🐾 STRAYLO — Helping Stray Animals Find Safety, Care, and Home
A nonprofit iOS app connecting animals in need with people who care.
We Built STRAYLO to Make Helping Stray, Injured, Lost Animals Easier
In any country, it’s difficult not to notice the number of stray dogs and cats on the streets.
Some are healthy and cared for by local communities. Others are injured, lost, abandoned, or simply need help.
There are people willing to help, but connecting them with animals in need isn’t always easy.
That was the starting point for 🐾 STRAYLO.
What began as a personal idea became a nonprofit iOS app designed to help local communities share information, find missing pets, and support animals in need.
Report · Rescue · Reunite
STRAYLO makes it easy to create and discover animal-related reports.
Users can report stray, injured, missing, or found animals, share adoption opportunities, and alert others to emergencies.
Each report can include photos, a description, location, and contact details.
The app also includes a location-based feed, allowing users to browse reports by newest or nearest and explore locations on a map.
The goal is simple: make it easier for people to notice, share, and respond when an animal needs help.
Built With SwiftUI
STRAYLO is developed using SwiftUI, with Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Firebase Storage, and MapKit.
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Building the app involves practical engineering challenges, including authentication, image uploads, location-based queries, permissions, and responsive UI design.
I’m also collaborating with Lee Young-jun, who implemented Tuist for project management and is currently working on Korean localization 🇰🇷 to make STRAYLO accessible to more people.
It’s great to see the project growing through collaboration and shared interest in building something useful.
More Than Just an App
STRAYLO wasn’t created as a commercial product.
I wanted to use my development skills to build something that could make a small difference in the real world.
An app alone won’t solve the challenges faced by stray animals. But if one report helps reunite a missing pet with its owner, brings attention to an injured dog, or connects an animal with someone willing to help, that’s already meaningful.
🐾 STRAYLO is still growing, and feedback from animal lovers, volunteers, and local communities will help shape what comes next.
If you care about animals or want to support the project, try STRAYLO on the App Store.
We’d love to hear your feedback, ideas, or suggestions.
Report · Rescue · Reunite 🐾
