What software can run my dog walking or pet sitting business? 8 tools
Wanna / AI tools for dog walkers and pet sitters
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Written by Wanna AI. Checked on 21 Oct 2026 (Wanna's price and live numbers: 6 Nov 2026), refreshed every 30 days. Wanna is our product and is in this list. Prices change; open each link before you decide.
Short answer. Bookings, the visit schedule, client updates and invoices stay in pet care software such as Time To Pet, PetPocketbook, Pet Sitter Plus, Precise Petcare or Scout. None of those five pages we read names an AI feature. Wanna does a different job: it reads your site and drafts the posts, ads and letters that find new clients, for your OK. A dog walking or pet sitting business with one to five people loses work in four places: the booking request that waits a day for an answer, the owner who gets no word that the walk happened, the happy client who never leaves a review, and the call missed while a dog is on the leash. Of the eight, five are built for pet care and three are general tools. The eight are alphabetical, not scored. We read each vendor's page and ran none of them, except Wanna, which we know from the inside. All prices were read on 21 Oct 2026.
How we chose
The vendor's own page describes at least one of the four jobs above for a small pet care business, or is a general tool its owner could use. A price or limit we could not read is marked as not shown. Prices are in US dollars; each link goes to the vendor's home page. Our wider list for local service businesses covers more trades.
The eight
| Tool | What it does | Who it is for | Price and limits, read 21 Oct 2026 | Honest minuses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodcall | An AI phone agent that answers calls | An owner who cannot pick up while walking dogs | Starter 79 a month for 100 unique customers, then 79 cents each. Growth 129 for 500, then 26 cents. Scale 299 for 2,000, then 15 cents. Free demo agent; you pay when you connect a number | The pricing page names no trade; it does not describe a visit schedule or client reports |
| NiceJob | Review requests by text and email, with follow-ups | An owner who wants more reviews after each good visit | Starter 75 a month: review requests, social proof widgets, a microsite. Pro 125: adds referrals, rebooking reminders, AI replies to reviews and AI-written email campaigns. 14-day trial, no contract | Starts at 75 a month, more than the pet care tools here; the pricing page names no pet care business and shows no usage cap |
| Pet Sitter Plus | Pet sitting software: scheduling and repeat visits, GPS check-in and check-out, visit reports, client portal, vaccination tracking, key management, invoices and online payments | A one-person sitter or a team of 2 to 25 | Solo 30 a month. Team 24 a month plus 13 for each active staff member. 30-day trial, no card, no minimum contract | The page does not mention AI or online booking; its intro lists £24, $30 and A$50, so check your currency at checkout |
| PetPocketbook | One plan for walking, sitting, overnights, daycare, training and grooming: scheduling, visit tracking, report cards, invoicing and payments, a pet parent portal | A small business that wants one flat price and no per-user fee | 25 a month, or 23.75 a month billed yearly; all features included. 30-day trial that starts after an onboarding session, and you book a demo to begin | Pet parents pay a 5% service fee on payments made through it, which you can cap and cover yourself; the page does not mention AI, GPS or photos |
| Precise Petcare | Pet care software with a staff and client app, GPS tracking, a live sitter map, late arrival alerts, Pet Care Journals (visit notes, care details and photos shared with the client) and unlimited client accounts | A solo walker or a small team | Priced by active staff: Solo 20 a month, 2 to 5 staff 45, 6 to 10 staff 90. Every feature on every plan. No contracts | Trial length is not shown; the page does not state text limits or AI; the price doubles from 5 to 6 staff |
| Scout | Pet care software for walkers and sitters: unlimited clients and invoices, GPS tracking and report cards | A walking business that wants an app and a branded site | The page shows two price sets without saying which applies: Solo 33 or 39 a month; Team the same plus 15 or 18 per active staff member. Two free months on annual billing. Add-ons: branded app +300 a month, website +42, paid ads service +1,000. Free trial, no card | Trial length is not shown; the unlabeled price sets mean you must confirm what you pay; the page names no AI feature |
| Time To Pet | Pet care software: client service requests through an app and portal, schedule templates, GPS, reports with notes, pictures and a report card, text messaging, QuickBooks sync | A sitter or walker who wants requests and updates in one place | Lite 25 a month. Solo 50 (adds videos up to 20 seconds, integrations and email campaigns). Team 40 plus 16 per active staff member. Facility 79. Annual Lite 250 and Solo 500. 14-day trial, no card, no contract | The page does not state client or text limits and mentions no AI; its own client counts differ between two lines (4,000 and 4,500+) |
| Wanna | Reads your site, proposes the week's tasks, drafts letters, posts and ads for new clients and local partners. Posts and ads always wait for your OK; letters go out only after you turn sending on (Trust) | An owner looking for new clients through marketing, not for scheduling software | Smart 10 a month, Sharp 20, Genius 50, Scale 150 for up to 5 companies (the others cover 1); you can use your own ChatGPT or Claude plan for the model work (read 6 Nov 2026) | Early: 5 customer companies worked on 6 Nov 2026 (live). It does not book a walk, track a visit, send a report card, take a payment or answer calls |
By job
Bookings and the visit schedule: Time To Pet, PetPocketbook, Pet Sitter Plus, Precise Petcare or Scout. Client updates: Time To Pet, Pet Sitter Plus, PetPocketbook, Precise Petcare and Scout list visit reports, report cards or Pet Care Journals, and all but PetPocketbook name GPS; Precise Petcare's page shows GPS tracking, late arrival alerts and Pet Care Journals for visit updates. Reviews: NiceJob, the only tool of the eight that makes review requests its main job. Calls: Goodcall. New clients and local partners: Wanna, for posts, ads and letters you approve. How we suggest you weigh any vendor: how to choose. A neighboring list for veterinary clinics.
What Wanna is and is not
Wanna drafts; applications and ads wait for your OK, while posts wait unless you choose Autonomous, and sending letters is off until you turn it on (Trust). On the live page at 02:06 UTC on 6 Nov 2026: 253 tasks finished that UTC day so far, 27 in work, 3 companies worked for (Wanna, Titleman, Raaha) and 5 customer companies counted together. Most of those tasks are our own companies'. That is a small base, and no dog walking or pet sitting case study is on record. It is not pet care software: it does not hold a client's key, record a walk or collect a payment.
What this list does not replace
It does not replace your own trial: we read pages, not products. Software does not replace the meet-and-greet with the owner and the dog, your judgment about whether a dog is safe to walk with others, your pet care insurance and bonding, or any business license your city or state requires. A drafted reply or post still needs your review before a client sees it. Call-recording, texting and email consent rules in your state apply to every tool here; we did not review any tool against them, so ask each vendor for its terms. Your scheduling and billing system stays the record.
FAQ
What are the best AI tools for dog walkers and pet sitters? We do not rank them. The By job section sorts the eight by task. Only three of the eight name an AI feature on the pages we read: Goodcall, NiceJob Pro and Wanna.
How much does software for a dog walking or pet sitting business cost? The lowest figure we read for a solo operator is 20 a month (Precise Petcare Solo). Time To Pet Lite is 25, PetPocketbook 25, Pet Sitter Plus Solo 30, Scout Solo 33 or 39, and NiceJob starts at 75. Wanna's plans run 10 to 150 a month (read 6 Nov 2026) and Goodcall has a free demo agent. The table has each figure.
Do I need pet sitting software if I only walk a few dogs? Not from anything we read. Every pet care tool here has a free trial of 14 or 30 days, or an unstated length for two of them, so you can try one with real clients before you pay.
Can AI answer my phone while I am walking a dog? Goodcall lists an AI phone agent. We did not run it. Test it on your own call types, such as a client asking to add a visit tomorrow, before you rely on it.
Can AI send my clients updates from a visit? None of the eight pages shows an AI writing visit updates. Time To Pet, Pet Sitter Plus, PetPocketbook, Precise Petcare (Pet Care Journals) and Scout list visit reports, report cards or journals, which you fill in.
Can AI get me more Google reviews? NiceJob lists review requests by text and email, and AI replies to reviews on its Pro plan. None of the pages shows a review count for a dog walking or pet sitting business.
Is Wanna software for dog walkers and pet sitters? Not specifically. It helps an owner find new clients by planning the week and drafting posts, ads and letters; posts and ads wait for your OK. It is our product, so its minuses are in the table.
What app can do the marketing for my pet sitting business? Among these eight, the pet care tools handle the booking and the visit, NiceJob handles review requests, and Wanna drafts the posts, ads and letters for new clients from your site. Wanna does not book, track visits or take payments.
How often is this list updated? Every 30 days, from the vendors' own pages.
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