About this app
What Sideways does
Sideways is the offline session log for owners of reactive dogs working through BAT (Behavior Adjustment Training) or LAT (Look At That). It's the structured record the spreadsheets in r/dogtraining are trying to be — purpose-built for trigger, distance, and threshold work. What ships in v1: — Sessions. Date, location, trigger (dog/person/cyclist/skateboard/etc), starting distance, ending distance, duration, what worked. — Under-threshold tracker. Big tap to mark "calm" or "over threshold" during a session. End-of-session graph shows the time-vs-arousal trace. — Trigger ladder. Per-dog list of triggers ranked by difficulty; tap one to start a session against it. Watch your dog's safe distance shrink over weeks. — Wins log. Mark every above-the-line moment — chose to look at you, disengaged, took a treat near the trigger. The list of wins your future-self needs on the bad days. — Trainer share. Export a PDF of recent sessions for your trainer or behaviorist before the next consult. — Multi-dog support. Each dog has their own ladder and history. — Reminders. EventKit nudges for daily decompression walks, weekly threshold reassessment. — No account, no ads, no subscription, no cloud. For the millions of US dog owners with a reactive dog — the demographic for which there is no purpose-built logging app on iOS, only generic note-takers and spreadsheets.
Features
Built to be useful, not noisy.
Dogs
Per-dog profiles + trigger ladders
Start session
Pick trigger + starting distance + location
Live session
Big tap for calm/over-threshold; ending distance
Trigger ladder
Ranked triggers per dog; watch safe distance shrink
Trainer PDF
Export recent sessions for the trainer/behaviorist
Why it exists
The problem
Reactive-dog owners run structured BAT/LAT plans that depend on tracking trigger, distance, threshold, and progress — but there's no purpose-built iOS app for it. Owners use spreadsheets, paper notebooks, or generic note apps; none capture the under-threshold/over-threshold time series or surface the trigger ladder.
What's different
How Sideways stands out
Sideways is the only iOS app purpose-built for BAT/LAT reactive-dog work: per-dog trigger ladders, per-session distance + duration + under/over-threshold time trace, wins log, and PDF export for the trainer — all offline, no account, no subscription — the entire reactive-dog community currently relies on spreadsheets…
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FAQ
Questions about Sideways
How much does Sideways cost?▾
Sideways is free. All features are included from day one — no subscription, no in-app purchases, no paid tiers. Everything you see in this listing works the moment you install it.
Where does Sideways store my data?▾
On your device. Sideways is built privacy-first: no account is required, no analytics SDKs, no third-party trackers. Nothing is uploaded to a server we control — the app works without one.
What platforms does Sideways support?▾
iOS, on iPhone and iPad. You can find the latest availability on this page.
How do I get support for Sideways?▾
Use the Support link on this page, or email support@allthingsn.com. We answer every message and keep responses on the same thread.
The story
Meet Sideways — Reactive dog. Tracked under threshold
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