Core K9 Training vs The Dog Stop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Core K9 Training
Manage your pet's care with ease. Schedule appointments, get real-time updates and photos, communicate directly with staff, and handle payments conveniently. Experience top-tier pet services.
- Schedule appointments
- Receive status updates
- View pet pictures
- Chat with staff
- Contactless payments
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Core K9 Training offers the very best in pet care! Use our app to schedule appointments, receive status updates & pet pictures, chat with us, make contactless payments, and much more! Come see us at Core K9 Training where we delight you and your pets!
The Dog Stop
Easily schedule daycare, boarding, and grooming for your dog. Monitor your pet's activities live via 24/7 cameras and manage all your appointments and history in one place.
- Schedule daycare, boarding, and grooming
- Live 24/7 pup camera monitoring
- Create and manage pet parent profiles
- Modify existing appointments
- Add extra services (Delights)
- Track appointment history
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The Dog Stop app makes it easy to book daycare, boarding, and grooming appointments for your pup and then Watch your pup play live on our 24/7 Pup Cams. Simply create your Pet Parent profile in minutes, and you’re in control: Request appointments for daycare, boarding, and grooming Modify existing appointments Add Dog Stop Delights to any stay and track you appointment history.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: The Dog Stop at fortnightly against Core K9 Training's every 6 weeks. The Dog Stop also leads on ratings volume (88 vs 13) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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 — 4.9 for Core K9 Training against 4.9 for The Dog Stop. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Dog Stop has 88 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Core K9 Training ships an update every 6 weeks, The Dog Stop fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Core K9 Training | The Dog Stop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (13 ratings) — better | 4.9 (88 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 91.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 88 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iTrust Ventures LLC | The Dog Stop LLC |
Customer experience
Core K9 Training
The Dog Stop
In-app purchases
Core K9 Training
No in-app purchases
The Dog Stop
No in-app purchases
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