YardTime
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Two dogs. One fence.Zero standoffs.
A shared yard status for you and the neighbors — so everybody gets a turn out back.
Rex is in
You're good to go
Luna's out
back at 7:18 — you'll get a ping
Free · no account · 🐾 nothing tracked
Three steps, then never think about it again
Make a yard group
Name it, add your dog. No account, no password — it rides on your iCloud.
Send one link
Your neighbors tap it and they're in. That's the whole invite.
Tap when you go out
The neighbors see the yard's taken. A timer hands it back when you're done.
Small app. Surprising number of ways to tap it.
One-tap status
"Let Rex out," and the neighbors know instantly.
Timers that check in New
15, 30 or 60 minutes. When time's up, it asks before it assumes — extend, or bring them in? Go quiet, and the yard frees itself.
"Yard is clear" alerts
A ping the second it's your turn — with a button on it that sends Rex out without opening a thing.
Plan yard time New
Call dibs on 7:30. The neighbors see it coming, and nobody gets locked out.
Widgets & Lock Screen
Clear, occupied, or who's up next — without opening the app.
Live Activity
A countdown in the Dynamic Island while your dog's out — and a note if the neighbor's up next.
Apple Watch
Status and a let-out button on your wrist, plus a complication.
Recent activity New
Who let the dogs out? Finally, an answer. That, and when the yard cleared — the same on every phone in the group.
Whole household New
Two of you, one dog? One row, both phones. Whoever's closest answers the timer, and it's settled for both.
Want the yard at 7:30 tomorrow?Call dibs.
Say when, and the neighbors see it coming — "Heading out 7:30–8:00 AM," right there on their phone, their widgets, their watch. No texting ahead. No finding out at the fence.
At 7:30, your phone taps you on the shoulder. One tap back, and the dogs are out.
Up to a day ahead · 15, 30 or 60 minutes · Dibs, not a lock — nobody's ever shut out of their own yard.
Stick a tag by the door.Tap it on the way out.
Put one NFC sticker by the back door and another just inside. Tap your phone on the way out, tap the other on the way back — the yard flips, the timer starts, your neighbors get the word.
YardTime never opens. Your phone doesn't even need to be unlocked. It's a one-time setup with Apple Shortcuts, and the app walks you through it step by step.
Any NTAG215 tag (a few dollars for a roll) · iPhone XS or later · Also works by voice — "Hey Siri, let the dog out" — or mapped to the Action Button.
It's mostly one big button
🔒 We can't see your yard either
No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking, nothing sold. Your status lives in your own iCloud and goes only to your group. We don't run a server, so there's nowhere for it to leak to.
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