Rufe.
A quieter care companion.
An iOS app for guinea-pig households. Weight, nutrition, health, daily tasks and a diary — designed for the owner who actually pays attention. No accounts. No tracking. Everything on the device.
A health record that stays with you.
Rufe stores everything locally with Apple's SwiftData. Nothing leaves the phone unless you decide to export it. iCloud backup is honoured if you've enabled it — that's the only path your data ever takes off the device.
- — No analytics, no advertising SDKs
- — No account, no email, no password
- — Export your data any time, in open formats
Everything a piggy needs.
Nothing it doesn't.
Six tools, one calm surface. Rufe was built for the owner who wants the routine clear and the data legible — and for the guinea pig that benefits when both happen.
Weight tracking
Interactive charts with smart alerts when weight drifts outside healthy ranges — early warning, not anxiety.
— Charts · Trends · AlertsNutrition planning
Plan balanced meals from a built-in food database. Daily vitamin C is calculated for you, the way it should be.
— Diet · Vitamin CHealth monitoring
Symptoms, medications, vet visits — a complete health history that stays with the pet, not in a paper folder.
— Symptoms · Meds · VisitsCare tasks
Daily checklists with streaks. The care routine becomes a rhythm rather than something you keep meaning to do.
— Routines · StreaksDiary & memories
Photos and notes captured in a quiet timeline. Your guinea pig's story, kept where you can find it again.
— Photos · TimelineBreed almanac
Care guides, dietary needs and health notes for the most common breeds — written for an attentive owner, not a forum.
— Guides · ReferenceA small tool, made with the same attention.
Rufe is part of the same studio practice as our larger products. Same care for type, motion and density — applied to a domain most software ignores. We make it because the people close to the studio kept asking for it.
Quiet care, every day.
Rufe is on the App Store. Free to try, no account, no tracking. If it helps, keep using it. If it doesn't, delete it and your data goes with it.