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by Only Smart Person Here

I get the purpose and I understand why a lot of people like this app. Don’t get me wrong, I like the app and its intent. However, my biggest gripe is it’s notification feature. As mentioned by others, it’s really annoying to have actual noise coming from the Dog Station go through your phone. I get that there is a solution for that by muting it in the settings and still get normal device notification sounds. But here’s the thing, that is not the reason why I’m not giving this 5 stars. This app is required to be running in the background in order to get notifications. For most, our batteries can’t afford to have apps like this running all day. I want to love this app and continue to use it. But until you guys figure out a way to still get notifications without the app running in the background, I’ll have to stick with Alfred. Maybe you guys should ask them how they figured it out.

by Cardellamj

This app is absolutely incredible for the price! If you already have a second device, like an iPad that stays at home during the day, then this is way better than buying those other expensive products! I can see my dog all day, and even talk to him to tell him to stop chewing his bed if I need to! It also alerts me if he is being noisy (can be turned off). I only have one issue with this app...if you want to keep the camera running and monitor your dog all day it lowers the sound on all your other apps drastically. The only way to raise the volume is to stop monitoring your dog. So unfortunately I have to start and stop the monitor all day while I am using my phone and hopefully remember to put it on again when I’m done. That being said for $5 this is a great way to check on your pets throughout the day! It would be perfect if it did not effect the volume of all other apps while running.

by Pixelbased

Really love the features here as it lets me listen and watch my puppy. Wondering if a few features could be implemented?

1. A sound only mode - I’ve been covering his crate lately and just use the app for listening in on him. And could it run with the screen off? I feel like screen on is a security concern.

2. Fix the Bluetooth problem. It seems Bluetooth runs over phone call versus Bluetooth. Example being, when I’m in my Tesla, the incoming sound goes through the phone and then makes my music very low.

3. When the puppy barks or cries, can the app automatically send out a series of sound clips? I have some recordings that say “it’s ok, go sleepy” and “you’re a good boy, time for nappy!” And it would be great if the app could proactively play those commands in some random order. He calms down when I click play on the sounds but an intuitive way of doing it would mean less of my anxiety when trying to fumble a sound to play him in the event I do catch him making noise. For some reason I don’t get all the alerts all the time. Only some of the time.

These would make this an absolute 5 star app for me. Thanks for the hard work and great app!