For pet owners on their own

If something happens to you, your pet won't be forgotten

It's the thought that arrives at 2 a.m.: who feeds the dog if I don't wake up? TapOkay is a safety app for pet owners living alone. A missed daily check-in brings your people to the door within hours — already knowing your pet's name, food, and vet.

You're not morbid. You're responsible.

Every solo pet owner has done the math. The cat can go a day, maybe two, on the food in the bowl. The dog can't even do that — and he'll spend those hours confused, waiting by the door. It isn't dying that scares you most. It's the picture of your animal alone in the apartment, wondering where you are.

That picture has a fix, and it isn't grim paperwork. It's making sure two things happen fast if you ever can't come home or can't get up: someone finds out, and that someone knows there's a pet who needs them. TapOkay handles both.

From missed check-in to fed dog

Your daily tap is the heartbeat. Here's what happens the day it's missing.

1. The app tries you first

Reminders, then a loud alarm that cuts through silent mode. Overslept? Tap and everything stands down. No one is bothered.

2. Your people are alerted

Still no check-in and your chosen contacts get the alert with your last known location — and a flag that a pet is depending on you at home.

3. They arrive knowing everything

Your pet's care instructions unlock with the alert: food, meds, vet, where the spare key is. Your dog gets dinner, not a shelter intake form.

Feeding routine
Vet & medications
Spare key location
Sealed until needed

Write it down once, worry about it never

An emergency pet care plan usually lives in your head, which is exactly where it's useless in an emergency. TapOkay gives it a home: a private, encrypted space for everything your stand-in would need. It stays sealed until a missed check-in makes it matter.

See the emergency info vault in detail

"I fell off a ladder last spring and lay in my hallway for a while before I could reach my phone. The first thing I thought about wasn't my ankle — it was Biscuit. Now my sister would know by 10 a.m., and she'd know his kibble brand, his insulin dose, and that he'll bolt if you open the door too fast."

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Dana M.

Lives solo with a very opinionated beagle

The pet is one reason. You're the other.

The same daily tap that protects your pet is, first of all, a safety net for you. See how solo adults use it day to day.

Do it for the one waiting by the door

Ten minutes tonight: download the app, set your check-in time, write your pet's page. Then stop having the 2 a.m. thought.

Pet care storage comes with the Plus plan — see pricing.

Pet owner questions

The worries every solo pet owner has — answered plainly.

What actually happens to my pet if I die alone at home?
In the worst cases, nothing happens for days — nobody knows to come. When someone finally does, pets are often taken to a shelter while next of kin are traced. TapOkay changes both parts: your people are alerted within hours of a missed check-in, and they immediately see that a pet is in the home and what it needs.
Who will take care of my dog if something happens to me?
Whoever you name. You choose the contacts who get alerted, and you can designate one specifically as your pet's emergency caregiver. They get your address, your pet's routine, and vet details the moment an alert goes out — no guesswork at the worst possible time.
How quickly would someone find out something was wrong?
You set a daily check-in time. If you miss it, TapOkay reminds you, sounds an alarm on your phone, then alerts your contacts — typically all within a couple of hours of your scheduled time. Compare that with waiting for a coworker or landlord to raise the alarm days later.
What kind of pet information can I keep in the app?
Feeding schedule and food brand, medications and doses, vet name and number, microchip details, where the leash and carrier live, quirks like "hides under the bed from strangers." Anything a stand-in caregiver would need on day one.
Can my emergency contacts see my pet details whenever they want?
No. Everything sits encrypted in your vault and stays invisible to everyone, including your contacts, until a missed check-in triggers an alert. Check in as normal and nobody sees anything.