Comparison

Pet Pick vs MyLocalPaws

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pet Pick

Discover adoptable animals in shelters and find your perfect companion. Browse detailed pet profiles, filter by species, breed, or urgency, and save your favorites. This app aims to help every pet find a loving home.

Highlights
  • Search for adoptable pets
  • Filter by zip code, shelter, species, and breed
  • View detailed pet profiles
  • Save favorite pet picks
  • Take notes on pet profiles
  • Map view of pet locations
  • Filter for urgent pets
Features
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Every pet deserves a safe and loving home. Many pets end up in shelters because their owners can no longer keep them, and many others are found fending for themselves on the streets. Sadly, shelters run out of room, and far too many pets are euthanized every year. Pet Pick's goal is to help change that by helping each pet find a loving home. Pet Pick® makes it fun and easy to search for adoptable pets near you and Pick your Pet! Each pet's profile has photos, details, and the shelter's location and contact information. Search your way • Search by ZIP Code and distance, or by animal shelter. • Filter by species, breed, age, size, and sex. Pet Pick isn't just dogs and cats. You can find horses, pigs, rabbits, birds, lizards, guinea pigs, and more. • Narrow it down with filters like Good with kids, Good with dogs, Good with cats, House-trained, and Vaccinated. • Save your searches to run again any time. Keep your Picks • Tap the heart to save a pet to your Picks, all in one place. • Add notes to any Pick. • Your Picks and notes sync across your iPhone and iPad with iCloud. • Hide pets you're not interested in, and bring them back any time. Help urgent pets • Turn on Urgent only in the search to see only pets who are running out of time. • Urgent pets need a loving home as soon as possible. • Get notified about urgent pets near you, within the distance you choose. • See your Picks and urgent pets on a map. Contact the shelter • Call, email, or visit the shelter's website right from a pet's profile. Pet Pick is free and has no ads, so you can focus on Picking your Pet.

About

MyLocalPaws

Features
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MyLocalPaws helps you find, post, and connect with pets in your community. ADOPT LOCAL Browse dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, chickens, cows, horses, and other pets posted near you. Search by name, breed, city, or ZIP. EASY SEARCH Find pet adoption shelters, dog breeders, horse breeders, pet stores, animal clinics, farm animals, and personal listings locally or nationally. POST IN MINUTES Snap photos, speak or type the details, scan cage cards, and smart autofill completes the listing for you. LOST AND FOUND Lost or found a pet? Post an alert in under a minute with a photo and a map location. Neighbors can comment with sightings to help reunite pets with their families. STAY CONNECTED Sign in with Apple or Google, like listings to save them, and get email confirmations and alerts. MyLocalPaws is free to use. Find. Post. Connect.

Screenshots

Pet Pick4 screens
MyLocalPaws4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MyLocalPaws at every 4 weeks against Pet Pick's every 2 months. MyLocalPaws also leads on iOS requirement (15 vs 27.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pet Pick ships an update every 2 months, MyLocalPaws every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pet Pick versus MyLocalPaws: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPet PickMyLocalPaws
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS27.015 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNUMBERWING, INC.Michael Vezey

In-app purchases

None

Pet Pick

No in-app purchases

None

MyLocalPaws

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pet Pick free?
Pet Pick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyLocalPaws free?
MyLocalPaws is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pet Pick or MyLocalPaws have ads?
Neither Pet Pick nor MyLocalPaws shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pet Pick or MyLocalPaws?
Pet Pick ships an update every 2 months, and MyLocalPaws every 4 weeks. Most recently, Pet Pick was updated on October 29, 2026 and MyLocalPaws on October 8, 2026.

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