Arlington Pets vs Pet Pick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arlington Pets
Browse pets available for adoption from the Animal Welfare League of Arlington. Discover animals in need of a loving home and learn about the organization's commitment to animal welfare.
- View adoptable pets
- Animal Welfare League of Arlington
- Promotes animal welfare
- Provides temporary care for animals
- Facilitates animal adoptions
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The Arlington Pets application allows users to view pets currently available for adoption at the Animal Welfare League of Arlington (AWLA), Virginia. Since 1944, AWLA has been committed to the humane treatment of animals and to the promotion of animal welfare. AWLA provides temporary care and refuge for homeless and suffering animals, places animals in suitable homes, prevents cruelty to animals, provides animal control services, educates the public, and provides community services.
Pet Pick
Discover adoptable animals in shelters and find your perfect companion. Browse detailed pet profiles, filter by species, breed, or urgency, and save your favorites. This app aims to help every pet find a loving home.
- Search for adoptable pets
- Filter by zip code, shelter, species, and breed
- View detailed pet profiles
- Save favorite pet picks
- Take notes on pet profiles
- Map view of pet locations
- Filter for urgent pets
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Every pet deserves a safe and loving home. Many pets end up in shelters because their owners can no longer keep them, and many others are found fending for themselves on the streets. Sadly, shelters run out of room, and far too many pets are euthanized every year. Pet Pick's goal is to help change that by helping each pet find a loving home. Pet Pick® makes it fun and easy to search for adoptable pets near you and Pick your Pet! Each pet's profile has photos, details, and the shelter's location and contact information. Search your way • Search by ZIP Code and distance, or by animal shelter. • Filter by species, breed, age, size, and sex. Pet Pick isn't just dogs and cats. You can find horses, pigs, rabbits, birds, lizards, guinea pigs, and more. • Narrow it down with filters like Good with kids, Good with dogs, Good with cats, House-trained, and Vaccinated. • Save your searches to run again any time. Keep your Picks • Tap the heart to save a pet to your Picks, all in one place. • Add notes to any Pick. • Your Picks and notes sync across your iPhone and iPad with iCloud. • Hide pets you're not interested in, and bring them back any time. Help urgent pets • Turn on Urgent only in the search to see only pets who are running out of time. • Urgent pets need a loving home as soon as possible. • Get notified about urgent pets near you, within the distance you choose. • See your Picks and urgent pets on a map. Contact the shelter • Call, email, or visit the shelter's website right from a pet's profile. Pet Pick is free and has no ads, so you can focus on Picking your Pet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pet Pick at every 2 months against Arlington Pets's every 9 months. Pet Pick also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%). Arlington Pets's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 27.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Pick holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Arlington Pets's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pet Pick's.
Arlington Pets ships an update every 9 months, Pet Pick every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Arlington Pets | Pet Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (10 ratings) | 4.1 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Linked Labs, LLC | NUMBERWING, INC. |
Customer experience
Arlington Pets
Pet Pick
In-app purchases
Arlington Pets
No in-app purchases
Pet Pick
No in-app purchases
