Guardian Protection vs Petunia Pets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guardian Protection
Manage your home or business security, video feeds, and smart devices remotely. Control your alarm system, view live camera footage, adjust thermostats, and manage door locks and garage doors for enhanced safety and convenience.
- 24/7 interactive security monitoring
- Live and recorded video monitoring
- Energy management and home automation
- Remote system arm/disarm
- Smart device control (lights, thermostat, locks, garage)
- Real-time event alerts
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Monitor and stay in control of your home or business from anywhere! Guardian Protection’s mobile app allows for 24/7 interactive security, video monitoring, energy management, and home automation to make life easier, safer, and more connected. Enjoy! Remote control features: Arm and disarm your Guardian security system Watch live or recorded video clips from your security cameras Turn lights on or off Adjust thermostat settings Lock or unlock doors Open and close garage doors Change user codes Receive real-time text or email alert for specific system-related events View system history And much more! Note: This app requires you to be a Guardian Protection customer and subscribe to Guardian’s Remote Home Control Services. Feature availability is based on your system equipment and monitoring services agreement. Additional benefits: Guardian will provide monitoring of your system 24/7 and can direct police, fire, and EMS to your home depending upon the signal received and your pre-established protocol. You can receive real-time non-alarm email, text message, and push notifications for a variety of specific events, for example: If protected sites within your property experience tampering, e.g.: liquor, gun and medicine cabinets, and even gaming consoles When your children arrive home from school When sub-contractors such as cleaning services and sitters arrive to perform work and also when they leave When the garage door is left open When a thermostat setting is changed And much more! ABOUT GUARDIAN PROTECTION Protecting homes and businesses since 1950, Guardian Protection is one of the nation’s largest and most highly regarded security companies. We provide smart technology, 24/7 professional monitoring, and peace of mind to hundreds of thousands of customers. Our products are installed by experts, monitored by real people, and truly make a difference — protecting valuables and lives every day. We do what we do because of one simple truth: life is better when it’s safe.
Petunia Pets
Manage all aspects of a pet care business, including bookings, client records, payments, and staff communication. Pet owners can securely store pet health information and track appointments.
- Booking and capacity management
- Pet health records and vaccine tracking
- Online payments and invoicing
- Staff scheduling and permissions
- Client messaging
- Grooming and dog walking services
- Breeder and shelter management tools
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Petunia: built for pet care professionals, trusted by pet owners. Run your whole pet business from one app. Petunia brings bookings, pet records, payments, staff and client messages together for boarding and daycare, grooming, dog walking and pet sitting, breeders, and shelters and rescues. Pet owners get one place to manage their pets' care. BOARDING AND DAYCARE - Accept, change and track boarding and daycare bookings with capacity and booking limits you control - Check dogs in and out in real time so staff always know who is on property - Keep pet profiles with vaccines, medications, behavior notes and documents - Offer grooming add-ons, monthly daycare passes, daily report cards, retail pickup orders, invoices and online payments GROOMING - A calendar and today's schedule at a glance - Online booking priced by size and service - Appointment and client requests, deposits, sales tax, waivers, and invoices with tips DOG WALKING AND PET SITTING - Set your services, prices, time windows, availability and service area - Offer meet and greets, repeating schedules, group walks, overnight stays and packages - Log each visit with arrival and departure times, a care checklist and a report the owner can read - Clients join privately with your link or six-digit code, and team members run their own visits BREEDERS Dogs, litters, puppies, adoption applications, purchase contracts, clients, bills and stud fees in one dashboard, with a built-in breed browser. SHELTERS AND RESCUES Intake, dogs on property, kennel setup, appointments, requests and client records in one system. FOR YOUR TEAM - Staff schedules, shift templates, time-off requests and coverage planning - An employee dashboard for schedules, training materials, policies and onboarding - Roles and permissions so each employee sees only what they need MESSAGING Message approved clients inside Petunia instead of juggling texts. Clients are notified about bookings, updates and requests. FOR PET OWNERS - Keep vaccines, medications, feeding notes and health records in one secure profile - Get reminders before vaccines expire and keep track of vet checkups - See upcoming appointments, drop-offs and pickups - Find and join trusted boarding, daycare, grooming and breeders, then book, pay and message them - Read expert-written articles on health, behavior and care Works on iPhone and iPad. Available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Petunia Pets at free against Guardian Protection's subscription. Petunia Pets also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Guardian Protection's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Petunia Pets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guardian Protection has 13K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Guardian Protection ships an update every 2 months, Petunia Pets weekly. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Guardian Protection | Petunia Pets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 389 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guardian Protection Services | Colin Zedreck |
Customer experience
Guardian Protection
Petunia Pets
Bugs and requests
Guardian Protection
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent false alarms
- Inability to reliably view live video or recorded clips
- Connectivity issues with doorbell camera and other devices
- Unresponsive app and system malfunctions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to schedule automatic arming/disarming
- Option to turn off chime/notification sounds
- Batch deletion of video clips
- Improved app integration with home automation
Petunia Pets
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Guardian Protection
No in-app purchases
Petunia Pets
No in-app purchases
Questions
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