Help a Paw vs Strays ID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Help a Paw
Report stray animals in need of assistance. Nearby volunteers receive notifications to provide timely help. This app aims to create a faster and more effective system for animal welfare emergencies.
- Report injured stray animals
- Notify nearby volunteers
- Faster emergency response
- Reliable alert system
- Animal welfare focused
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"Help a Paw" е мобилно приложение, което Ви позволява да изпращате сигнали за пострадали бездомни животни. След това доброволци (като вас!), които се намират наблизо ще получат известие. Целта е да се предостави по-надежден и бърз начин да се информират хората за спешни случаи около тях. "Help a Paw" is a mobile app that lets you submit signals for stray animals that need help. After that volunteers (like you!) that are nearby will receive a notification. The goal is to provide a more reliable and faster way of informing people about urgencies around them.
Strays ID
This app allows users to collect data on stray animals, including GPS coordinates and photos, even without an internet connection. The collected information helps organizations and municipalities develop strategies to manage stray animal populations.
- Stray animal data collection
- Offline data entry
- GPS coordinate logging
- Photo documentation
- Detailed statistics reporting
- Strategy planning for stray management
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App for a social project from Animal-id.info team. The app is based on the WAP methodology. It is possible to collect data about stray animals without the internet connection.Thanks to this volunteers, NGOs, municipalities, and others can count stray animals on the streets. At the end organizations receive detailed statistics with GPS coordinates, photos, and very important information. Based on received data they can plan strategy how to manage strays issue in their city or community.
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Verdict
Help a Paw and Strays ID both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Help a Paw's written reviews are positive against 50% of Strays ID's. Strays ID's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 — 5.0 for Help a Paw against 5.0 for Strays ID. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Help a Paw's written reviews are positive against 50% of Strays ID's.
Help a Paw ships an update every 2 months, Strays ID every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Help a Paw | Strays ID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Milen Marinov | Animal ID Corporation |
Customer experience
Help a Paw
Strays ID
In-app purchases
Help a Paw
No in-app purchases
Strays ID
No in-app purchases
