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Every guinea pig has a whole little world.

Rufe brings meals, weights, medicines and everyday notes together for every guinea pig. The app is working now; the iPhone beta is the final testing round before App Store release, and Android will follow.

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The real Rufe Today screen with care tasks and recent weight history

You notice the tiny things because you know them.

A breakfast finished more slowly. A weight that makes more sense beside the last six. The exact time tonight's medicine was given. None of it feels like data when it is their life.

The little things are often the things you want to find later.

One day. One place to keep up with it.

Some days you only need to know what comes next. Open Rufe for a few seconds, add what happened, then go back to the guinea pig in front of you.

  1. Morning. See what needs you today. Open Rufe and the next useful thing is already there: breakfast, a weekly weigh-in or tonight’s medicine.
  2. Through the day. Keep the routine clear. Plans stay beside the guinea pig they belong to. Mark something done once, so nobody has to wonder later.
  3. At mealtime. Plan food without starting over. Shape the week, check a food when you need to and keep the everyday routine close to the rest of their care.
  4. When you look back. Find the day in the order it happened. Care records and notes become a journal for each guinea pig, not a pile of disconnected entries.

Working now. One final real-life testing round.

Join the small iPhone beta to help refine the last flows, or leave your email for the public launch. An Android version is already built and will follow iPhone.

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Today becomes part of their story.

A weight is more useful beside the meals, medicines and notes from the same week. Rufe keeps those moments in order, ready for you or for a conversation with a guinea-pig-experienced vet.

Rufe organises what you record. It does not diagnose or pretend to know your guinea pig better than you do.

The real Rufe Journal showing Luna's recorded care in order

Made for guinea pigs from the very first screen.

Notes and general pet apps can hold information. Rufe is being shaped around the way meals, weights, routines and small changes belong to one another in a guinea pig's day.

Notes and spreadsheets

Flexible and familiar. You decide the system, then rebuild the story when you need it.

General pet apps

Useful for many animals. Guinea pigs are one type of pet among many.

Rufe

Weights, food, routines and history shaped around guinea pigs, with each one kept distinct.

I am building the app I wanted beside Pablo.

Hi, I'm Giacomo. With Pablo, I was constantly opening the wrong thing: weights in a spreadsheet, reminders somewhere else, food questions in whichever tab I had left open. I could manage it, but it never felt like care. It felt like admin.

Rufe now works end to end. I am refining the final real-life flows before App Store release, and when you write it still reaches me: the same person designing, building and deciding what belongs in the next version.

“You will not be writing to a support department. You will be helping me decide what Rufe should become.”
Giacomo, building Rufe

Help a working app fit real homes.

If something still feels awkward in daily care, tell me in your own words. I will read it, look for the patterns that matter and refine the flows before Rufe opens more widely.

YouTell me what keeps getting messy at home.The real situation, in your own words.

GiacomoI read it and reply myself.We work out what would genuinely make the day easier.

Next releaseThe useful changes come back to you.No distant support queue between the problem and the person building Rufe.

Before you join.

What will I be able to keep in Rufe?

Weights, meals, medicines, routines and everyday notes for each guinea pig, with a journal that keeps everything in the order it happened.

What stage is Rufe at?

Rufe already works end to end. The iPhone beta is the final real-life testing round before App Store release, focused on finding flows that still need refinement.

Do I have to test the beta?

No. After joining, you can choose to help test the iPhone beta or simply ask to hear when Rufe is publicly available.

Is Rufe medical advice?

No. Rufe helps you keep the facts you record clear and close. It does not diagnose or replace a vet experienced with guinea pigs.

What about Android?

An Android version is already built. Its testing and public release will follow the iPhone version.

Choose how you want to join Rufe.

Help test the final iPhone beta or simply hear when Rufe launches publicly. Android is already built and will follow iPhone.

Choose beta testing or launch updates after joining. No card. Unsubscribe anytime. Privacy.