PawPal: Dog Playdates
Dog Playdates & Pet Community
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Meet new dog friends, discover dog-friendly places, connect with local pet services and be part of your dog community with PawPal.
Find your dog’s next best friend with PawPal—the community app built for dogs and the people who love them.
DISCOVER LOCAL PLAYMATES
Browse dog profiles near you, learn about their personality, size, and energy level, and connect when both owners are interested.
MATCH AND CHAT
When two dogs match, start a conversation and arrange a playdate directly in the app.
EXPLORE PET-FRIENDLY PLACES
Find nearby cafés, restaurants, parks, and other pet-friendly spots. View useful details, opening hours, directions, websites, and phone numbers.
JOIN THE LOCAL PET COMMUNITY
Discover nearby pet events, share community activities, browse local pet services, and help reunite missing pets through Lost & Found posts.
FIND RESCUES AND VETERINARY CARE
Search for nearby rescue organizations, adoption centers, veterinarians, emergency animal hospitals, and available 24-hour services.
CREATE A DOG PROFILE
Show your dog’s photo, breed, age, size, energy level, personality traits, and preferences to help find compatible playmates.
PawPal brings playdates, local discovery, community resources, rescue information, and veterinary care together in one easy-to-use app.
Location-based results and availability may vary by area. Always contact a venue, rescue organization, or veterinary provider to confirm current information.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
PawPal 1.2.0 is our biggest update yet, bringing new ways to connect, discover dog-friendly places and services, and enjoy a smoother experience throughout the app.
• New Provider accounts for pet businesses and service professionals, with dedicated business profiles, service categories, contact information, location, and photos
• Improved Services with dedicated detail pages, provider information, direct messaging through PawPal, and access to the provider’s business profile
• Service conversations now clearly show which service you’re contacting a provider about
• A brand-new Settings experience with Language, Blocked Users, Privacy Policy, Safety Tips, Replay Walkthrough, Log Out, and Delete Account
• PawPal is now available in English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese, with improved localization throughout the app
• Redesigned Explore experience with a consistent look across Spots, Rescues, and Vets
• Ratings and review counts are now easier to see, with a redesigned Reviews experience
• Expanded Spots discovery to help you find more dog-friendly parks, restaurants, cafés, bars, breweries, pet stores, bookstores, hotels, and more
• Improved Explore filters, distance controls, 24H indicators, place details, Website, Call, and Directions actions
• Improved location experience, including automatic location setup during onboarding and clearer information about how PawPal uses your approximate location for nearby dogs, places, events, rescues, and vets
• Improved Pals discovery with larger Pass and Like buttons, clearer action hierarchy, better spacing, and improved layouts on smaller screens
• Smoother Pals card transitions: the next dog profile is now fully prepared behind the current card, reducing visual jumps when swiping, liking, or passing
• Direct Message Requests now follow a rolling 24-hour limit, with clearer information in the PawPal walkthrough
• Improved dog profiles with horizontal photo swiping, photo progress indicators, and better multi-photo navigation
• Improved profiles opened from Chat with larger photo presentation, a more spacious profile view, and clearer navigation controls
• Reorganized Profile information, including improved location editing and better placement of Safety & Behavior information
• Improved provider Profile and Settings navigation
• Refreshed Lost & Found cards for a cleaner, more consistent Feed experience
• Improved visual consistency across Events, Lost & Found, Services, Spots, Rescues, Vets, Reviews, Profile, and Settings
• Major VoiceOver and accessibility improvements across navigation, Pals, Chat, profiles, forms, Explore, photo navigation, buttons, labels, hints, and touch targets
• Improved accessibility announcements for profile photos, discovery actions, unread conversations, and walkthrough navigation
• Fixed issues that could cause Pals or Profile to remain stuck loading
• Improved loading, request handling, tab navigation, session changes, and overall app stability
• Numerous UI refinements, localization fixes, performance improvements, and bug fixes throughout PawPal
Playdates. Places. Community.
The developer, Gabriele Fabbri, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Gabriele Fabbri
- Size
- 39 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
18+
- 18+
- Contains
Unrestricted Web Access
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
Social Media
- Copyright
- © 2026 Gabriele Fabbri, Alexia Del Greco
