Time To Pet vs DDW Designs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time To Pet
This app streamlines pet care management for registered users. Staff can manage schedules, complete services, and send client updates. Clients can message, update profiles, request services, and pay invoices.
- Schedule review for staff
- Service completion for staff
- Client updates
- Messaging for clients
- Profile management for clients
- Service requests for clients
- Invoice viewing and payment
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The Time To Pet mobile application is a companion app for pet sitting and dog walking companies registered with Time To Pet. The app can be used by both staff members and clients to supplement their pet sitting software. Staff members can use the app to quickly review their scheduled events, complete services and send updates to clients. Clients can use the app to view and send messages, update their profile, review and request services and view and pay invoices. Companies must already be registered and have an active account on Time To Pet in order for their staff members and clients to be able to use the app. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life (Staff app only)
DDW Designs
Manage your design projects on the go. Review proposals, track invoices, approve selections, and monitor deliveries. Receive real-time notifications for important updates.
- Review and sign proposals
- Track invoices and make payments
- Approve selections and boards
- Monitor deliveries from vendor to door
- Track construction budget by category
- Share inspiration photos
- Receive real-time notifications
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DDW Designs is the client portal for projects with our studio. Sign in with the email your designer set up, or with Google or Apple, and everything about your project is in one place. Review and sign proposals from your phone. See every invoice line item and pay securely by bank or card. Approve selections and boards. Follow every piece from the vendor to your door. Watch your construction budget, category by category. Share inspiration photos straight from your camera roll. You will get a notification when a proposal or invoice is ready to sign, when selections or a board are waiting for you, and when a delivery moves. For the studio, the same app opens the full workspace.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DDW Designs at 5.0 against Time To Pet's 4.3. Time To Pet's advantage is ratings volume (241 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
DDW Designs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time To Pet has 241 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Time To Pet ships an update every 3 days, DDW Designs every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time To Pet | DDW Designs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (241 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 241 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sweet Spearmint Software, LLC | QUADE GUY WHEELER |
Customer experience
Time To Pet
DDW Designs
Bugs and requests
Time To Pet
Reported bugs
10 issues- Notifications not appearing on phone after updates
- App freezes when location services are disabled
- Scheduled dates disappearing from client view
- Past dates showing in 'Upcoming' column
- Text alignment issues in conversation section
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- Incomplete pet profiles blocking scheduling
- Unable to delete accidental pet entries
- Phone battery drains rapidly during use
- Messaging interface becomes unreadable with longer messages
- Inconsistent notification delivery across platforms
Requested features
18 requests- Apple Watch app compatibility
- Dark mode for battery efficiency
- Display written day of week in date selectors (e.g., 'Monday 24 Nov 2025')
- 'All Day' option for time-off requests
- Ability to cancel cancellation requests
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- Monthly or list view of scheduled services
- Sliding week navigation instead of full jumps
- Medication section with time-specific visibility for sitters
- Route optimization map for multiple daily visits
- Automatic visit reminders and notifications
- Ability to approve/deny requests from mobile app
- Direct messaging from home screen
- Multi-user account access for shared clients
- Payroll integration for hourly employees
- Auto text response option for after-hours
- Calendar selector for scheduling (cherry-pick dates)
- Downloadable pet photos from reports
- Visible appointment times in schedule view
DDW Designs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Time To Pet
No in-app purchases
DDW Designs
No in-app purchases
