The usual way
On today’s 34.2 kg
70 × 34.2^0.75 = 990 kcal × 1.6
455g a day
Maintenance for a 34.2 kg dog. Rocky stays at 34.2 kg.
245 g
Worked out on their target weight, not on today’s.
245 g
Worked out on their target weight, not on today’s.
Dog weight and food · iPhone
How much food does your dog need today?
Log their weight and Kanid tells you in grams — worked out from their size, their age, whether they are neutered and their goal. Not from the average dog’s.
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Free, with an optional Premium.
- Rocky
- Large · 3 yr
- Weight today
- 34.2 kg
- Ideal range
- 25.7–31.4 kg
- Target
- 28.0 kg
- Pace · healthy
- −0.5 %/week
Example built with the app’s own demo dog and Kanid’s own formula. Rocky, 36.0 → 34.2 kg over ten weeks, target 28.0 kg.
How it works
You weigh them. Kanid does the rest.
There is no canine nutrition to learn here. There is a scale, once a week, and a number waiting for you.
01
You weigh them
Once a week is enough. Kanid keeps the history and tells you whether the pace is a healthy one.
02
Kanid works out the ration
Resting energy on the target weight, adjusted for life stage, neutering, activity and body condition.
03
You serve and tick it off
The grams split across their meals. Tick each one and you always know what is left for today.
The method
On the weight you want. Not the one they have.
Feed a 34 kg dog like a 34 kg dog and you are feeding the excess. Kanid works the ration out on the target weight. That single decision is the whole argument.
- 01Resting energy70 × kg^0.75
- 02Maintenance factor× life stage · neutering · activity · body condition
- 03Energy for the day= kcal / day
- 04Their actual food÷ kcal per 100 g → grams
Kanid
On the 28.0 kg target
70 × 28^0.75 = 852 kcal × 1.0
245g a day
Energy for the dog he is becoming. Rocky loses weight.
The gap210 ga day apart. That is the distance between a goal and an intention.
What moves the factor
- Life stage
- Neutered
- Activity
- Body condition, 1–9
- Weight goal
The body condition, the part you judge
Kanid never guesses this one: you pick it in the app from three silhouettes, and it shifts the factor by up to 20 %. Rocky is a 7 out of 9.
Thin
Ribs showing and a very marked waist.
Ideal
Visible waist and ribs easy to feel.
Overweight
Waist barely visible, ribs hard to feel.
Rocky is the app’s own demo dog: 34.2 kg, large, adult, neutered, medium activity, body condition 7 of 9. Figures for a dry food at 350 kcal per 100 g — the default Kanid uses until you scan the pack. Grams are rounded to the nearest five.
Inside
This is the app. Untouched.
Real screenshots, rendered straight from the app in your language. Not one screen was drawn for this page.
Free
The dashboard
Their weight today, the week’s streak and the routine that is due. The moment you open it.
Premium
The ration
The grams for today, the food they are worked out from, and how much you have already served.
Free
Routines and the plan
Exercise, food, mind and care — and a four-week plan that starts where your dog is today.
Free
The walk, on the map
Start an outdoor routine and Kanid records the route, the distance and the pace.
Premium
Ask Kanid
Answers about your dog, with their weight and their target already known, plus the weekly review.
Free
Advice and training
Thirteen techniques step by step and advice written with veterinary criteria.
Free
Their profile
Weight unit, language, reminders and the way into everything else.
What it does
The free part is not a demo.
Weight, ideal range, routines, training and streaks cost nothing and do not expire. Premium is where the ration in grams, the food scanner and the health record live. Here is the split, before you download it.
Free
No account trial, no countdown
- Weight log with their ideal rangeTheir number against the range for their size and age, entry after entry.
- Routine catalogueExercise, food, mind and care.
- Thirteen training techniquesStep by step, no video course.
- Walks with route and distanceStart an outdoor routine and it records the map, the kilometres and the pace.
- Achievements and streaksFor the days you do show up.
- Advice with veterinary criteriaWritten to be read once and used.
Premium
Subscription · cancel from iPhone Settings
- Their food, measuredOne photo of the bag and Kanid reads the calories, then gives the grams for their weight and their goal.
- Ask KanidAnswers about your dog, with their weight, age and record already known.
- Their health recordVaccines, treatments and vet visits in one place, with a reminder before each is due.
- All your dogsEach with their own plan, weight and routines. If the subscription lapses they are locked, never deleted.
- Their exercise planFour weeks that grow at their pace.
And the paywall, before you download
This is the screen that asks you for money, exactly as it appears in the app. Better here than as a surprise.
In both
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Your own steps from HealthKit, next to their weight
- Kilograms or pounds, by your region — not your language
- English, Spanish, German and Portuguese
- Any iPhone on iOS 17 or later
Questions
What people ask before downloading.
My dog is a mix and I don’t know what size that makes him.
You don’t pick a breed, you pick a size band by weight: toy, small, medium, large or giant. Kanid works from that band, their body condition and what the scale says — never from a breed guess.
Do I need a special scale?
No. Any bathroom scale does it: weigh yourself, pick the dog up, weigh again and subtract. For a large dog that is the usual way at home, and it is accurate enough for a weekly reading.
Do I have to pay to find out how much to feed?
The exact ration in grams is Premium, and we say so up front. Free you get the weight log with the ideal range, the routines, the walks, thirteen training techniques, the achievements and the advice — with no trial and no countdown.
What if I have two dogs?
Every dog gets their own plan, weight and routines, and you switch with one tap. More than one dog is Premium; if the subscription lapses they are locked, never deleted.
What happens to my dog’s photo?
It stays on your phone. It is never uploaded to any server. The photos you scan — a food label, a record card — are sent to be read and then dropped, without being stored.
How do I cancel?
Settings › your name › Subscriptions, on your iPhone, at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Refunds are handled by Apple. Nothing you logged is lost: the paid features simply stop showing.
The limit
Kanid is not your vet.
Nothing you see here is a diagnosis or a treatment. Portions and advice are guidance based on general formulas; your dog may have conditions that change them completely. At any sign of illness, pain or sudden weight change, see a vet. If your dog is in danger, don’t waste time with the app.
When something looks like a health problem, Kanid says so and sends you to a vet. It is up here and not in the small print because it is a reason to trust it.
Three things it will never do
- Diagnose.
- Recommend medication.
- Read a wound or a lump from a photo.
