Rufe is the app that connects meals, routines, weights, medicines and the little changes you notice in one clear history for each guinea pig. It already works, and I’m opening a small final iPhone beta before the App Store. Android will follow.
Care should not have to live across notes, calendars, spreadsheets and browser tabs. Rufe connects what needs doing now with the history you may need later.
See meals, medicines, routines and appointments in one calm daily view.
TodayAdd a weight, complete a wellbeing check or note a change while it is still fresh.
CareLook up food and everyday care guidance with named sources and clear review dates.
FoodsEach guinea pig keeps their own Journal, care passport, documents and vet-ready export.
JournalRufe is independently designed and built by me, Giacomo, from the care routine I wished I had with Pablo. Why I started it.
You notice when breakfast takes a little longer. When a weight only makes sense beside the last few. When you need to remember exactly when tonight's medicine was given. Rufe gives those small moments a quiet place to stay.
The little things are often the things you come back for.
Rufe already works. Now I want to see where everyday care still feels awkward before it reaches the App Store. Join the small iPhone beta, or leave your email and I’ll simply tell you when it’s ready. Android is already built and will follow.
A weight means more beside the meals, medicines and notes from the same week. Rufe keeps that story in order, ready when you want to look back or share the facts with a vet who knows guinea pigs.
Rufe helps you keep the record. It never diagnoses or replaces a guinea-pig-experienced vet.
Guinea-pig care is full of small moments that only make sense together. Rufe begins there, connecting what you feed, notice, weigh and do without asking you to build the system yourself.
Excellent at food logs, nutrient detail and weight trends. Their centre of gravity is nutrition; Rufe connects food to the wider rhythm of medicines, routines, notes and daily changes.
A large food guide with weight, medicine and vet-visit tools. Rufe is less a library to consult and more a living timeline: what happened today stays connected to what came before.
A capable organiser for many kinds of pets, with reminders, records and documents. Rufe starts with guinea pigs, so the structure follows their everyday care instead of a general pet model.
Meals, weights, medicines, routines and Journal meet in one care story, while every guinea pig's history remains their own.
Hi, I'm Giacomo. With Pablo, I was always opening the wrong thing: weights in a spreadsheet, reminders somewhere else, food questions in whatever tab I had left open. I could keep up, but it never felt like care. It felt like paperwork.
That is why I'm building Rufe independently. The app already works without an account, and the care you record stays on your device. I'm using this last round before the App Store to make the awkward moments feel simpler. If you write, it still comes straight to me.
“If you write, you'll be talking to me. What care really looks like in your home can help shape what Rufe becomes next.”Giacomo, building Rufe
If a part of daily care still feels awkward, tell me in your own words. I'll read it, reply myself and use what I learn to make Rufe gentler and clearer before more people use it.
Rufe is a care app built specifically for guinea pigs. It connects daily plans, weights, medicines, notes, reliable guidance and each guinea pig’s history in one place.
The everyday care story for each guinea pig: weights, meals, medicines, routines, wellbeing checks, appointments, documents and notes, kept in the order they happened.
No. Rufe works without an account or internet connection. Your care records stay on your device, and you choose when to export or back them up.
Rufe already works as a complete app. I’m inviting a small group into the final iPhone beta to find the moments that still need smoothing before it reaches the App Store.
Not at all. You can help test Rufe on iPhone, or simply ask me to email you when it is ready for everyone.
No. Rufe keeps the facts you record clear and close, but it doesn’t diagnose or replace a vet who knows guinea pigs.
Yes. The Android version is already built; its testing and public release will follow iPhone.
You can help test the final iPhone beta, or simply leave your email and I'll tell you when Rufe is ready to download. Android is already built and will follow iPhone.
