Comparison

Dog vs PawsTalk

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

Head to head
About

Dog

Interact with a unique robot dog through a dedicated app. Care for, train, and play games with your digital companion. Customize its appearance and teach it tricks using simple programming.

Highlights
  • Care and status tracking
  • Virtual treat feeding
  • Play 6 fun games
  • Train tricks with sequential programming
  • Customize tail messages and drawings
  • Mint unique Dog-E profiles
Features
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Care for, train, play games and more with Dog-E, your one in a million robot dog. Connect the app to Dog-E via Bluetooth to unlock more ways to play and see Dog-E come to life. Customize your Dog-E even more to make your robot dog totally unique to you. THE ONE IN A MILLION ROBOT DOG APP Through the minting process, the all-white Dog-E comes to life and reveals a unique combination of colorful lights, sounds and personality traits. Using the app, you can reveal a one in a million Dog-E, take the personality quiz and name your dog. So no two Dog-Es are ever the same. Save multiple profiles, so you can mint Dog-Es again and again. CARE FOR YOUR DOG-E Keep track of Dog-E’s needs in the app, so you can keep your pup happy. Dog-E’s status screen in the app tells you when your Dog-E needs love, food, playtime and more. FEED DOG-E TREATS Feeding your Dog-E is even more fun in the app! Hold the app up, and you can “throw” Dog-E treats, and Dog-E eats them. Dog-E will even tell you when it likes a specific treat or not. You can even earn special treats the more you PLAY GAMES & ACTIVITIES Dog-E includes 6 fun games you can play, including Ultimate Nose Boop, Fortune Teller and Turbo Pet. Use the app to access Dog-E’s games and see your high scores. You can also level up your play in caring for Dog-E by playing the flea flicking game to boost Dog-E’s health meter and taking Dog-E to the Dog Spa to change its colors. TEACH DOG-E TRICKS Train your Dog-E to do tricks using the app. Using simple sequential programming, practice STEM skills by creating your own trick with up to 6 sequences. The Trick Maker includes 44 different sequences that you can use to build custom tricks, including emotes, light shows and motion. You can save up to 4 custom tricks for each Dog-E profile you have. DOG-E TALKS WITH ITS TAIL Using innovative persistence of vision (POV) technology, Dog-E can communicate with you using its tail. Use the Dog-E App to write custom messages that will play in Dog-E’s tail. You can also draw pictures! Save up to 4 custom tail creations in each Dog-E profile you have. CREATE A DOG-E WITHOUT THE TOY No Dog-E toy? No problem! You can Quick Mint one in a million Dog-E profiles in the app even without the toy. Even name your dogs. When you get a Dog-E toy, you can load those profiles onto your toy to bring them to life. ABOUT US At WowWee, we don’t just create, we wow. We astonish imaginations and inspire kids around the world. We believe in the power of innovation, which is why we develop industry-leading apps to pair with our award-winning interactive toys. Learn more about WowWee and our products at www.wowwee.com Privacy is an issue we take very seriously. To learn more about our app and our privacy policy, visit https://dog-e.com/policies/privacy-policy

About

PawsTalk

Understand your pet's vocalizations with this app. It analyzes cat and dog sounds to provide insights into their emotions and needs. Engage with your pet using a soundpad and learn what their meows, purrs, and barks truly mean.

Highlights
  • Pet sound analysis
  • Translate cat and dog sounds
  • Understand pet emotions
  • Pet soundboard
  • Access to premium sounds and features
Features
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Looking to bond with your furry friend in a whole new way? It's time to enjoy some quality moments with your pet! Witness their reactions and share in the joy. With a vast database of cat and dog sounds meticulously analyzed and interpreted by experts, it empowers you to interpret and translate your pet's vocalizations into understandable messages. Whether it's a playful bark, a contented purr, or a distressed meow, our app deciphers these sounds, providing insights into what your pet is trying to express. - Pet Soundpad: Express your emotions by selecting from a variety of pre-recorded pet translator barking sounds. These sounds encapsulate the most common emotions that pets convey. Engage and entertain your pets using this feature. - Translate Your Pet's Sounds: Identify and interpret a wide range of cat and dog vocalizations, from meows and purrs to barks and whines. - Understand Your Pet's Emotions: Gain insights into your pet's emotional state, whether they're happy, anxious, hungry, or seeking attention. You can access to all premium features while upgrading to VIP: 100+ cat/dog emotional sounds, whistle command, feed the food trainer, pet calling videos etc. More Subscription Information: - Weekly plan, monthly plan and yearly plan are available. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, the account will be charged for the renewal of the subscription, indicating the cost of the renewal. - You can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal after purchase by going to your App Store account settings. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Privacy Policy https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mpgsXIw_y-nn8lr9PsVF95S-YhMwuWFUkYRdcrATpzw/edit?usp=sharing Terms of Use https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gJRWeAlhUqnts_f-MAsqmLO8FK0_DtbrfNt2oSvqExc/edit?usp=sharing

Screenshots

Dog4 screens
PawsTalk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dog at none against PawsTalk's 9. Dog also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (58% vs 43%). PawsTalk's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (13K vs 179). On price 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. PawsTalk sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Dog asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PawsTalk holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PawsTalk has 13K ratings behind it against 179, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of Dog's written reviews are positive against 43% of PawsTalk's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dog ships an update every 5 days, PawsTalk every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Dog versus PawsTalk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDogPawsTalk
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (179 ratings)4.2 (13K ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.1% of reviews — better43.1% of reviews
Number of ratings17913K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWowWee Group LimitedHeartLink Tech Labs

Customer experience

Dog

All ratings173 ratings
Positive69.4%
Neutral8.1%
Negative22.5%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral11.3%
Negative30.6%

PawsTalk

All ratings12,971 ratings
Positive78.7%
Neutral6.2%
Negative15.1%
Written reviews765 reviews
Positive43.1%
Neutral9.7%
Negative47.2%

User reviews

Dog

From 179 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun to play with
  • 🐶 Cute robot dog
  • 💖 Interactive features
  • 📱 App enhances experience
  • 🤖 Dog-E is awesome

Room to improve

  • ❓ Unclear battery percentage
  • 🤷‍♀️ App stuck on intro
  • ❓ Don't know what to do
  • 🤔 Confusing permissions
  • 🚫 Items are locked

PawsTalk

From 13K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun game
  • 👍 Cute pet sounds
  • 🙌 Ability to communicate with pets

Room to improve

  • 🤑 Paywall for core features
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🙅‍♀️ Limited free functionality
  • 🤖 Questionable accuracy of translations

Bugs and requests

Dog

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App stuck on intro screen
  • App won't pair or open
  • App freezes on screen
  • Bluetooth connection issues
  • App crashes
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  • Love icon doesn't work
  • Potty icon doesn't work
  • Turbo pet doesn't work
  • Nose boop delays
  • Items in app locked
  • App won't open past intro
  • App flashes to dog then back to intro
  • Poop feature doesn't work
  • Feeding part doesn't work
  • App doesn't ask for permissions

Requested features

14 requests
  • Update app for new features
  • More interactive features
  • More games
  • More updates
  • Fix tail color to look green
Show 9 more
  • Fix green paws
  • Ability to delete Dog-E profiles
  • Update app for Amazon tablet
  • Fix love icon
  • Fix potty icon
  • Fix turbo pet
  • Fix poop feature
  • Fix feeding feature
  • Add dark mode

PawsTalk

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Ads interfering with usability

Requested features

3 requests
  • More pet types (e.g. bunnies, birds)
  • Ability to record and play back pet sounds
  • Improved free access to translation features

In-app purchases

None

Dog

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

PawsTalk

Subscriptions9
  • Pets Translate & Emotions3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Pets Translate & Emotions3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pets Translate & Emotions$8.991 Month
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  • Pets Translate & Emotions$9.991 Month
  • Pets Translate & Emotions3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Pets Translate & Emotions$12.991 Month
  • Pets Translate & Emotions$38.991 Year
  • Pets Translate & Emotions$39.991 Year
  • Pets Translate & Emotions$42.991 Year

Questions

Is Dog free?
Dog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PawsTalk free?
PawsTalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dog or PawsTalk?
PawsTalk is rated higher. Dog averages 3.9 out of 5 from 179 ratings, while PawsTalk averages 4.2 from 13K ratings.
Do Dog or PawsTalk have ads?
PawsTalk shows ads; Dog does not.
Which is updated more often, Dog or PawsTalk?
Dog ships an update every 5 days, and PawsTalk every 2 days. Most recently, Dog was updated on November 7, 2026 and PawsTalk on November 8, 2026.

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