elspet vs Pet Zero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
elspet
Control and manage your smart home devices with this comprehensive platform. Organize devices by room, manage family members with different access levels, and create personalized control panels. Seamlessly link different products for unified operation.
- Room-based device classification and control
- Family administrator and member management
- Modular functional design
- Personalized control panel creation
- Device linkage control
- Quick device access
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Elspet application is a general version control client for our company's smart home hardware products in the whole house smart scene, and it is an operating platform for users to control and manage smart devices. It is convenient to classify and control the intelligent hardware devices in the home according to the room. Supports setting up family administrators and ordinary members to achieve family authority management. At the same time, it adopts modular functional design, which can flexibly add different devices and panels; you can choose common components in the template library provided by our company, quickly build personalized control panels, and easily implement device access. Different products are connected to the same client to achieve linkage control, which is convenient to operate; eliminating the need for client development investment by brand manufacturers to achieve product intelligence faster.
Pet Zero
This app facilitates communication and remote management of pets through smart feeders. It allows for timed and manual feeding, real-time video monitoring, two-way audio, and notifications for low food levels.
- Timed pet feeding
- Remote manual feeding
- Low food notifications
- Real-time video monitoring
- Two-way audio communication
- Feeding record tracking
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Pet Zero is a good help for your communication with the pets. Pet Zero now supports 2 knids of pet feeders. They can easily help you timed feed, manually feed remotely, and notify you when there is lack of foods. -Smart pet feeder Support monitoring real-time video captured by the camera on the feeder remotely, and support two-way audio communication with your pets. -Wi-Fi pet feeder Support checking pets’ feeding records remotely, and it is a great help for you to adjust the pets' feeding schdule.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pet Zero at 4.8 against elspet's 4.6. Pet Zero also leads on update cadence (every 7 months vs every 16 months) and review sentiment (51% vs 39%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Pet Zero holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2K and 3.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of elspet's written reviews are positive against 51% of Pet Zero's.
elspet ships an update every 16 months, Pet Zero every 7 months. Both last shipped on September 20, 2026.
| Parameter | elspet | Pet Zero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2K ratings) | 4.8 (3.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.8% of reviews | 51.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2K | 3.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 204 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 慧 丁 | 泽明 任 |
Customer experience
elspet
Pet Zero
User reviews
elspet
From 2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Tracks very well
- 👍 Cats love the box
- 🚀 Saves time and litter
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constantly gets stuck
- 🐛 Difficult to clean
- 🐛 Unreliable connection
- 🐛 Poor customer support
- 🐛 Frequent issues and breakdowns
Pet Zero
From 3.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Reliable and consistent
- 🔒 Secure connection
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 👍 Convenient for pet owners
- 👍 Helpful for managing pet's diet
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Notifications not working
- 🐛 Frequent sign-outs
- 🐛 Inconsistent feeding
- 🐛 Difficulty updating network information
Bugs and requests
elspet
Reported bugs
5 issues- Litter getting stuck in the middle
- Litter spilling out of the box
- Inability to fully empty the litter
- Unreliable app connection
- Malfunctioning features
Requested features
5 requests- Notify when litter box is full
- Ability to track multiple cats
- Longer cleaning cycle option
- Easier cleaning process
- Improved app functionality
Pet Zero
Reported bugs
4 issues- Feeding schedule not saving
- Login button not working
- Portion size issues for larger pets
- Feeding history not recorded during sign-outs
Requested features
7 requests- Vacation mode to pause feeding
- Delay option for multiple feeders
- AM/PM time selection
- Siri Shortcuts integration
- Confirmation for manual feeding
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- Separate notifications for low food
- Alexa integration
In-app purchases
elspet
No in-app purchases
Pet Zero
No in-app purchases
