PawBoost vs SupportNow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PawBoost
This app helps reunite lost pets with their owners by alerting a large network of local pet lovers. It leverages social media, email alerts, and a comprehensive online database to maximize visibility for missing animals.
- Local lost and found pet alerts
- PawBoost Rescue Squad network
- Largest lost & found pets database
- Printable pet flyers
- Targeted social media ad campaigns
- 24/7 customer support
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Lost a pet? PawBoost is here to raise local awareness for your missing family member! PawBoost is like an AMBER Alert for lost pets. Over 5 million pet lovers have signed up for our local lost & found pet alerts. This compassionate group of do gooders is called the PawBoost Rescue Squad. The Rescue Squad has helped reunite over 1 MILLION lost pets with their families! And whether you have a lost dog, lost cat, lost bird, or lost something else entirely – the Rescue Squad is here to help you, too. If you have LOST or FOUND a pet, you can report it by downloading the app, creating an account, then clicking the 'Report' button. Note: You will need a photo of your pet in order to complete the report. Here's what will happen next: 1. Your lost or found pet will be posted to the PawBoost-powered Facebook page for your area. Be sure to comment on the post so that you will get notified when other people comment. 2. Alerts will go out to local PawBoost email subscribers and app users. 3. Your pet will be added to our lost & found, the largest lost & found pets database on the web with thousands of pets added every day. Be sure to check our database frequently so you don’t miss out on a connection! 4. We'll create a printable flyer for your lost or found pet. Post these around your neighborhood and hand them out to neighbors and local businesses. 5. You can supercharge your PawBoost Alert with a locally-targeted Facebook or Instagram ad campaign. Get more views, more shares, more leads, and most importantly: A better chance of a happy reunion. If you need help with your account, we are here for you 365 days a year! Please email us at apple@pawboost.com, and make sure to have your pet's 7-digit PawBoost ID handy so we can help you as quickly as possible :)
SupportNow
Organize help for families facing difficult times. This app centralizes communication, allowing organizers to share updates and photos with supporters, track who is helping, and manage multiple support registries from their phone.
- Organize support registries
- Share updates and photos
- Invite supporters from contacts
- Track supporter engagement
- Manage multiple registries
- Receive messages from supporters
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When a family is going through something hard, help shouldn't be one more thing to manage. SupportNow gives families in tough times a single place to organize the people who want to help. This app is for organizers, the family member or friend running a support registry, so you can keep everything moving from your phone. Share updates once, reach everyone - Write an update and your supporters are notified automatically. No more retelling the same news over and over, or wondering who's heard what. Add a photo when you want people to see it, not just read it. Bring your people in - Invite friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers straight from your contacts. You choose exactly who to add — nothing leaves your phone until you say so. Keep track of who's showing up - See your supporters in one list, know who's connected to the registry, and reach any of them directly. Answer messages from anywhere - Replies from supporters land in your inbox, so a question at the hospital or in a parking lot doesn't have to wait until you're back at a computer. Manage more than one registry - Supporting more than one family, or helping someone else organize? Switch between registries without signing out. SupportNow is free for families. Create your support registry at supportnow.org, then sign in here to run it from your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PawBoost at 95% against SupportNow's 50%. PawBoost also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 2). SupportNow's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PawBoost holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PawBoost has 2.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of PawBoost's written reviews are positive against 50% of SupportNow's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PawBoost | SupportNow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (2.2K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | FindFido, Inc | SupportNow |
Customer experience
PawBoost
SupportNow
Bugs and requests
PawBoost
Reported bugs
2 issues- App freezing and crashing issues
- Login and account problems
Requested features
3 requests- Search by pet description
- Improved iOS/iPad compatibility
- More customization options
SupportNow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PawBoost
No in-app purchases
SupportNow
No in-app purchases









