# Dog Assistant - Puppy Training — user reviews > 58 indexed App Store user reviews of Dog Assistant by Amarok Technologies Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 795 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dog-assistant-puppy-training/id1479477230/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dog-assistant-puppy-training/id1479477230.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 667 · 4★ 77 · 3★ 22 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of Dog Assistant? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🤩 Helpful for house training - 👍 Easy to use and intuitive - 🤝 Collaboration and sharing features - 📊 Useful data tracking and insights - 🐶 Essential for new puppy owners - 💯 Exceptional customer support **Cons** - 🔌 Requires internet connection to log activities - ⏱️ Awkward time picker interface - 💰 Expensive for multiple dogs - 🔒 Lost account and data after app update - 🤯 Difficult to migrate data to new version **Commonly reported bugs** - Login and password reset issues after update - Inability to log overnight activities **Most requested features** - Offline mode to log activities - More flexible activity tracking options - Improved data visualization and analysis - Apple Watch integration for easier logging - Customizable activity types and reminders ## Newest reviews (12 of 58) ### 4/5 — Solid app; occasionally spotty execution *2026-01-25* We’ve been using this app for a year and a half and it was definitely helpful in house training our dog. There are a few things however that keep this from being a five star app. The first one is the fact that it has to be online to log an activity. Where I live we have very spotty Internet and I’m not always within Wi-Fi range and the app just takes forever to load. It would be great if we could record this data off-line even if it would just have to sync up later. The other thing that is just really weird is the time selector for logging the time of different activities. It’s designed sort of like an analog clock and it really is not intuitive. iPhone has some established scroll selectors that make much more sense. Besides that the app does what it says, and it’s great to be able to look at historical data. Although the amount of analysis that you can do in-app is very limited, you can export into AI or a spreadsheet and identify some fun trends. ### 3/5 — 🤩Soooo much POTENTIAL!👀😮‍💨 *2025-08-12* Don’t get me wrong—stumbling upon this app was a game changer for me and my pack!🤯🐶🐶🐶🐶 That said, there are a couple/few🧐😩nagging situations where I could see🤔🤩sooooo much more 💰value💰 coming from it…if it were to alter x amount of variables [respective to each situation].🙄😬😅 Overall, I would say that the data being more cloud☁️based instead of app📱based would be better for everyone, as it would allow for access to the records with ease from old and new devices when upgrading/replacing/etc., with🚫ut the ⏳time-consuming⌛️ and 💾technically-frustrating🤬 process of porting data from one📱device to📲another [as it wasn’t included in the service-provider transferring the my information during my last upgrade].💯 ### 3/5 — Gets The Job Done, Needs Performance Improvements *2024-07-10* The app is good and gets the job done, tracking your dog’s habits, feedings, etc. However the app needs performance improvements. Logging activities, even on a strong 5G signal, often results in lag and buffering. Launching the app does the same: often times my dog’s activities don’t appear as the app tries to load them. I’m not a SWE, but there must be a way to cache the day’s activities so that they don’t need to pull from a server every time you launch the app. During an AWS outage the app wouldn’t let me view or log activities because of how cloud-reliant the app is. Also, the date/time picker desperately needs to be updated to the iOS-native one. I can’t tell you how many times I have to adjust times because of the awkward time picker. Overall it’s a good app and gets the job done, but in the 8 months since I began using it I’ve seen zero improvement in features or performance. ### 4/5 — Just one problem *2024-02-24, version 8.8.2* I can’t do much for free the rest of it is money but it works ### 4/5 — Great app so far *2023-04-07, version 8.6.3* Would love to see an Apple Watch version to easily add walks and stuff but over all a good app ### 5/5 — Essential for puppy pawrents 🐶 *2022-11-16* Anytime a friend that’s about to be a new dog parent asks for “essential puppy” item recommendations I always tell them the Dog Assistant app is a must have. Well worth paying for to have a seamless mobile tracker of everything related to your furry family. Exceptional customer experience! ### 5/5 — Great app *2022-10-20, version 8.2* Keeps our family organized and providing the best care for our pooch! ### 5/5 — Awesome dog planner app now updated *2022-10-18* Been using this app for the past couple of years and really love it. This new update is amazing! Love the look and feel. Very intuitive and easy to use. It helped me to plan my dog’s walking schedule during potty training. My wife and I love the instant activity notifications the most. We also use the other functions to keep track of vaccinations, medications, grooming appts. This app is a lifesaver and really has made our lives easier raising our dog. Our vet was very impressed when we showed her this app. Thank you Dog Assistant team!!! Highly recommend for all dog owners. ### 5/5 — Keeps us sane! *2022-10-16* Our dog has health issues which require some sort of medicine, drink or meal every hour or so. She also has incontinence issues without much attention paid to her need to potty. I was really struggling to keep on top of it all and also remember what I had done versus what still needed done. With 2 people caring for her, it was a constant struggle to stay on top of her needs and with some of her medications being time sensitive, we needed a more reliable solution. This app literally is the only thing making her around the clock, nonstop care possible. It’s easy for me and her dad to both use and both know where we are in the schedule. It’s also SO nice to not have to remember when she went potty last. They recently updated the app and put so much thought into the new one. I love the new features, it’s so convenient to be able to add all of her medications to a list so I just have to click on it and check which 1 I administered instead of typing them out. I love the ability to add additional activities that we do often making it easy to track everything. Having multiple users be able to join her account makes it super easy to seamlessly pass her care from 1 person to the other. It also is really nice to be able to note trends in her schedule so we know what to expect and when something seems a bit off. This app has helped us make sure she gets every dose of medicine she needs, every drink, every meal and even has helped us figure out what could have triggered a seizure when one happens. Thank you for creating such an awesome tracking option for those of us who have nonstop things to do every day to keep our pup happy and healthy. ### 5/5 — Dog management made easy *2022-10-16* I’m not sure where to start but this app is literally a life saver. We’ve been users of the app for 5 years or so. We have a dog that has epilepsy and needs multiple medicines and basically everything about her life tracked throughout the day between two dog parents. I’m not sure how we would survive without this app it has literally been life changing. Thank you to the developers for making this. Now let’s talk about the recent new version release. We were having some issues with the old version and newer phone compatibility and figured it was just how it was going to be. Then boom. They drop a completely redeveloped version on us. The old app was great and I didn’t think it could be better. Wow, this new version is unbelievable. They literally thought about everything possible. The task of adding a new entry and predefined notes is game changing. You can pre save the types of medicines etc and then just quick select them. A+ Dog Assistant team. Thank you for making my life easier. ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2022-10-13, version 8.0* This is the best dog management app out there, and I have looked at and used many. It is clear that a lot of thought has gone into creating this app as it addresses many of the needs of dog owners from puppy stage and beyond. Really happy with the developer response to my questions, too. Happy to support an independent app developer who is clearly a really good developer. ### 4/5 — Amazing App But Needs A Smidge Of Modern Love *2022-09-23* This app does everything you’d want it to do to keep track of your dog. Account integration makes it easy to work as a family to log my dog’s activities. However it needs some updates. Mostly I’d love some Shortcut or Siri integration so I can log my dog’s potty without having to open the app or even from my watch (that’s the dream, right?). Some fresh paint on the UI would be great too as this app reminds me of very past versions of iOS. Overall, though, a really great app by what looks like an independent developer which is always nice to see. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Good app, but could be better *2026-05-31, version 9.0.0* 2024: 4 star review: My husband and I use this app to keep track of our dog. A previous version let multiple people contribute, but this one does not. 5/2026: updated to one star: the app is now asking for me to review it every time I open it. Whatever updates are being made to this app need to be reversed. ### 1/5 — Lost my paid version *2024-03-18, version 8.8.2* I’ve been using the paid version of this app for a year or two. Found out a couple of days ago that the author has replaced the app with a revamped version, and my info, data etc was deleted from the old version, which is no longer functional. I received no notice and if I install the new version I will have to pay again. Poor practice! Luckily there are similar apps out there. ### 1/5 — Good app, but could be better *2023-10-22, version 8.7.5* My husband and I use this app to keep track of our dog. A previous version let multiple people contribute, but this one does not. ### 1/5 — Lost account when app updated. *2023-04-14* I really loved using this app to track my cat’s litter box habits, eating, drinking, etc. but with the recent update I was signed out and cannot get back in or reset my password. It’s almost as if my account was deleted. Very disappointed to lose all his information, as it was needed for his veterinarian. I may have to find something more reliable to keep track of my pets. If you are tracking your pet’s health, I would recommend using something other than this app. **Developer response:** Hi Luckybell1477 - We're really happy that you enjoy using Dog Assistant. Your information is not lost! Please email us at support@dogassistant.io so we can help you get into your account. ### 1/5 — Not impressed & bummed with new software *2022-10-13, version 8.0* They cannot import my data from previous version to the new one. I have to manually type in all my entries to the new one. They do give you a zip file but that’s it. They switched us over without giving us a choice to new one without having a solution for our existing data. ### 1/5 — New app is horrible *2022-10-12, version 8.0* New updated app is horrible. Nothing would transfer from old app, so I lost MANY hours of logging info. New app so far is not user friendly like old app. Very disappointed and don’t feel like trying to figure this all out. It should be user friendly!!! Needs a LOT of work! ### 2/5 — Pricey *2024-05-25, version 8.9.1* Good app but too pricey if you have more than one dog to track. $19.99 per year seems ridiculous when I can get a free app elsewhere not to mention you can use a potty training app for kids as well. Maybe I’ll check back in later and it will be free or one time purchase. ### 2/5 — Can log in new release *2022-10-12, version 8.0* I love the app but since the update tonight I can no longer log in. I don’t even get a link when I click on reset password. Hope you can get this fixed. ### 2/5 — Not What I Expected *2021-03-04* I bought this app assuming that since it was $5, it would be better and feel more complete than other dog tracking apps - in my experience, it is exactly the same as the free apps. Activity Log - I love that you are able to track pee/poo together but when you look at the stats/patterns it separates these stats from other individual pee and poo tracking. - Also I don’t like that you can only see patters in a week long chart, no month/6months/year options. - And I think the Activity options are really limited, no dog parks, puke, reactions, play date, etc (I expected more options for a paid app) Journal - I really like this feature, but I wish I could add multiple pictures to each memory. Without this feature, it feels like a glorified camera roll Chat - This is probably the feature that separates this app from other apps, but I haven’t found it to be useful. I assume my partner would have to BUY this app for his phone to even use. However, if he was able to get the app on his phone with my purchase, I would see it being helpful Reminders - Totally useless. There is no option to schedule reminders for the future, only daily reminders that you have to turn off and on with a switch Weight Tracker - Probably my favorite thing about this app. It allows for decimals and tracks it on a graph. Only thing I may have been interested in here is maybe a projection of the dogs ideal weight? Or an option to add an ideal weight Health Records - I’m sure this could be useful, haven’t used yet Dog’s Profile - WAY TOO SIMPLIFIED. This only allows you to add a picture, the name, and birth day. No option for adoption day, no option for estimated birthday or actual. Also this info does not integrate into the weight tracker Manage Pack - only useful if your partner buys this app too Every feature in this app feels lackluster for the price - would not purchase again I will say that it is nice to have no ads ### 2/5 — Meh *2020-11-19, version 7.0* Personally, I don’t like this app: 1. It’s not intuitive 2. It’s not available in landscape mode 3. There is no option to track potty accidents Do you offer refunds???? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Smart app *2026-05-21, version 9.0.0* Use this every day with my dog it helps a lot ### 5/5 — Na *2026-05-04, version 9.0.0* Na ### 5/5 — Mr cubano *2026-01-24, version 8.9.9* great ### 5/5 — This app is amazing *2025-11-25, version 8.9.9* It helps my dogs ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2024-02-20* The best dog management app out there! It is the most complete with training features to help us train our new pup as well as helping us track our pup’s daily activities which is a life saver. My husband and I find the collaboration feature a game changer that keeps us both informed on what’s happening day to day with our pup. Worth every penny we spent because it saves us time! ### 5/5 — Great app. *2023-08-09, version 8.7.4* My dog has allergies and is sick with another illness. I’ve been keeping track of photos of his stool, timing, what he eats and when - with the Apple Notes app. This is way better. ### 5/5 — Good *2023-06-02, version 8.7.0* It’s good but it needs to check things off ### 5/5 — Best tracking app! *2023-05-21* I’ve been using this app since my dog was a few months old. She is about to be 2.5 years old next month. This app has been amazing! I track almost EVERYTHING in it! It has helped me keep track of meds, food changes, potty times, vet appointments, grooming appointments, vaccines, weight, and I’ve also kept journals of important events that have taken place. I love how organized it has allowed me to be and others in my family use it as well! They can also track my pet on their phones! Best pet app available and the app support is outstanding! You won’t be disappointed! ### 5/5 — Helpful app *2023-03-01, version 8.6.2* Provides easy, clicks to record your dogs activities. tech-support is weightTech support was very quick to respond, and provide solutions with a nice human touch. ### 5/5 — Good app and excellent team! *2023-01-01* I downloaded this app and sent a suggestion to the team & asked if they can add a feature to show the attached picture directly on the activity log - and they did listen and added it today! Very pleased to give this app a try! A good team is always the most important key to the success! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*