Cleveland APL vs Adopt a Rescue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cleveland APL
Discover adoptable dogs, cats, and small mammals from the Cleveland Animal Protective League. Save your favorites, learn about their programs, and find ways to support their mission to end animal suffering.
- View adoptable dogs, cats, and small mammals
- Save favorite animals
- Learn about APL programs and services
- Discover ways to support the APL mission
- Find animals at downtown and Parma locations
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The Cleveland Animal Protective League (APL) app lets you view dogs, cats and small mammals that are currently available for adoption at the Cleveland APL’s downtown location and at our PetSmart Charities® Everyday Adoption Center in Parma. It will benefit to anyone looking to adopt an animal now or in the future. You can also save your favorite animals within the app, learn about the APL and its programs and services, and ways you can help support the APL and its mission to foster compassion and end animal suffering.
Adopt a Rescue
Discover adoptable dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens from shelters. Find your perfect companion and give a rescue pet a loving home.
- Search adoptable dogs
- Search adoptable cats
- Search puppies
- Search kittens
- Rescue shelter pets
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Search adoptable dogs, cats, puppies and kittens and rescue a wonderful shelter pet today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cleveland APL at 100% against Adopt a Rescue's 0%. Cleveland APL also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). Adopt a Rescue's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Cleveland APL holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Cleveland APL's written reviews are positive against 0% of Adopt a Rescue's.
Cleveland APL ships an update every 6 months, Adopt a Rescue every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cleveland APL | Adopt a Rescue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stream 9 | North Shore Animal League America |
Customer experience
Cleveland APL
Adopt a Rescue
In-app purchases
Cleveland APL
No in-app purchases
Adopt a Rescue
No in-app purchases
