Dogtopia vs Wag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dogtopia
Easily book dog daycare, overnight boarding, and spa services. Monitor your pet's stay with live webcams, track their activity, and access helpful dog care content.
- Book daycare, boarding, and spa appointments
- Watch live webcams of your dog
- Track exercise activity
- Set and achieve wellness goals
- Discover upcoming events
- Access dog care content
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Book your dog for daycare, overnight boarding, and spa appointments at their favorite home away from home. With the Dogtopia app, you can create a profile to request appointments, watch your pup play on webcams, check out upcoming events, track their exercise activity, achieve wellness goals, read helpful dog content, and more!
Wag
Manage your pet's care with ease. Schedule appointments, receive real-time updates including photos, and communicate directly with staff. Enjoy convenient contactless payments for all services.
- Schedule appointments
- Receive status updates
- View pet pictures
- Chat with staff
- Contactless payments
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Wag-A-Brew offers the very best in pet care! Use our app to schedule appointments, receive status updates & pet pictures, chat with us, make contactless payments, and much more! Come see us at Wag-A-Brew where we delight you and your pets!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wag at 4.3 against Dogtopia's 2.7. Wag also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Dogtopia's advantage is ratings volume (575 vs 9). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wag holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dogtopia has 575 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dogtopia ships an update every 3 weeks, Wag every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dogtopia | Wag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (575 ratings) | 4.3 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 575 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dogtopia Enterprises, LLC | iTrust Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Dogtopia
Wag
Bugs and requests
Dogtopia
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes and crashes frequently
- Inability to log in or access user profile
- Webcams not working or constantly freezing
- Appointment details disappearing after updates
Requested features
4 requests- View appointment history and pass balance
- Ability to edit/cancel existing appointments
- Improved camera quality and reliability
- Streamlined user interface
Wag
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dogtopia
No in-app purchases
Wag
No in-app purchases
