Petkey vs GPC Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Petkey
This app connects pet owners with their lost animals through a nationwide network. Users can list missing pets or found pets on a live map to facilitate quick reunions. Create a pet profile for emergency access to vital information and receive notifications when your pet is found.
- Nationwide missing pet network
- Live map of found pets
- Create pet profiles
- Virtual pet ID
- Immediate notifications
- Custom Petmoji creation
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Petkey hosts the largest Nationwide missing pet network. Lost and Found pets can be listed for free in an effort to get the word out quickly and reunite missing pets with their families. If you are missing a pet you can view our live map of found pets to see if your pet has been recovered. If you have found a pet and are looking for their family you can add that pet to the map to help get the word out and reunite that pet. Every second counts so add your pet to the network today their profile is prepared in the event of an emergency. Having a profile for your pet will also provide you with quick access to your pet's important details and virtual ID. Once your pet is in the network you can receive immediate notifications if your pet has been found. You can also have some fun with it and create a custom Petmoji of your pet.
GPC Smart
This system helps recover lost pets by linking a digital profile to a physical tag. Owners can create detailed pet profiles, receive location notifications when tags are scanned, and share important ownership and vaccination records. It's designed for pet owners, shelters, and first responders to enhance pet safety and identification.
- Online expanded animal profiles
- Multiple contact information
- Proof of vaccinations and ownership
- Lost pet map
- Location notifications upon tag scan
- FirstNet® Verified for emergency management
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GPC Smart (Pet Tag and App)-The World's Smartest Pet Recovery System GPC Smart is an innovative pet identification system. GPC Smart app coupled with GPC Smart tags offers the best methods for lost pet recovery and peace of mind for pet owners. Made for use by pet owners, animal shelters, Municipalities, and First Responders, Syneroid Technologies has developed a new system that brings pet identification from analog to digital and makes communities safer by quickly and correctly identifying animals. GPC Smart Features: · Online expanded animal profiles, including photos · Multiple contacts · Proof of vaccinations and Ownership · Lost Pet Map · Location Notifications when someone scans your pet’s tag We are pleased to announce that GPC Smart App is now FirstNet® Verified, creating a system for pets to be included in emergency management. Built with AT&T, in public-private partnership with the First Responder Network Authority, FirstNet is bringing public safety a much-needed technology upgrade to help them connect to the critical information they need – every day and in every emergency. Before any mobile solution can be added to the FirstNet App Catalog, it must pass stringent tests for security, relevancy, data privacy and availability.
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Verdict
Petkey and GPC Smart both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of GPC Smart's written reviews are positive against 44% of Petkey's. Petkey's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (823 vs 5). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Petkey against 4.8 for GPC Smart. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Petkey has 823 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Petkey's written reviews are positive against 100% of GPC Smart's.
Petkey ships an update every 5 weeks, GPC Smart every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Petkey | GPC Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (823 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 823 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Petkey LLC | Syneroid Technologies Corp |
Customer experience
Petkey
GPC Smart
Bugs and requests
Petkey
Reported bugs
9 issues- App login not working despite correct credentials
- Password reset feature fails
- App crashes during lifetime registration discount selection
- Sign-up process crashes when scanning code
- Email validation loop - keeps requesting email even when filled
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- Pet lookup shows no pets despite existing registrations
- Private profile settings prevent pet access
- No sign-in option visible in app interface
- Incorrect phone and address information displayed on maps
Requested features
5 requests- Real-time pet location tracking with map display
- Upload and store vaccination records and certificates
- Multiple photo uploads for lost/found pet reports
- Improved sighting report workflow (ask possession status before photos)
- Better accessibility features for screen readers
GPC Smart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Petkey
No in-app purchases
GPC Smart
No in-app purchases
