Brindl is an iPhone and iPad app for running a dog daycare or boarding business — the daily check-in and check-out board, daycare and overnight bookings, dog and owner records, team notes, and billing. It is made by Poolside Studios.
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Requirements
- iPhone or iPad running iOS or iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- An internet connection for signing in and for syncing between devices. The app keeps a copy of your data on the device, so it keeps working while you are offline and catches up when you are back online.
Getting started
Creating your daycare
Open the app, tap New here? Create an account, and sign up with your email address and a password of at least six characters. On the next screen choose Create a daycare and give it a name. Whoever creates the daycare becomes its owner, with access to billing, the team list, and every other owner-only screen.
Adding your staff
Staff install the app, create their own account, and on the setup screen choose Join with a code. The join code lives in Settings (the gear icon) on the owner's device. Staff can see the day board, the dogs, and the owners, but not billing, and not the join code itself — that is intentional. You can regenerate the code at any time from the same screen, and you can remove a teammate from Settings › Team.
Common questions
I forgot my billing PIN.
Tap Forgot PIN? on the PIN pad. After Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode, you can set a new one. Billing does not open by itself after a reset — you enter your new PIN to get in. The PIN is stored only on the device you set it on, so each device you use gets its own.
My staff cannot see the join code or the billing screen.
That is by design. Only the owner account sees the join code and the billing figures.
A change I made on one device has not appeared on the other.
Changes normally sync within a few seconds. If one device has been offline or force-closed, open the app and give it a moment to catch up. If a record still disagrees between devices after both have been open and online for a minute or two, email us with the dog or owner name and roughly when you made the change.
How do I back up my data?
Brindl saves a daily backup to your iCloud Drive automatically, and the owner account can export one on demand from Settings › Daycare Profile. Restoring asks you to confirm before it touches anything.
Does Brindl take payments?
No. Billing in Brindl is bookkeeping — what a stay cost, what has been paid, credits, and reimbursements — and it produces PDF and CSV reports. Brindl never handles a card or moves money, and there is no subscription or in-app purchase.
Does Brindl remind clients about vaccinations or bookings?
No. Brindl shows and flags vaccination expiry dates for you and your staff, and can notify you in the app, but it never contacts your clients on its own. Group texts are composed in your own Messages app and sent by you.
Can I delete my account and data?
Yes. You can delete individual records in the app at any time. To delete your account and its data entirely, email poolsidestudios@mac.com from the address on the account and we will take care of it.
Something crashed, or a price looks wrong.
Please tell us — those are the two things we most want to hear about. Include the dog or owner name, the dates involved, and what you expected the total to be.
Privacy
Our privacy policy is here: Brindl Privacy Policy.
Brindl is built by a small studio, with a working daycare using it every day. If something is confusing or wrong, email us — that is how it gets fixed.