Pet vs If You Read This
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pet
Manage your pet's training and well-being remotely. Monitor their health and daily life through a connected device, making pet care more convenient.
- Remote pet training
- Health monitoring
- Life activity tracking
- Bluetooth connectivity
- WIFI connectivity
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Pet-Iot is a device that allows owners to train and take care of their pets more easily through Bluetooth or WIFI, and to understand their health and life.
If You Read This
This app sends a pre-written message to your loved ones if you stop checking in. Set your contacts, message, and check-in interval. Open the app daily to reset the timer; if you miss your deadline, your message is automatically delivered.
- Automated texts to emergency contacts
- Unlimited contacts and messages
- Custom check-in intervals
- Escalating reminders
- Send photos, videos, and voice notes
- GPS location included
- Secure encrypted storage
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Send a message when you can't. If You Read This delivers your personal note to the people you love if you ever stop checking in. Write your message, add your contacts, set your check-in interval. Open the app each day to reset the clock. If you miss your deadline after every reminder has passed, your message is sent automatically. Set it up once. Hope you never need it. Free daily check in with single contact. Features: • Automated texts to your emergency contacts when you miss a check-in • Unlimited contacts • Unlimited messages, with no character limit • A different, personalized message for each contact • Custom check-in intervals, from hours to days • Custom reminder scheduling • Up to three escalating reminders, sent by push and SMS • Reminders that come before the deadline, never after • Automatic check-in just by opening the app • A live countdown to your next reminder and message send • Send photos, videos, and files with your message • Send voice notes in your own voice • GPS location included in your alert • 10GB of secure storage for your media • Recipients access media through a private, tokenized link in their SMS • Messages encrypted at rest with AES-256 • Secure sign-in with your phone number Terms of Use: ifyoureadthis.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: If You Read This at 100% against Pet's 0%. If You Read This also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.8) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Pet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). 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. If You Read This sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Pet asks for nothing beyond the download.
If You Read This holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Pet's written reviews are positive against 100% of If You Read This's.
Pet ships an update every 2 months, If You Read This every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pet | If You Read This |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Patpet Technology CO.,LTD | RyanJakob LLC |
Customer experience
Pet
If You Read This
In-app purchases
Pet
No in-app purchases
If You Read This
- Pro Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Max Monthly7 Days trial$10.001 Month
- If You Read This Pro7 Days trial$54.991 Year
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- Max Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
Questions
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