PatiZone
A privacy-first help network that safely connects cats that are hungry, injured, trapped or lost with volunteers nearby. A cat's exact spot is never shared — everyone sees an approximate area only.
Three taps: ＋, a need card, Send. Photo, looks and a note are optional.
Your approximate area is added automatically; change it on the map if you like. Your device turns it into an area of at least ~0.1 km².
An automatic check, then an editor; then the community votes "accurate, ongoing, resolved, spam".
A volunteer taps "Offer help"; if they are nearby the chat opens at once. Chat in the app and plan the visit. Phone numbers, addresses and links are blocked.
3D buildings in every city from OpenStreetMap; trees and street furniture where cats were reported. A data saver mode works on little bandwidth.
Colour, pattern, size, ear-tipped? The cat you describe appears in 3D in its area on the map.
Point your phone down the street; an arrow shows the direction of the area. Never an exact point.
Individuals or groups, matched by need and walking distance (open-source OSRM routing).
Matches lost-cat reports with similar-looking cats seen nearby.
Harm to animals, location hunting, scams… Report with one tap; a risky chat freezes at once, editors review and, if needed, pass it to the authorities.
Volunteers keep an eye on their area, shown as representative figures. Their real locations are never shown, and nothing is shown below 2 people.
Turkish and English, screen-reader descriptions, high contrast, large touch targets.
Guard Paw is on duty: its cousin at TranslaCat translates games, it guards your data.
The biggest risk for a cat is someone with bad intentions knowing where it is. That's why PatiZone never stores an exact location.
On iPhone: open a video → Share → Save Video to add it to Photos.
No. PatiZone never collects donations for cats and does not allow money requests in the app. We don't help cats directly; we let people who want to help connect safely and privately.
To prevent fake reports and vote manipulation. Your number is kept only as a keyed hash.
An optional "buy the developers a coffee" tip and ethical options such as an anonymous, aggregated dashboard for municipalities and shelters. No location-tracking ads, no data selling.
