Comparison

Heel! vs Pet

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

Head to head
About

Heel!

Manage your pet's health with medication and feeding reminders. Connect with your veterinarian to receive prescription updates and track your pet's care schedule. Never miss a dose or appointment again.

Highlights
  • Medication reminders
  • Feeding time schedules
  • Exercise reminders
  • Caretaker contact integration
  • Veterinarian network
  • Prescription updates
  • Dosage tracking
Features
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Pet parents can add reminders for medications, feeding times, exercise schedule, or anything else. Adding caretakers for your pet allows you to easily call or get directions to the office. If your veterinarian is in the Heel! network, they'll be able to add new prescriptions and dosage schedules for your pet. After you customize the reminder times, you're ready to go. We've created a network that allows all of your veterinary care providers to keep you up to date on your pet's medications. We even send reminders each time something is due! Just interact with the push notification to tell the system that you've given the medications and we'll store that information for you and your veterinary team to review. Never wonder again if you're giving the right dose or if you've forgotten to give medications! Heel! helps you take better care of your pets! See our explainer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxmJQFXnweQ Heel!, Heelapp, Heel app

About

Pet

Manage your pet's health and daily routines with this comprehensive organizer. Track feeding, weight, and set reminders for all your furry friends. Share pet profiles and access daily tips to ensure responsible pet ownership.

Highlights
  • Individual pet profiles
  • Feeding and weight tracking
  • Daily pet facts and tips
  • Shareable pet profiles
  • Customizable reminders
  • Agenda overview
Features
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Pet-Care is an app that has what you need to be a responsible and organized pet owner. I hope it will make things easier to take care of your beloved furry friends! With Pet-Care, you can: - See each pet at a glance: swipe through their photos to find their next to-do, breed tips and weight - Set reminders for feeding, walks, medication, grooming and vet visits, for one pet or several at once - Follow today's care on a timeline that shows your progress, and look back at what's been done - Log weigh-ins with a quick dial and watch each pet's weight trend over weeks, months or years - Get care tips tailored to your pet's breed - See what's next on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with widgets, and check off reminders right from the widget - Ask Siri to add, check off or reschedule reminders, or open a pet's profile - Back up to iCloud, keep your devices in sync, and restore everything on a new phone with one tap Stay tuned for more updates! We will do everything to help you and your pets live a better day. Please feel free to give us any feedback or review as we read all of them. We value your opinions seriously! Thank you for using my app!

Screenshots

Heel!4 screens
Pet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pet at 4.2 against Heel!'s 3.8. Pet also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Heel!'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pet holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pet has 25 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Heel!'s written reviews are positive against 25% of Pet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heel! ships an update every 6 weeks, Pet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Heel! versus Pet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeel!Pet
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings)4.2 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings525 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLive Oak Veterinary Equipment and SoftwareHaochen Wang

Customer experience

Heel!

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

Pet

All ratings23 ratings
Positive73.9%
Neutral8.7%
Negative17.4%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Heel!

No in-app purchases

None

Pet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Heel! free?
Heel! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pet free?
Pet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Heel! or Pet?
Pet is rated higher. Heel! averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Pet averages 4.2 from 25 ratings.
Do Heel! or Pet have ads?
Neither Heel! nor Pet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heel! or Pet?
Heel! ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pet every 3 weeks. Most recently, Heel! was updated on November 2, 2026 and Pet on November 3, 2026.

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