Watchdog vs BetSlate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Watchdog
This mobile form guide provides comprehensive Victorian greyhound racing data. It offers tips to help users pick winning races in an easy-to-use format.
- Comprehensive Victorian greyhound racing form
- Tipping capabilities for winners
- Easy-to-use mobile format
- Detailed race data
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The Watchdog mobile form guide offers the most comprehensive Victorian greyhound racing form available, it can tip you into a winner, and it’s available in an easy-to-use format on your mobile phone.
BetSlate
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BetSlate is an advanced bet tracker and analytics app built for bettors who want a clearer view of their results. Track your bets manually, review your full bet history, scan bet slips, manage bankrolls, and break down performance across sports, leagues, bookies, markets, sources, tags and more. Never use a spreadsheet again BetSlate helps you understand where your betting is working and where it is leaking. Review profit, ROI, win rate, average odds, stake patterns, bankroll movement, market class performance, best and worst lanes, racing analytics, CLV tracking, yearly review, daily calendar and detailed drill-down breakdowns. Key features: • Manual bet tracking • Bet slip scanning and draft auto-fill from camera or library • Full bet history and filtering • Bankroll and sheet tracking • Basic and advanced analytics • Market class breakdowns • Mains vs props analysis • Best and worst lane discovery • Racing track and runner analytics • Closing-line value tracking • Yearly review • Daily calendar • Bookmaker, source, sport and league breakdowns • Custom display, palette and background settings • Spreadsheet sync, import and export support BetSlate is designed as a tracking and analytics tool. It does not place bets, provide betting tips, guarantee profit, or connect to bookmaker accounts. All betting records and analytics are for personal tracking and review. Track. Analyse. Optimise. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://betslate.au/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Watchdog at none against BetSlate's 10. Watchdog also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). BetSlate's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On price 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. BetSlate sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Watchdog asks for nothing beyond the download.
Watchdog ships an update every 3 months, BetSlate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Watchdog | BetSlate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Greyhound Racing Victoria | Peter Rochford |
In-app purchases
Watchdog
No in-app purchases
BetSlate
- 50 Scan Credits$0.29
- 50 Scan Credits$0.49
- 100 Scan Credits$0.49
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- 100 Scan Credits$0.99
- 200 Scan Credits$0.99
- 200 Scan Credits$1.99
- 500 Scan Credits$1.99
- 200 Scan Credits$2.99
- 500 Scan Credits2 variants$2.99









