For iPhone · No account needed

Turtle care, one tap at a time.

Turtle and tortoise care in one tap: log feeding, water changes and tank cleaning, get gentle reminders, and watch your turtle’s mood follow how up to date its care is. No account needed.

Free to download · iOS 18 or later

Home for a turtle named Shelly: her mood is Doing fine because feeding is 1 day overdue, with care cards for feeding, water change, deep clean and filter clean.

Everything your turtle needs, remembered.

Built for new owners who aren’t sure how often to do things, and busy owners who forget.

Log care in one tap

Fed, water changed, tank cleaned. Tap when it’s done, and undo it if you tapped by mistake.

Just now

Gentle reminders

Get a nudge when something is due, at a time that suits you. Mark it done right from the notification.

Due today

A care plan for its species

Pick the species and get sensible defaults for aquatic, semi-aquatic and land turtles. Change any of them, or add your own.

Every 2 days

Watch them grow

Monthly check-ins with a photo, weight and shell size build a growth chart. Every field is optional.

+1.2 cm

A photo gallery

Keep every photo of your turtle in one place, grouped by month, with dates and captions.

September

A turtle fact every day

Something new about turtles on Home each day, picked for the kinds of turtles you keep.

Fact of the day

A turtle that’s happy when you’re on top of things.

Your turtle’s mood follows how up to date its care is, with one line saying what’s next. Tap it for a little wiggle. It’s encouraging, never guilt-tripping.

It’s a care status, not a health check.

Happy

All caught up!

Doing fine

Water change is due soon.

A little grumpy

Feeding is 1 day overdue.

Misses you!

A few things are overdue.

Made for iPhone, light or dark.

A native app that follows your iPhone’s appearance and feels at home next to Apple’s own.

The first welcome page: Welcome to ShellPal.
Set up in under a minute
Home in light appearance, showing Shelly’s mood and care cards.
Home, in light appearance
Home in dark appearance, showing Shelly’s mood and care cards.
And in dark appearance

Private by design.

Your turtle’s life is your business. ShellPal works without an account and keeps your data with Apple, in your own iCloud.

No account, ever

No sign-up, no email, no password. Open the app and add your turtle.

Synced with your iCloud

Your turtles, logs and photos live in your own iCloud and follow you to new devices.

We can’t see your data

None of it is stored on our servers. No ads, and we never sell anything about you.

Read the Privacy Policy
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Ask about your turtle.

Subscribers can ask questions and get answers that know their turtle: its species, age, size, care history and check-ins. Attach a photo if it helps.

  • One conversation per turtle, with starter questions to get going.
  • Not a vet. It won’t diagnose, and it points you to a reptile vet when something needs one.
  • You’re asked before anything is sent, and your questions are never kept on our servers.

Questions

Give your turtle a happy day.

Free on the App Store, for iPhone.

ShellPal

A little helper for looking after your shelled friend.

Care status, not veterinary advice. If you’re worried about your turtle, see a reptile vet.

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