Frequently Asked Questions

What is Vetara?

Vetara is a pet health tracking app for iOS. It helps you build a structured health timeline for your dog or cat — logging symptoms, medications, meals, vet visits, and daily care observations — so you can spot patterns, coordinate care across your household, and walk into vet appointments with organized data instead of scattered memories.

What can I track?

Vetara supports 18 structured health event types: vomiting, stool quality (scored on a 1–7 scale), appetite changes, medications given, food exposures, energy level, itching, pain and mobility, weight, body condition score, respiratory rate, water intake, incision checks, exercise, urination, vet visits, photos, and general notes. Each event type captures specific clinical attributes — not just free text — so the data is consistent, searchable, and useful in vet reports.

Beyond individual events, Vetara also tracks medication plans with dose schedules, meal plans, reminders, preventive care items (vaccines, flea/tick, heartworm), appointments, and structured care workflows.

What are workflows?

Workflows are guided care protocols for managing specific health situations over time. Vetara currently offers five:

Elimination diet — structure a strict dietary trial with daily food logging, stool tracking, and off-plan exposure monitoring. See our elimination diet guide.

Post-op recovery — daily incision checks, pain assessments, medication management, and mobility tracking through surgical recovery. See our post-op recovery checklist.

Itch and allergy — daily skin monitoring, itch tracking, medication logging, and photo documentation.

Weight management — weekly weigh-ins, daily food logging, and progress tracking toward a target weight.

Medication taper — structured tracking for step-down medication changes with daily dose logging and symptom monitoring.

Each workflow generates recommended daily actions, tracks completion, and produces phase-based progress reviews.

Is Vetara free?

Core health tracking is free — logging events, viewing your timeline, managing pet profiles, and basic daily care features. Premium unlocks advanced features including workflows, insights, vet-ready PDF reports, multi-caregiver households, and multi-pet household support beyond the first pet. There’s a free trial so you can explore everything before deciding.

What devices does Vetara run on?

Vetara is currently available for iOS (iPhone) in the United States. Android is not yet supported but is on the roadmap.

Can multiple people use Vetara for the same pet?

Yes — this is a premium feature. Vetara is built around households, not individual users. You can invite family members, partners, or pet sitters to your household. Every action — medication doses, meal logging, checklist completions, symptom entries — records who did it and when. Everyone sees the same shared timeline and daily checklist.

This prevents the most common coordination failures: double-dosing medications, missed tasks because everyone assumed someone else handled it, and observations that stay trapped in one person’s memory. See our guide on how shared caregivers keep pet care consistent.

How do I add a caregiver to my household?

From the Household screen, invite a caregiver by email. They’ll receive an invitation to join your household. Once accepted, they have access to all pets and care data in the household. Household owners can manage members, revoke invites, and remove caregivers.

Can I track multiple pets?

Yes. You can add multiple pets to your household, each with their own profile, timeline, medications, and workflows. The app lets you filter views by pet or see everything across all pets. Multi-pet households beyond the first pet are a premium feature.

What’s the daily checklist?

The Home screen shows a unified “Today’s Care” checklist that pulls together everything your pet needs today: medication doses at their scheduled times, meals, active reminders, and workflow actions. Items are grouped by type and sorted by priority, with completed items tracked and attributed to whoever handled them.

Can I share data with my vet?

Yes. Vetara Premium generates vet-ready reports covering any date range you choose — 7 days, 14 days, 30 days, or all time. Reports include symptom counts by type, medication adherence, stool score trends, weight data, appetite patterns, and flagged concerns. You can export as a PDF or plain text and share directly with your veterinary team. See our guide on preparing for a vet visit with a symptom timeline.

Does the app work offline?

Vetara supports a local-only mode that stores all data on your device. In this mode, the app works without an internet connection or an account. When using synced mode (which enables multi-device access and multi-caregiver features), data syncs when connected and the app remains usable during temporary network interruptions.

How does Vetara use my data?

Vetara uses your health data in two distinct ways:

To power the app’s features. The app analyzes the health data you enter — stool scores, medication history, symptom patterns, dietary changes — to deliver insights, daily checklists, pattern detection, and vet-ready reports. This analysis happens within your account (on your device in local-only mode, or within your household-scoped database in synced mode).

For anonymized usage analytics. A first-party analytics system (built in-house, not a third-party service) tracks anonymized events like “a user logged a stool event.” These contain no pet names, owner names, health details, or personally identifiable information. This helps us find bugs and improve the app.

Your individual health records are not sold to third parties. For the full details, see How Vetara Protects Your Pet’s Data.

What’s the difference between Vetara and a notes app?

A notes app records whatever you type, in whatever format you choose. Vetara structures your observations into typed, searchable, comparable data. A stool score of 4 logged in Vetara can be trended over time, filtered by date range, and included in a vet report automatically. “Soft stool” typed into a notes app is a string of text that can’t be analyzed or aggregated.

The structure also enables multi-caregiver coordination — when your partner marks a medication as given, you see it with who gave it and when. A shared note can approximate this but doesn’t enforce it. For a detailed comparison, see Pet Health Journal vs. Structured Pet Health Tracker.

Does Vetara replace my vet?

No. Vetara is a tracking and organizational tool, not a diagnostic or medical device. It does not provide medical advice, diagnose conditions, or recommend treatments. It helps you collect and organize health data that makes your vet visits more productive and your at-home care more consistent.

Always follow your veterinarian’s instructions. If your pet is experiencing symptoms that concern you, contact your vet.

Can I export my data?

Yes. You can export your pet’s health data from the app at any time, and with premium you can generate shareable reports for any date range in PDF or plain text form.

Can I delete my account?

Yes. You can delete your account and all associated data from within the app. Deletion is permanent and removes your data from our servers.

What species does Vetara support?

Dogs, cats, and a general “other” category. The app’s structured event types, guided checks (body condition scoring, stool scoring, respiratory rate, incision monitoring), and care plan generation are designed around canine and feline health frameworks.

How do I get started?

Visit vetara.app. From there you can join the waitlist from the homepage or download the app from the App Store when it is live. Then create your household, add your first pet, and start logging. The app asks what brought you to Vetara (new pet, everyday care, post-op recovery, digestion issues, medication tracking, weight tracking, allergies, or getting organized) so it can surface the most relevant features for your situation.

I have a question that’s not answered here.

Reach out to us at hello@vetara.app and we’ll get back to you.

Vetara is a pet health tracking tool, not a medical device. Always consult your veterinarian for medical advice about your pet.