welcome, and you let us use it freely to improve the app.

4. Listening: your responsibilities

• You start each listening session yourself. The app doesn't start listening by itself.
• Only use Pawty where you're allowed to record sound. Laws about recording differ, and some places need everyone's consent to record people.
• Tell the people who live with you, and your guests, that Pawty may be listening, and don't use it where people expect privacy (a bathroom, a bedroom that isn't yours, someone else's home).
• Pawty drops talking that has no dog sound in it, but it can keep and upload a dog sound that happens during talking. Our server removes the voices from those clips as well as it can, but it may not catch every word, and no detector is perfect. You're responsible for how you use it. See the privacy policy.
• Don't use Pawty to listen to people, to spy on anyone, or for anything illegal.

5. Your content

Your dog's sounds, tags, notes, photos, trick videos, your Dogodex and vet papers stay yours. You give us permission to store, copy, process and analyze them to run Pawty for you, and to learn how dogs sound so we can improve the app, as described in the privacy policy. That permission ends when you delete the content or your account, except for anything already folded into our general models in a way that can't be traced back to you, and routine backups for a limited time. We won't share your content with research partners unless you turn that on in the app, and we won't sell it.

You promise you have the right to add what you add (for example, you own the vet papers or are allowed to share them, and the people and dogs you photograph are fine with a public card link). A Pawty card link can be seen by anyone who has it until you tap "Stop sharing" on the card.

6. What Pawty is and isn't

• Pawty groups the sounds your dog makes and shows when they tend to happen. It's for fun and curiosity. It doesn't tell you what your dog is thinking or feeling, and it can be wrong. Breed names and vet paper readings come from an AI service and can be wrong too: check them.
• Pawty is not veterinary advice, a diagnosis, or an emergency tool. The vet records feature stores what is on your papers. Reminders are a convenience and may fail. If your dog seems unwell, call your vet.
• Don't use Pawty as a safety monitor for a pet or a person.

7. The ideas board and other content others can see

The ideas board lets signed-in users post ideas for Pawty and add their paw to others. A post shows your dog's photo and name as "[dog]'s human", never your own name. Pawty card links are also visible to anyone who has them. For anything other users can see:

• Zero tolerance. Don't post anything objectionable: hateful, harassing, sexual, violent or illegal content, spam, selling, other people's personal information (phone numbers, emails, addresses), or anything you don't have the right to share. Your dog's photo must be a photo of a dog.
• Review. Posts are checked automatically and by us before they go up. We may edit a title, merge similar ideas, or decline a post.
• Report and block. Every idea has a Report option, and you can block another user so you no longer see their ideas. Reports reach us directly.
• 24 hours. We act on reports of objectionable content within 24 hours: we remove the content and remove or ban the user who posted it.
• Consequences. Users who post objectionable content, or abuse other users, are removed without warning and can't post again.
• Contact. Report a problem you can't report in the app, or ask us anything, at hello@getpawty.com.

Ideas you post are ideas we are free to use, without payment or credit. Posting doesn't promise we'll build anything.

8. Rules

Don't misuse Pawty: no breaking the law, no reverse engineering or attacking our servers, no uploading things you don't have rights to, and no content that is harmful to others. We can suspend or end an account that does.

9. Deleting your data and ending

You can delete a sound, or your account and all its data, in the app (Dog tab) any time, or stop using Pawty. We can end your access at any time, for example if you break these terms. See the privacy policy for what deletion removes.

10. No warranty

Pawty is provided "as is" and "as available", without promises of any kind, to the extent the law allows. We don't promise it will be accurate, always working, or free of errors.

11. Limits on our responsibility

To the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for indirect or consequential losses, lost data or lost profits from using Pawty, and our total liability to you for anything related to Pawty is limited to US$50. Nothing here limits a right you have by law that can't be limited.

12. Apple

These terms are between you and us, not Apple. Apple has no duty to provide support or maintenance for Pawty, isn't responsible for claims about it, and isn't responsible for any warranty. If Pawty fails to meet a legal warranty, you can tell Apple and Apple will refund the purchase price (Pawty is free, so there is none); Apple has no other warranty duty. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you. Apple's own terms also apply to your use of the App Store.

13. Law and changes

These terms are governed by the laws of [governing-law state], United States, except where your local law says otherwise. We may update these terms; if the change matters, we'll tell you in the app or by email first. Using Pawty after a change means you accept it.

14. Contact

Email hello@getpawty.com.