Help your pet feel safearound the sounds of life.

BeanFM helps your pet feel safe around the sounds of everyday life, like thunder, fireworks, doorbells and busy streets. You play short, quiet sessions of real recordings and turn them up gradually, so sounds that used to scare your pet become ordinary.

BeanFM is for any pet that's bothered by everyday sounds, including dogs, cats and others. It works the same way for all of them: start quiet, keep sessions short, and turn it up only while your pet stays relaxed. Every pet has their own profile, so if you have both a dog and a cat, each gets their own starting volume and session history.

BeanFM is completely free while we're in early development. Later we may add premium features, especially ones that cost more to run. If we do, we'll tell you well in advance, and the core training will stay free.

No. A web browser on your phone or computer is all you need to start. For the best results, we highly recommend a standalone speaker placed where your pet usually spends time. It plays low, natural sound far better than a phone speaker, and a one-minute setup makes the in-app volume match real-world loudness.

Before building BeanFM, we tried those ourselves and kept running into the same problems. They fire triggering sounds back to back, which can push a sensitive pet well past what they can handle. And because they're recordings, the sounds come in the same order every time. Pets quickly memorize the pattern and learn to tune it out as fake sound from a speaker, and the practice stops carrying over to real life. Every BeanFM session is built fresh from thousands of hand-picked recordings. Sounds arrive at natural, unpredictable moments with room to breathe in between, the way they do in real life. It isn't random, though. Each session follows a plan and turns the difficulty up only as your pet stays calm.

Not at all. Even a few days of quiet practice helps, so start now and keep the volume low. For the night itself, BeanFM has a masking mode. Instead of training, it plays a steady, low bed of similar sounds, like soft rumbles for thunder, that blurs the real booms and cracks so they stand out less. Pair it with a quiet room your pet already feels safe in.

Yes. Masking was one of the first things BeanFM was built for. When outside noises like footsteps, voices or a neighbor's door keep setting your dog off, a soundscape playing in the background covers them up, so there's less to react to. It works right away, and you can still use training sessions over time to help your dog stop reacting to those sounds altogether.

Yes. Every session is logged: which sounds played, how loud and for how long. That builds a picture of which sounds your pet finds hardest and which they've already mastered. Future sessions then spend more time on what's still hard and less on what isn't.

Whatever fits your schedule. There's no streak to keep up. Studies of how dogs learn found that short sessions spread out with real breaks between them work better than long or back-to-back sessions. Keep each session short and end while your pet is still relaxed.

It depends on your pet. Some settle in a week, others take a season. There's no finish line to race toward, only a little more calm than yesterday.

Eventually, yes. For the first sessions, stay with your pet. You'll both be learning how it works, and being there lets you watch how your pet reacts and turn things down before they get overwhelmed. Once your pet is comfortable with sessions and you know what calm looks like for them, leaving it on while you're away is fine.

No. Working with a professional is always a good idea, and your veterinarian or a certified behaviorist is the best person to guide your pet's care. BeanFM is designed to fit alongside that care. It gives you an easy, consistent way to practice between visits and to support the treatment plan your vet or behaviorist puts together.