PokiPaw vs Petly (2026): Two Free Pet Care Trackers Compared
The short answer: both apps are free to start and both let a family share a pet’s records in real time. Petly is the better pick if everyone in your home uses Android, you keep an unusual species, and you never want to see a paid plan. PokiPaw is the better pick if anyone in the family uses an iPhone or a browser, or if you want reminders that warn you days ahead, dose-by-dose medication logs, expense tracking and a PDF report for your vet.
Which Petly this article is about
At least ten apps are called “Petly”. This comparison covers Petly – Pet Care Tracker App by Joel Pérez Martínez on Google Play (package com.jdev.petly), the one that comes first when you search Play for “Petly”. We checked its store listing on 1 November 2026. It is not the Petly pet shop, the Petly social network, or the iOS apps with the same name.
Quick comparison
| PokiPaw | Petly (Joel Pérez Martínez) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free for 1 pet; Premium $2.99/month or $24.99/year, 7-day trial | Free, no subscriptions |
| Ads | None | None |
| Platforms | iPhone, Android, web app | Android 8.0+ only |
| Species | 16 | 35+ |
| App languages | 9 | 35+ |
| Vaccine reminders | 7, 2 and 1 days before each due date | Calendar events and reminders |
| Medication tracking | Dose-by-dose log with missed-dose detection | Vaccines and medications with name, dose and date; recurring treatments |
| Weight | Logged free; trend chart in Premium | Weight log with timeline |
| Vet visits | Medical records with notes and documents | Visit manager: upcoming, completed, missed |
| Expense tracking | Yes, by category | Not listed |
| PDF report for the vet | Yes, 3 per month free | Not listed |
| Family sharing | Real time; 1 extra member free, up to 10 with Family Seats; every member can edit | Real time; Owners edit, Viewers read only |
| Lost pet alerts and emergency vet finder | Yes | Not listed |
“Not listed” means the feature does not appear in Petly’s Google Play description. It does not prove the app lacks it. Google Play shows Petly at version 1.0.0, last updated on 21 July 2025, with more than 1,000 downloads.
Price
Petly says it is 100% free, with no ads, no subscriptions and no hidden fees. That is its strongest point.
PokiPaw is free for one pet with no ads and no credit card. The free plan includes health records, vaccine and medication reminders, the daily journal, expense tracking, emergency tools, three PDF exports a month and sharing with one family member. Premium costs $2.99 a month or $24.99 a year after a 7-day trial and unlocks unlimited pets, weight and expense charts, unlimited exports and up to 100 photos and documents per pet.
Winner: Petly for a multi-pet household on a zero budget. With one pet, both are free.
Platforms
Petly is an Android app. If your partner or the pet sitter uses an iPhone, they cannot join.
PokiPaw runs on iPhone, Android and in any browser at app.pokipaw.com, all with the same account and the same records.
Winner: PokiPaw, unless every caregiver uses Android.
Vaccines, medications and reminders
Petly records vaccines and medications with name, dose and date, handles recurring treatments such as deworming and supplements, and puts them on a colour-coded calendar you can view by day, week or month.
PokiPaw sends three reminders for every vaccine, 7, 2 and 1 days before it is due, which leaves time to book the vet. Medications are logged dose by dose, so you can see a missed dose instead of guessing. Everything lands in one medical timeline next to vet visits, diagnoses and documents, and you can export that timeline as a PDF to hand to a new vet or a boarding kennel.
Winner: PokiPaw for health records you plan to show a vet. Petly’s calendar is a good fit if you mainly want to organise care events.
Family sharing
Both apps sync in real time. Petly uses two roles: Owners can edit, Viewers can only look, which suits a pet sitter who needs instructions but should not change them. In PokiPaw every invited member can add and edit records, while only the owner can delete the pet, mark it lost or mark it deceased. One extra member is free, and Family Seats raise the group to 10 people.
Winner: tie. Petly’s read-only role is useful for sitters. PokiPaw works across iPhone and Android, which matters more in most families.
Species and languages
Petly supports more than 35 species, including insects and frogs, and more than 35 interface languages. PokiPaw supports 16 species with breed lists, and 9 languages.
Winner: Petly.
Beyond health records
PokiPaw adds expense tracking by category, a daily journal for walks, meals, water, sleep and mood, lost pet reports with community sightings, and an emergency screen that finds nearby vets by GPS. None of these appear in Petly’s listing.
Which one should you choose?
- Choose Petly if the whole household is on Android, you keep species PokiPaw does not cover, or you have several pets and want to pay nothing ever.
- Choose PokiPaw if anyone uses an iPhone or a computer, you want early vaccine reminders and dose-level medication history, or you need a PDF record for vets, groomers and boarding.
To compare more apps side by side, see our feature comparison and the best free pet health tracker apps.
