Rover – Pet Sitters

Rover – Pet Sitters

Personalized care for your pet

516K ratings
1647 reviews
#67 in free Travel
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✈️ Travel
Free

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Released
August 1, 2018
Updated
October 7, 2026

Features

Background Location Access

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Find trusted local pet sitters and dog walkers for your furry friends. The app offers photo updates, GPS tracking for walks, and secure booking and payment. It also provides tools for pet care providers to manage their business and communicate with clients.

✓Book local pet sitters and dog walkers
✓GPS tracking of dog walks
✓Photo and video updates from sitters
✓Secure in-app messaging
✓Hassle-free secure payments
✓Tools for pet sitters and dog walkers
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What users say about Rover

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What's New in Rover

26.0930.01

October 7, 2026

Rover is always working on performance improvements and bug fixes (nobody likes fleas) to keep your experience bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

Charts

Top Free

📈 67+1

Travel

This app rose +1 position in Travel chart.

Last updated on October 18, 2026.

User reviews

Dont download scam and dont pay for background check

Paid 40$ for background check and no business even with a good profile dont download unless u want to loose 40$

Just ok

Shame, So many of the requests I have made have not even been responded to with a simple yes, no or maybe. Perhaps the app makers could consider that requesting or suggesting that sitters that respond to messages is positive thing regardless if they are interested or not and that simple act of kindness might raise their profile status?
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Notifications Lag

The app is good, but a lot of times the notification keep showing as you haven’t check on it. It keep showing as 1 or whatever number of your notifications are. When you open it, there was nothing new. It’s annoying for a sitter, when you thought there’s a chat that you missed, but there wasn’t. I have to keep open the app, let it active on the screen for 15-30 secs, then close it out to remove the notifications.
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GREAT APP

I’m a dog owner so this has been great for finding a trusted sitter. It’s also been great for having dogs board with me.

A couple of suggestions: on the calendar let me add which times I can accept pick up/drop off as I’m not always available the entire day.

Also, make the legalities very clear. I had to do my own research to discover a license was needed.

Overall great app could just do with a couple of tweaks
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It’s not just annoying this app seems CONCERNING for YOUR PETS SAFETY

Where do I start? Maybe first the fact that there’s a day option for dogs but not cats?? Seems kinda stupid. I mean, on the website on Google it seems you can drop them off at any given time “per night”, but on the current app I can’t seem to do that, and it’s confusing the ever living hell out of me. Secondly, the 1-star reviews. Why are there so many? No, actually, why is there so many that are SO similar and the fact that a good chunk of them are recent, like this month recent just proves this is like any other mobile app that says Thanks for your feedback but doesn’t seem to be changing the problem. Not to mention someone paid $500 for someone only for them to be horrible?? I mean come on rover. You need to seriously verify your people and make sure they have at least a year of experience. Don’t care how you do it don’t care when you do it, just do it because, with all the bad reports about scams and just bad sitters, it seems that your team doesn’t care about these people and you are just in it for profit not to mention more than one person said that customer service was not good so if you’re going to tell people to reach out to customer service maybe make sure they actually can do the job first? I was going to book for my cat to be watched for 7 hours, a SIMPLE 7 hours! But now I’m too scared to even try. It seems that the people on this app are either new and sketchy or have certain people they take good care of pets and with and others not so much.
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Reported Bugs

3 issues

App crashing and freezing issues

Bug

Unreliable push notifications

Bug

Inaccurate pet profiles and information

Bug
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Requested Features

4 requests

Ability to block unreliable sitters/owners

Feature

More customization options for sitter profiles and availability

Feature

Improved calendar and scheduling features

Feature

Better communication tools between sitters and owners

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FAQ

What does the Rover app do?

The Rover app connects pet owners with local, trusted pet sitters and dog walkers. It facilitates booking, secure payments, and communication, offering features like GPS tracking for walks and photo updates.

What are the key features of Rover?

Key features include the ability to book local 5-star pet care, receive photo updates and GPS tracking of walks, message sitters directly, and make secure payments. It also offers tools for pet sitters to manage their business.

Is Rover free to use?

The app itself is free to download and use for booking services. While the description doesn't explicitly detail transaction fees for sitters or owners, the model suggests a platform fee or commission is likely involved in the booking process.

Who is Rover for?

Rover is designed for pet owners who need reliable pet sitting or dog walking services, and for individuals who want to offer these services as sitters or walkers.

How does Rover ensure peace of mind for pet owners?

Rover provides peace of mind through features like 95% of services receiving 5-star ratings, the Rover Guarantee, and 24/7 support. Owners also receive photo updates, GPS tracking, and alerts during services.