PetMeds vs Pet Express
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PetMeds
This app provides essential health products and expert advice to improve pets' quality of life and longevity. It offers a convenient online pharmacy, autoship options for recurring needs, and special in-app deals on pet food, treats, and supplements.
- Online pet pharmacy
- Expert-backed advice
- Personalized recommendations
- Autoship for convenience
- In-app deals and savings
- Tele-health visits
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PetMeds: Care You Trust PetMeds is dedicated to enhancing pets’ quality of life and longevity, offering essential health products and support for pets and pet families. PetMeds strives to enable happier, healthier pets by creating a community to the best expertise, service, and products. Pharmacy PetMeds is the first online pet pharmacy, and for 28 years we’ve provided expert-backed advice and personalized recommendations to help pet parents make informed decisions. We strive to make top-quality health solutions accessible. Autoship Autoship is a convenient and cost-effective way to ensure that the pets you love get the things they need. You can change, skip, pause or cancel anytime. Save 35% when you set up Autoship plus earn 5% savings on all ongoing orders, as well as get free tele-heath visits with Vetster. Savings Stay on top of special in-app deals on quality pet food, treats, vitamins, supplements, and more.
Pet Express
Discover a wide selection of pet supplies with new products added daily. Find everything you need to care for your animal companion.
- Extensive pet product selection
- Daily new product arrivals
- Comprehensive pet care essentials
- Easy online shopping experience
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Everything you need for your Pet it's Here. New Products Every Day.
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Verdict
PetMeds and Pet Express both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pet Express's written reviews are positive against 30% of PetMeds's. Pet Express also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 16). PetMeds's advantage is ratings volume (14K vs 4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PetMeds against 5.0 for Pet Express. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PetMeds has 14K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of PetMeds's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pet Express's.
PetMeds ships an update fortnightly, Pet Express every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PetMeds | Pet Express |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 206 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PetMed Express, Inc. | RAPID ACCELERATION INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED |
Customer experience
PetMeds
Pet Express
Bugs and requests
PetMeds
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes when trying to add items to cart
- Incorrect medication quantities displayed
- Inability to delete or update pet profiles
- Autoship feature not functioning properly
Requested features
5 requests- Improve app stability and performance
- Enhance search and filtering capabilities
- Provide better order tracking and status updates
- Streamline account management features
- Integrate with popular pet health apps
Pet Express
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PetMeds
No in-app purchases
Pet Express
No in-app purchases
