Comparison

Vet Help vs NotiHive

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

Head to head
About

Vet Help

This app helps monitor pet health by calculating respiration and pulse rates, dosage calculations based on weight, and daily caloric needs. It uses haptic feedback for accurate counting and the digital crown for easy data entry.

Highlights
  • Respiration and pulse rate counting with haptic feedback
  • Weight and mg/kg dosage calculation
  • Daily caloric needs calculation
  • Supports KG or LB weight units
  • Customizable life stage factors for calorie calculation
  • Quick data entry using digital crown
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Vet Help adds three important capabilities to your watch. 1. Take a respiration or pulse without looking at your watch.   Choose the time interval that makes the most sense for you and start counting.  Haptic feedback alerts you when to start and stop counting.   Use the digital crown to dial in the count and the pulse/respiration rate is calculated for you. 2. Using just the Digital Crown dial in weight and mg/kg rate and the total mg is calculated. Different weight ranges fare supported for data entry. Supports weight in KG or LB. 3. Calculates daily kCalories based on Resting Energy Rate (RER) and standard life stage factors. You may enter your own life stage factors or use the standard ones. So that's what it does. If you've read this far maybe you would like to know why I wrote this app. A few years ago I had a small pure white cat. We knew she had a heart murmur when we got her as a kitten but were not concerned as often murmurs heal with age. Unfortunately Corky's did not. She did fine until she was about 12 and then the murmur started getting worse. Our vet recommended taking we take her resting respiration rate to monitor her health. That was difficult as watching her breathing and looking at my watch inevitably made me miss the end time or miss some breaths. But I had an Apple Watch with haptic feedback. A few days later taking the respiration rate was simply a matter of tapping the watch to start the count and waiting for the watch to thump my wrist. Then dial in the count and see the rate. The first version, purely for personal use was born. As it turns out my son-in-law is a veterinarian. When I showed him the respiration counter he asked if I could add a mg/kg * kg calculator. We did some research and there are many veterinarian related calculator apps, but each one is only iPhone based and typically incorporates 10..20 distinct calculators. They are useful but not convenient for simple calculations that are done many times a day. Creating a calculator that works on a watch was more challenging than one on an iPhone. I've strived to make the data entry quick and accurate, using only the digital crown.   I hope the app works for you.

About

NotiHive

Create private or public groups to send instant push notifications to followers. Ideal for community updates, team alerts, or event reminders, this app ensures real-time connection with your audience.

Highlights
  • Create private/public groups
  • Send instant push notifications
  • Community updates
  • Team alerts
  • Event reminders
  • Real-time audience connection
Features
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Seamless app that lets you create private or public groups and send instant push notifications to all followers. Whether for community updates, team alerts, or event reminders, stay effortlessly connected with your audience in real time.

Screenshots

NotiHive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: NotiHive at 100% against Vet Help's 0%. NotiHive also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). Vet Help's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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

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

NotiHive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Vet Help's written reviews are positive against 100% of NotiHive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vet Help ships an update every 5 months, NotiHive monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Vet Help versus NotiHive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVet HelpNotiHive
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB36 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHannibal StudiosNotiHive LLC

Customer experience

Vet Help

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

NotiHive

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Vet Help

No in-app purchases

None

NotiHive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vet Help free?
Vet Help is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NotiHive free?
NotiHive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Vet Help or NotiHive?
NotiHive is rated higher. Vet Help averages 2.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while NotiHive averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Vet Help or NotiHive have ads?
NotiHive shows ads; Vet Help does not.
Which is updated more often, Vet Help or NotiHive?
Vet Help ships an update every 5 months, and NotiHive monthly. Most recently, Vet Help was updated on June 1, 2026 and NotiHive on September 18, 2026.

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