# Wag Buddy - Bring Fido Along! — user reviews > 72 indexed App Store user reviews of Wag Buddy by Insta Connect Inc., rated 4.40/5 from 52 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wag-buddy-bring-fido-along/id6443623928/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wag-buddy-bring-fido-along/id6443623928.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 40 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of Wag Buddy? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Social media platform for dog owners - 🐕 Comprehensive dog park finder - 🎮 Engaging gamification with challenges and badges - 📍 Pet-friendly location discovery (hotels, restaurants) - 👥 Community connection with other dog owners - 📸 Photo sharing and feed features - 🎯 User-friendly interface (when working properly) - 🚀 Quick access to local amenities - 💬 Messaging and chat functionality - 🏆 Rewards and prizes system **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing - ⚠️ Severe performance lag and slowness - 🐛 App becomes sluggish over time - 📱 Location services not functioning properly - 🐛 Photos and profiles fail to load - 🔐 Privacy concerns with public visibility settings - 🌍 Limited geographic coverage (Canada issues) - 🐛 Login and authentication problems - ⚠️ Inconsistent functionality across devices - 🐛 Type lag during input - 📊 Incomplete database (missing major parks/services) - 🔐 Requires third-party account linking (Facebook/Apple) **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch and during use - Extreme lag when typing - Location permissions not working despite being enabled - Photos and follower counts not displaying correctly - App freezes and becomes unresponsive - Loading screens that never complete - Permission requests failing despite settings being enabled - Maps API not returning addresses - Login issues and authentication failures - Performance degradation on iPhone 13 and newer devices **Most requested features** - Marketplace for dog walkers and trainers - Map visualization for park locations - Simple email-based account creation - Opt-out option for public visibility settings - Search by city instead of scrolling - Address return from maps API - Improved UI cohesion and navigation - Expanded service listings (boarding, grooming, daycare, vets) - Better park information accuracy ## Newest reviews (13 of 72) ### 3/5 — To soon to rate *2025-04-11, version 3.9.40* To soon to rate ### 4/5 — Fun App *2025-04-04, version 3.9.40* I enjoy the maps which show a lot of local areas, and the dogs I walk enjoy exploring new parks. ### 3/5 — VERY LAGGY WHEN I TYPE *2024-11-01, version 3.9.39* Very good!: Different profiles for pets Chatting Posting Social Naww…: Lag Type lag Etc…? ### 4/5 — Getting use to the app *2024-08-02, version 3.9.35* So far it seems great! I just started to use the app and people seem friendly. App seems user friendly as well. ### 4/5 — Friendly place *2024-07-17, version 3.9.35* Good app ### 3/5 — UI Is bad *2024-05-26, version 3.9.30* Bad UI, good concept ### 5/5 — I love it! Such a great app for connecting dog people *2024-03-21, version 3.9.25* This is such a great app and it will help you find Parks and connect with play dates and find awesome people and their pups in your area or any location you might be in ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-03-21, version 3.9.25* Great tool to find places and friends with the same passion. ### 5/5 — Love this app *2024-03-18, version 3.9.25* A lot of fun meeting new people, earning badges and winning prizes!! A must have for dog owners ### 5/5 — Great App *2023-11-22, version 3.9.13* Great app with a very cute concept - like instagram for pets! I am having some glitches though, none of my previously posted photos are showing and my follower/following count is all screwy ### 4/5 — Could be a great app! *2023-10-19, version 3.9.10* It’s still a little laggy! It would also be great if it had a section, like marketplace on Facebook, so that dog walkers and trainers could talk to owners and find clients. Could be very helpful! ### 5/5 — Awesome app! *2023-10-03, version 3.9.9* Very user friendly and an excellent app to use when traveling! I’ve been telling all of my friends about Wag Buddy and what a useful tool it is to find parks, pet friendly hotels and restaurants. 👍👍 ### 5/5 — Wag Buddy *2023-09-28, version 3.9.8* Great app 100 stars ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — dont search places when move map locations *2026-06-08, version 3.9.40* does not show results when chang map location , keeos jumpi g to current gps instead ### 1/5 — Molten slag maker *2025-02-03, version 3.9.40* App works for the first minute then quickly renders my iPhone 13 extremely sluggish before the hardware starts to feel like molten slag. Would also be good if we can opt out of public visibility settings like what parks we follow ### 1/5 — Scam *2024-12-08, version 3.9.40* Scanned a QR code at a dog park and fell for this scam app. Makes you sign up with your data then doesn’t load. Do not download ### 1/5 — Very glitchy *2024-10-31, version 3.9.39* Cool app idea. I love it. A lot of issues need to be sorted though. Very slow, glitches, doesn’t load pictures/profileshalf the time. Can only use at home on wifi because the location doesn’t work even though I have permissions on always. ### 1/5 — Great idea, terribly done *2024-10-06, version 3.9.37* Terrible. Can’t add a park in Canada, won’t accept Canada postal code ### 1/5 — No parks near me shown *2024-06-30, version 3.9.32* Seems app is too new and they do not show any parks near me. ### 1/5 — Glitchy *2023-09-10, version 3.9.6* So glitchy, UPDATE: Developers mentioned it got updated but it’s still not allowing me to use anything on the app. I’ll click on something and it just stays loading for a couple of minutes. Going to delete it. ### 1/5 — Poor *2023-08-20, version 3.9.3* The app has several UX problems, log in issues and their owners are polluting the nearby parks with posters and fliers. We don’t need that here, guys. ### 1/5 — Worthless *2023-07-28, version 3.8.5* No info for boarding near me. No info for grooming near me. No info for day care near me. No info for vet near me. “Coming soon” apparently… A couple park suggestions, but doesn’t even mention by far the biggest/nicest dog park I’ve found via word of mouth. 10 options for pet friendly restaurants… Starbucks, Dairy Queen and the like. Good idea for an app, but this one is completely worthless. ### 2/5 — Great idea. Keeps crashing tho *2025-08-21, version 3.9.40* I love the idea of this app, it would be fantastic. If I could actually use it without it crashing my phone every single time, my phone is completely up-to-date and should have no problems. This is the only app that does this to my phone. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I love it *2026-02-03, version 3.9.40* Great app ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-06-21* My dog and I loved this app you can post stuff about your dog and connect with other dog parents ### 5/5 — So much fun! *2024-06-19, version 3.9.32* I love seeing all the pups! Social media for your puppers! Games and contests are cool too! ### 5/5 — BEST DOG APP EVER!!! *2024-06-18, version 3.9.32* I was trying to find a app to find parks. This app did that, but it’s also like a social media app but for dogs! Super kid friendly, should be 8+. There are weekly challenges, and you can earn treats, dog toys, and other stuff! Such a great app. Thanks for reading this and have a great day. ♥️ ### 5/5 — Great App *2024-05-15, version 3.9.30* So good to be able to connect with other dog owners (and dogs that enjoy playing with mine.) Love letting them know we’re at the park. Also a shout out to the devs of the app. Had a crashing issue that made it difficult to connect with others. I reported the issue and it was followed up on and addressed very quickly. Thank you guys and gals! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2024-05-12, version 3.9.28* Instagram for dogs. Always a fun and cute scroll through the feed! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2024-05-10* Instagram for dogs. Always a fun and cute scroll through the feed! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2024-05-03, version 3.9.27* This app is the cutest thing. I love posting and scrolling through it! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2024-04-13* Instagram for dogs. Always a fun and cute scroll through the feed! ### 5/5 — So cute *2024-04-05, version 3.9.25* I love this app, just got it today. So happy I can have an app for my little puppy dogs to make some friends. --- *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 2026-08-30.*