How it works

One daily habit, for major benefits.

From your first walk to a score you can move.

Add your dog, take the first walk, and bring friends along. Walks earn points and Coins for your town, and at Level 10 your dog’s longevity score unlocks. When you have a question, Scout answers from your dog’s own record.

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Free to play. Available now on iPhone and Android.

Free
Optional memberships
7
Clinical dimensions
4
Longevity bars
Lab verified
Bloodwork score
The journey

Add your dog. Take a walk. Watch the score move.

The same game your whole pack plays every day.

  1. A health read from one photo, a confident "just right"
    Tailmates add-your-dog screen: an instant health read from Bella's photo showing a just-right body condition and a confident read, with breed and birthday filled in below
    Use the estimate or set it yourself, you always confirm
    1. A health read from one photo, a confident "just right"
    2. Use the estimate or set it yourself, you always confirm
    1

    Add your dog

    Add a photo and Tailmates suggests breed, body condition and age. AI suggestions can be wrong, so you review every one before it saves.

    Starting from a photo means a real picture from day one instead of a blank form. It is a wellness estimate from a photo, not a vet exam, and you always confirm.

  2. The first walk with its guide: Your walk, 1 of 5, track Bella's walk here, above the live walk with Open to friends, Pause and Hold to end
    2

    Take your first walk

    Hit start and walk like you already do. Your first walk comes first, and a short guide on that walk shows how to bring friends along. A car ride pauses tracking on its own, so every point comes from a real walk.

  3. Friends on their own streets, one walk
    A walk party, Walking with Bella, 4 walking together: you and Mochi hosting, then @diego.trails and Rocky in Lafayette, @rileywalks and Bella in Boulder, and @sofia_k and Luna in Superior, each with a live pace and a cheer button
    Live pace for everyone, and a cheer on every row
    1. Friends on their own streets, one walk
    2. Live pace for everyone, and a cheer on every row
    3

    Walk together, from anywhere

    Open your walk to friends and they join from their own street, with one roster, one chat and live voice. Live now shows who is out, a city and never a route. Every cheer carries a name.

  4. Tailmates Town in beta: a cottage with a red roof, trees, a river and a bridge, the walker and her dog by the door, a balance of 384 Coins, and the Build and Explore buttons
    4

    Build your town (beta)

    Counted walks earn Coins and finds for Tailmates Town. Spend them building your town, and see your dog on the trail as you walk. Town runs on iPhone 11 and later, and on Android phones with 4 GB of memory or more.

  5. Levels and XP, earned on real walks
    Badges and Ranks: your standing at level 13 with 12,480 XP, and the global points podium of Sofia Kim, Riley Chen and Diego Santos above ranked walkers
    The podium ranks who showed up, points or badges
    1. Levels and XP, earned on real walks
    2. The podium ranks who showed up, points or badges
    5

    Level up and climb the board

    Compete to be the most active in your pack, making your dog healthier while also earning points. Levels, badges, and podiums rank friends or the whole world, from First Walk to Marathon Month.

    The points come from real walks, so the podium means something. It ranks who showed up, day after day.

  6. 88 · Thriving, unlocked at Level 10
    Bella's longevity score in Profile: 88 out of 100 in the Thriving band, lab verified, a model standing of 83 out of 100, and an 8 to 11 year modeled range
    8 to 11 year modeled range, never a date
    1. 88 · Thriving, unlocked at Level 10
    2. 8 to 11 year modeled range, never a date
    6

    Unlock your dog's longevity score

    Reach Level 10 and the longevity score unlocks, free. Three bars, Genetics, Body condition and Activity, show what moves it, and your walks keep moving it. It is an educational wellness signal, not a diagnosis.

  7. Invite your own clinic, a name and an email is all it takes
    Invite your vet: a one-time invite to Riverside Veterinary to review Bella's bloodwork, with the clinic email and phone, sharing an introduction only and never a diagnosis
    A warm introduction only, never a diagnosis
    1. Invite your own clinic, a name and an email is all it takes
    2. A warm introduction only, never a diagnosis
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    Bring lab-verified data and your vet in

    When you are ready for the full picture, invite your clinic from the app. Tailmates sends a warm one-time introduction, and a confirmed blood panel brings lab-verified data into the estimate. Your free estimate stays free either way.

    The panel goes to your vet's review, not straight to an algorithm. We share an introduction only, never a diagnosis, so your vet stays in the loop.

Meet Scout

Ask Scout. It knows your dog.

Scout has its own tab, and it walks with you. It comes with Tailmates Silver. Ask anything about your dog, and the answer comes from your dog’s own data, not a generic dog on the internet.

Answers from your dog's own data

Ask how the week is going and Scout answers with your dog's real walks, real streak, and real longevity score. Not a generic dog on the internet, your dog. Talk or type, and your voice is transcribed on your phone, never uploaded.

Your dog's actual week, straight from her record
The Scout tab: asked how Bella's walks look this week, Scout answers from her record with her streak, this morning's reservoir loop and her lab-verified longevity score, above the AI disclosure line
Talk or type, transcribed on your phone
  1. Your dog's actual week, straight from her record
  2. Talk or type, transcribed on your phone

It plans the walk. You confirm.

Ask for a Saturday pack walk and Scout drafts the whole meetup: the time, the trailhead, the friend to invite. Everything waits on one card until you tap it.

Scout proposes. You confirm. Nothing happens without you.

Nothing goes out until you tap it
The Scout tab: Scout recaps Bella's 23-day streak and her lab-verified longevity score of 88, then drafts a Saturday morning pack walk on a Create meetup card that waits for you, above the AI disclosure line
The whole plan on one card, ready for your go ahead
  1. The whole plan on one card, ready for your go ahead
  2. Nothing goes out until you tap it

Care reminders in one ask

Tell Scout the heartworm chew is due every month and the reminder is drafted before you finish typing. Confirm it once, and Tailmates remembers so you don't have to.

Saved only when you say so
The Scout tab setting a care reminder: a Set a care reminder card for Bella's monthly heartworm chews at 09:00, waiting on the Set reminder button
Drafted from one sentence, down to the time
  1. Drafted from one sentence, down to the time
  2. Saved only when you say so

Meds recorded in your words

Say it the way you actually say it and the medication lands on the health record in your words, exactly. Scout never suggests doses or amounts, and your vet stays the authority.

On the record only when you confirm
The Scout tab recording a medication: an Add a medication card for Bella's Simparica Trio, one chew once a month with breakfast, in the owner's own words, waiting on the Add to record button
Your words, kept exactly as you said them
  1. Your words, kept exactly as you said them
  2. On the record only when you confirm

It sees what you see

Some things are easier to show than type. Attach a photo and Scout tells you what it sees in plain language, educational observations only, never a diagnosis.

A photo dropped straight into the chat
The Scout tab with a photo attached above the composer, ready to ask Scout about it, above the AI disclosure line
Plain language, never a diagnosis
  1. A photo dropped straight into the chat
  2. Plain language, never a diagnosis

Scout is AI and can make mistakes. It shares educational info, not medical advice, and it never diagnoses. Your vet stays in the loop.

Why it sticks

Why the game keeps you walking

Every part is pulling for the same thing: one more walk.

Points you can trust

Every point comes from a real walk, checked before it counts. Shortcuts earn nothing, so the leaderboard ranks who actually showed up.

Streaks that survive real life

A growing streak is one more reason to get out the door. A Rainy Day Pass carries it across a missed day, so one storm never erases weeks of showing up.

Walks that move the score

Play the game. Your daily walks contribute to your longevity score and are updated in real time.

A pack at your back

When a packmate heads out, you know, and one tap sends you out together. A few companions are the surest way a walking habit survives.

Inside the longevity score

From a free Estimate to a lab-verified read

A glass box, not a black box. Every bar shows its drivers, and the clinical read always belongs to your veterinarian.

Four owner bars, one honest lock

The Estimate is free at Level 10. Three bars unlock, Genetics, Body Condition and Activity, with the Bloodwork bar shown locked. No appointment, no needles.

The lab-verified score adds the fourth bar. The lab confirms a real blood panel with your vet in the loop, and only then does Bloodwork unlock, the range narrow, and a trackable bio-age appear. No confirmed bloodwork, no lab-verified score.

Longevity Estimate

Free in the app
Genetics72
  • +Medium breed, long-lived line
  • +Neutered, steadier baseline
  • -Entering senior years
Body condition86
  • +Ideal body condition (5/9)
  • +Steady healthy weight
  • -Slight winter gain to watch
Activity64
  • +Daily walk streak alive
  • +Consistent daily miles
  • -Fewer long walks this week
BloodworkUnlock with your vet

Unlocks with a vet-reviewed blood panel.

Glass-box: tap any bar to see its top drivers. Bloodwork stays locked until a lab-verified panel unlocks D4–D7.

Activity and body-condition signals to review
Bella's longevity score in Profile: 88 out of 100 in the Thriving band, lab verified, a model standing of 83 out of 100, and an 8 to 11 year modeled range
8 to 11 year modeled range using lab-verified bloodwork
  1. Activity and body-condition signals to review
  2. 8 to 11 year modeled range using lab-verified bloodwork

The seven clinical dimensions

D1–D3 are the owner-facing bars. D4–D7 roll up into Bloodwork, each one drillable to its own analytes and the optimal-vs-current gap.

D1Estimate

Genetic / Constitutional

The inherited rate-of-aging prior: breed lifespan, body size, and neuter status.

Breed · Size · Age · Neuter

D2Estimate

Body Composition

Body condition: a well-studied canine signal, modeled with a hand-set prior.

Body-condition score · Weight trend

D3Estimate + Verified

Activity / Frailty

Everyday movement, mobility, and the frailty phenotype.

28-day active minutes · Frailty deficits

D4Verified

Renal

Kidney function: the master physiological axis of canine aging.

SDMA · Creatinine · BUN · Phosphorus

SampleSDMA 9 · OptimalHighest weight · 0.24
D5Verified

Hepatobiliary / Nutritional

Liver function plus the albumin↓ / globulin↑ inflamm-aging axis.

ALT · ALP · GGT · Albumin · Globulin · A:G

SampleALT 58 · Optimal
D6Verified

Metabolic / Endocrine

Glycemic, lipid, and thyroid status.

Glucose · Fructosamine · T4 · TSH

SampleGlucose 112 · Watch
D7Verified

Inflammatory / Hematologic

Systemic inflammation and oxygen-transport reserve.

NLR · WBC · CRP · Anemia

SampleWBC 8.4 · Optimal
Sample

An illustrative lab-verified read: not a real dog, not a diagnosis

SDMA 9ALT 58Glucose 112 (Watch)T4 1.8WBC 8.4NT-proBNP 720 (Watch)Na 146

The four numbers you get back

We always lead with the gain, never a countdown.

Where your dog stands todaySample

7.6–12.2 yrs
Modeled remaining-life range

A range, never a single date

−0.8 yr
Bio-age delta

The estimate in friendlier units, modelled, not measured

82
Longevity score

Great · model standing 72 out of 100

92%
Data completeness

How much of the picture we have

Tailmates is built for everyday wellness, and your vet leads the medicine. The Longevity Estimate is an educational wellness signal, not a diagnosis, and Tailmates sells no supplements and promises no outcomes. The lab-verified score is generated only after the lab confirms the blood values within an established veterinarian-client-patient relationship, with your vet in the loop.

The research

And then it becomes something bigger.

One dog’s walks and one confirmed blood panel make one dog’s picture. Enough of them, from owners who choose to share, is what could make the bigger question answerable at all. Sharing is opt-in and always your call, and the app works the same either way.

Common questions

Good questions, honest answers

Is it really free?

Yes. Walk tracking, streaks, badges, packs, walk parties, Tailmates Town and your dog’s longevity score cost nothing. You pay only for what you choose. Tailmates+ goes further, with room for the whole household, deeper trends and double points. Tailmates Silver adds Scout, your dog’s assistant. A lab panel through your vet is its own purchase. Tailmates never sells supplements or treatments.

Tailmates Silver, $24.99 a month or $249 a year, includes everything in Tailmates+ and adds Scout, with generous Scout credits each month and top-ups when you want more. The store shows your localized price and renewal terms, and you can cancel anytime.

What’s the difference between an Estimate and a lab-verified score?

The Estimate is free at Level 10: three bars, Genetics, Body Condition, and Activity. A lab-verified score adds the fourth bar once the lab confirms a real blood panel with your vet in the loop: the range narrows, and a bio-age you can track appears. No confirmed bloodwork, no lab-verified score.

Do I need a vet?

Not to start. At Level 10 the Longevity Estimate is yours, free. A veterinarian comes in only to unlock the lab-verified score, and you can invite your own clinic, or one of our partners, from inside the app. See how vets partner with us.

Is my location shared with other people?

No live location is ever shared. Your route scores your walk and feeds the Activity bar, while packmates only see that you’re walking, never where. Sharing a walk card is always your explicit choice after the walk, and the full details are in our Privacy Policy.

What happens to my streak if I miss a day?

You get grace before you get zeroed. A Rainy Day Pass freezes your streak across one missed day, sick kid, storm, late shift. Miss beyond your passes and the streak resets honestly, and the walks, XP, and badges you earned stay yours.

What can Scout do?

Scout is the Tailmates assistant, part of Tailmates Silver. Ask anything and it answers from your dog’s own data: walks, streaks, body condition, and the longevity estimate. It drafts the next step too, a pack walk, a care reminder, a medication on the record, and nothing happens until you confirm.

You can talk instead of type, and your voice is transcribed on your phone, never uploaded. Scout is AI and can make mistakes. It shares educational info, not medical advice, and it never diagnoses.

Is Tailmates on Android?

Yes, Tailmates is on Google Play now, and on the App Store for iPhone. Whichever phone you carry, you can take the first walk today. Get it on Google Play.

Can I delete my data?

Yes, entirely and on your terms. Delete your account any time from in-app settings and your profile goes with it, along with your dogs, walks, and posts, with an export available first if you want one. Records your veterinarian keeps in their own clinical system remain governed by their practice, and the full details are in our Privacy Policy.

Does Tailmates diagnose anything?

No. The longevity score is an educational wellness signal, not a medical device, and never a reason to start or stop a treatment on its own. If your dog seems unwell, call your vet, not an app.

Tailmates Silver

Optional · $24.99/mo or $249/yr

Silver is agent mode: an assistant you can ask anything, that helps you navigate the app and learn more about your dog. Everything in Tailmates+, generous Scout credits included, and top-ups when you want more. Join from inside the Tailmates app, and cancel anytime.

Scout is AI and can make mistakes. It shares educational info, not medical advice, and it never diagnoses. Your vet stays in the loop.

Tailmates+

Optional · $8.99/mo or $79.99/yr

Tailmates+ goes further. Room for the whole household on every dog. Deeper longevity insight between vet visits. Double points on every walk. $10 off every panel. Join from inside the Tailmates app, and cancel anytime.

The whole app stays free. Memberships go further.

Start a streak worth keeping.

Get your pack moving

Free on iPhone and Android. Get it on your phone and take the first walk today.

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