Comparison

Skiptown vs Lake Effects

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

Head to head
About

Skiptown

Manage your pet's care and access exclusive services at this unique dog park and social hub. Create a profile for your dog to access daycare, boarding, grooming, training, and on-demand walking. Enjoy a human social bar with a wide selection of drinks and food trucks.

Highlights
  • Pet profile management
  • Dog daycare and boarding booking
  • Grooming service scheduling
  • Dog training class registration
  • On-demand dog walking
  • Visit reports and tracking
  • Access to social bar and amenities
Features
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The Skiptown app is the all-in-one tool that supports your experience at the Skiptown pet care facility and dog bar at all locations. Every dog must have a completed profile in the Skiptown app before they’re able to enter the Skiptown facility. Skiptown is an indoor/outdoor dog park and human social hub. With the Skiptown app, you can streamline your Skiptown pet care services, manage your account, and track visit reports. The Skiptown app allows for a fully customized experience for every dog, every time. Skiptown is the future of pet parenting designed as a country club-style retreat for dogs and a casual hangout for humans. Services include: Dog Daycare & Boarding: Skiptown offers first-class pet care whether you’re gone for the day or need extended overnight service. Luxury amenities include paw-soft flooring, an odor-controlled environment, luxury upgrades, and fun add-ons to make your pup’s stay extra special. Dog Park & Social Bar: With indoor and outdoor off-leash dog parks, an agility course, secret trails and a splash pad, Skiptown isn’t just dog friendly; it’s dog focused. For human guests, the bar features 24 beers on tap, a full cocktail menu, a lineup of local food trucks, and weekend morning coffee service. Sorry, four-legged children only; Skiptown is 21+. Dog Grooming: Skiptown dog grooming services are done by professional dog groomers who will love your pup almost as much as you do. All dog grooming services include a full bath and blow dry, nail trimming, ear cleaning, and anal gland expression (if requested.) The treatment of your pup’s coat during the service is completely customizable and can range from full ‘all-over’ cut & style to simple touch up trims to a deep cleaning bath & blow out. Dog Training: Skiptown dog training helps you understand your dog’s behavior so that you can bring out the behavior you want, in a way that’s rewarding to BOTH of you. Our experienced trainers use positive reinforcement methods to teach obedience, manners, and real-life skills so that you and your pup can adventure, together. On-Demand Dog-Walking: Bring the Skiptown experience home with on-demand dog-walking services featuring real-time visit updates, photo reports and a GPS-tracked map plus free same-day scheduling and cancellation. Skiptown walkers, known as Skippers, are professionally trained, bonded, and insured.

About

Lake Effects

This app facilitates boat reservations for members of a club. It allows users to easily book available boats within the club's system.

Highlights
  • Boat reservation system
  • Club member access
  • Easy booking interface
  • View available boats
Features
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Allows club members to reserve boats in our club.

Screenshots

Skiptown4 screens
Lake Effects1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lake Effects at 5.0 against Skiptown's 4.2. Lake Effects also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). Skiptown's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 4). 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

Lake Effects holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skiptown has 37 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Skiptown versus Lake Effects: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkiptownLake Effects
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (37 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.19.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Waggle CompanyJonathan Carney

Customer experience

Skiptown

All ratings37 ratings
Positive73.0%
Neutral10.8%
Negative16.2%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral21.4%
Negative28.6%

Lake Effects

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Skiptown

No in-app purchases

None

Lake Effects

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skiptown free?
Skiptown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lake Effects free?
Lake Effects is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Skiptown or Lake Effects?
Lake Effects is rated higher. Skiptown averages 4.2 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while Lake Effects averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Skiptown or Lake Effects have ads?
Neither Skiptown nor Lake Effects shows ads.

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