Pets 411 vs Shantideva
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pets 411
Discover essential pet resources like shelters, vets, and stores with integrated maps. Stay updated with expert news and podcasts, and connect with a community for lost and found pets. Includes a fun matching game to help you find your next companion.
- Map-based animal shelter locator
- Map-based veterinarian finder
- Map-based pet store and dog park locator
- Pet expert news and podcasts
- Animal matching game
- Lost and found pet community page
- Pet adoption assistance
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Pets 411 provides fun and useful information for you and your pet while at home or traveling across the United States. This app provides many resources including: • Animal Shelters-there’s a map for that! • Veterinarians-there’s a map for that! • Pet stores and dog parks-there’s a map for that! • Latest news and podcasts from pet experts.. • A fun animal matching game. • A community Facebook page where you can see lost and found pets. Want to adopt? Pets 411 can help you find your next pet. What if you want to connect with other pet friendly people? If no one in your neighborhood is a member of the Pets 411 community yet, simply send them an invitation using your favorite social media or email right from the app. Pets 411 is not just an app. It is a community you help build every time you use it!
Shantideva
Access daily verses from a classic Buddhist text, "Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior." Explore the entire work by a renowned 8th-century Indian Buddhist master. This app offers a practical and inspiring guide to the Buddhist path.
- Daily verse display
- Full text access
- Buddhist teachings
- Practical guide
- Inspiring content
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This App displays one verse a day from Shantideva's text "Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior" (Bodhisattvacharyavatara) and allows to read through the entire text. "Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior" is an outstandingly practical and inspiring Buddhist text that covers all the aspects of the Buddhist path. Shantideva was a great Indian Buddhist master who lived during the 8th century CE. Two of his texts survive - the Bodhicharyavatara (the text that is displayed in this app) and the Shikshasamuccaya ("Compendium of Trainings"). Both texts are still used to the present day by and especially the Bodhicharyavatara is one of the most cherished and most frequently taught texts in the Tibetan tradition. Please report bugs to shantideva@christian-steinert.de
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pets 411 at every 2 months against Shantideva's every 20 months. Shantideva's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.2). 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pets 411 against 5.0 for Shantideva. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Pets 411's written reviews are positive against 100% of Shantideva's.
Pets 411 ships an update every 2 months, Shantideva every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pets 411 | Shantideva |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Barry Jones | Berzin Archives e.V. |
Customer experience
Pets 411
Shantideva
In-app purchases
Pets 411
No in-app purchases
Shantideva
No in-app purchases
