Heel! vs ByteTag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Medication reminders
- Feeding time schedules
- Exercise reminders
- Caretaker contact integration
- Veterinarian network
- Prescription updates
- Dosage tracking
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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
ByteTag
This app provides advanced pet identification, allowing you to update your pet's information and receive real-time notifications when their tag is scanned. It offers unlimited contact details and passive GPS tracking to help reunite you with your lost pet quickly.
- Unlimited contact information updates
- Real-time scanning notifications
- GPS location sharing upon scan
- Push, SMS, and email notifications
- Passive GPS tracking
- Directions to pet's location
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ByteTag is pioneering the next generation of pet identification! Update your pet's information on the fly and receive notifications when your pet's ByteTag is scanned! What makes ByteTag so powerful? We're glad you asked! UNLIMITED CONTACT INFORMATION: * Add as many phone numbers as you want * Add as many addresses as you want * Update your contact information anytime REAL TIME NOTIFICATIONS * Receive a notification whenever your pet's ByteTag is scanned * Receive a notification with your pet's current GPS coordinates * You can turn on push notifications, SMS notifications, and email notifications PASSIVE GPS TRACKING * When someone scans your pet's ByteTag, they can send you their current GPS location * Easily transfer this location to apple maps and get directions to your pet ASAP The person who finds your pet doesn't need to have the ByteTag app installed to scan your pet's ByteTag! This app is a part of the ByteTag ecosystem. To unlock the full power of this app, get your ByteTag at our online store: www.bytetag.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ByteTag at 85% against Heel!'s 0%. ByteTag also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (9.6K vs 5). Heel!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. ByteTag sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Heel! asks for nothing beyond the download.
ByteTag holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ByteTag has 9.6K 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 85% of ByteTag's.
Heel! ships an update every 6 weeks, ByteTag every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Heel! | ByteTag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (9.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 9.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Live Oak Veterinary Equipment and Software | ByteTag, LLC |
Customer experience
Heel!
ByteTag
Bugs and requests
Heel!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ByteTag
Reported bugs
3 issues- App unable to scan tags properly
- Profile information not saving correctly
- Repeated log-out issues in the app
Requested features
4 requests- Option to toggle order of pet details
- Ability to add multiple emergency contacts
- Improved camera integration for scanning tags
- Offline functionality for tag scanning
In-app purchases
Heel!
No in-app purchases
ByteTag
- ByteTag Home+ (Monthly)14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- ByteTag Home+ (Annually)14 Days trial$34.991 Year









