Lost and Hound vs Tobik
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lost and Hound
This app helps reunite lost pets with their owners. Users can create listings for found or lost animals, including details like type, condition, and location. A search function and private messaging facilitate connections and arrangements for pet recovery.
- Create lost and found pet listings
- Detailed animal descriptions
- Image and video uploads
- Location-based search up to 30km
- Private messaging between users
- Mark listings as found or deceased
- Listings expire after 30 days
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Lost your pet? Found somebody else's? Use this app to reunite pets and their owners. The Lost & Hound app aims to reunite people with their pets. If you have lost a pet, or found someone else's, add a detailed listing to the app. Users will be able to see a list of lost and found animals in their area. Listings can include the type of animal, the colour, the gender, the condition of the animal, the found location, and images and/or video. There is a search functionality with a radius of up to 30km from current area. The messaging functionality will allow app users to message each other privately, in order to identify pets and arrange meet-up and collection. Listings can be closed by marking the pet found or deceased. Listings expire after 30 days. Inappropriate content can be reported.
Tobik
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Tobik helps pet owners bring friends, family, and neighbors together to search for lost and runaway pets. With Tobik, you can quickly open an incident to organize the search and share it with others. The app makes it easy to spread the word and coordinate efforts in real time. Even people who don’t know the owner can join the search, report sightings, and provide valuable information that brings pets home faster. Key features: Join ongoing incidents near you to support other pet owners — free Report sightings of lost pets — free Share incident links across social media and messaging apps — free Create a new incident when your own pet is lost — available as an in-app purchase Whether it’s your pet or someone else’s, Tobik makes sure no one has to search alone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lost and Hound at none against Tobik's 1. Lost and Hound also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Tobik's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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. Tobik sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lost and Hound asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lost and Hound ships an update every 2 months, Tobik fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lost and Hound | Tobik |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Empire State | TechYourChance, LLC |
In-app purchases
Lost and Hound
No in-app purchases
Tobik
- Create incident$19.99







