Pavement Paws
Is the ground too hot to walk?
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Hot pavement can burn paws in about a minute. See how hot asphalt, concrete, turf and grass get today, and when to walk: before the heat, or once the ground cools.
Pavement Paws tells you when to walk your dog on a hot day, before you step outside.
On a sunny afternoon, asphalt can run 25 degrees hotter than the air. Pavement Paws takes your local forecast for temperature, sunshine and wind, and estimates how hot the ground gets in full sun, hour by hour, for asphalt, concrete, artificial turf and grass.
Then it turns that into a plan: "Walkies before 10:40 or after 18:20." A colour band and a chart show the whole day, how long the ground stays too hot for paws, and why the pavement is still warm in the evening after the air has cooled. Prefer no chart? Switch to a simple list of times.
Happy paws, Quick sniff only or Paws off!: three levels based on the temperatures at which paw pads burn, with a dog on screen whose mood tells you at a glance. Give it your dog's name and the app talks about them.
Switch on a morning heads-up and Pavement Paws tells you on hot days only, early enough to walk before the heat. An evening heads-up tells you when the ground cools down. Home screen and Lock Screen widgets keep the answer a glance away.
Pavement Paws gives an estimate for pavement in full sun, not a measurement. Shade stays closer to the air temperature. When in doubt, use the 7-second paw test: if you cannot hold the back of your hand on the pavement for 7 seconds, it is too hot for paws.
Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and Greek, in °C or °F.
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The dog widget now knows the cold too.
• On a cold, windy day each dog gets its cold level in the widget, from Fine to Quick breaks only, and when it gets milder. Even when the ground is not icy.
• The one-dog widgets show your dog's whole day as a band, with each stretch named.
• A clearer winter blue, and cold words that are easier to read in light mode.
The developer, Shyam Steenhaut, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
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Information
- Seller
- Shyam Steenhaut
- Size
- 8.5 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 7 more
- English, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Shyam Steenhaut
