Comparison
LeashReport vs Rover
Rover is a consumer marketplace that finds owners for you on its own terms, while LeashReport is software you run on the clients you already have so the walk proves itself.
Comparison
LeashReport vs Time To Pet: Walk Report or Full Back Office
Time To Pet is aimed at pet care companies that want one system behind scheduling, billing and staff, while LeashReport is aimed at walkers whose main product is the report an owner reads before the lunch hour ends.
The short answer
If your company already runs on schedules, invoices, staff records and a client portal, a full pet care platform is the right shape and LeashReport will feel narrow on purpose. If what wins and keeps clients on your route is the report itself, the GPS track, the photo cards and the potty log landing before you reach the next house, then LeashReport does that one job and asks almost nothing of your setup day. Plenty of solo walkers run LeashReport next to simple invoicing and never miss the rest of the back office.
LeashReport and Time To Pet side by side
| What you are deciding | LeashReport | Time To Pet |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Produce and send the walk report before you reach the next house on the route. | Run the wider back office of a pet care company, with the walk report as one part of it. |
| Setup before your first walk | Add the dog, the owner email and the leash notes, then send a real report that same midday. | Scope is wider, so expect to configure services, rates, staff and client records first. |
| What the owner receives | A mapped GPS route, timestamped photo cards and a potty log, delivered without you sending it. | Owner updates arrive as part of a broader client portal and communication system. |
| Who it suits | Solo walkers and small teams running roughly five to twenty five stops a day. | Pet care companies that want scheduling, invoicing and staff management in one place. |
| Team handling | Small Team at $49 adds a shared route board and reports credited to each walker. | Built with multi staff pet care operations in mind from the start. |
| Pricing shape | Three flat tiers, Solo Walker at $19, Small Team at $49 and Pet Company at $99. | Priced as a whole business system, so weigh it against how much of that system you will use. |
| Phone use on a wet stoop | One screen with start, potty, photo and end, sized for a gloved thumb on a leash. | More screens to learn, because the tool covers far more than the walk. |
| Your client list | Yours to export whenever you want, and we never market to your owners. | Client records live inside their platform, as they do with any business system. |
The right hand side describes where Time To Pet sits as a category and whose workflow it assumes. Products change, so check the current details with them before you decide. LeashReport is published by MLJ, SASU and this page is written by Jimenez Julien.
Choose LeashReport when
- When the question owners ask most is whether the dog actually went, and at what time.
- When you win the next client on proof of service rather than on a portal login.
- When you already invoice through your bank, Square or a bookkeeper and do not want to move it.
- When a new walker has to be useful on their second day without a training session.
Choose Time To Pet when
- You want scheduling, invoicing, client records and staff pay handled in one system.
- Your company sells overnights, drop in visits and boarding as well as midday walks.
- Someone in your business owns the software side of the day and is not on a leash at noon.
What a full pet care platform is built to solve
A pet care management platform starts from the company, not the walk. It assumes you have a service menu, recurring schedules, several walkers, an invoicing cycle and clients who want to request changes themselves. When that is your reality, having one place for all of it is worth the configuration work, and a narrow tool will keep sending you back to spreadsheets for the parts it does not cover.
The trade off is that the walk report becomes one output of a large system. It has to serve a dog walk, a cat sit, a boarding drop off and an overnight, so it is shaped to be general. If your whole differentiator is the midday report, general is exactly what you do not want.
What changes when the report is the product
LeashReport assumes the walk is the transaction. The app opens on the route, records the GPS line while you walk, takes photo cards you can drop in one tap at the fire hydrant, and logs pee and poop with a stool score you can defend to a vet. When you close the walk, the owner gets it. You do not compose anything at a red light.
That focus shows up in retention. Owners who get a mapped route and a photo at 12:35 stop shopping your rate, and they forward the report to their partner, which is how most walkers we talk to get their next building referral. It also gives you a record if a bite, an escape or a limp turns into a claim months later.
Running LeashReport alongside a bigger system
Some small companies keep their scheduling and invoicing where it already is and add LeashReport only for the field record. Walkers open one app on the route, owners get one clean report, and the office keeps working the way it does. Nothing about LeashReport asks to own your calendar or your money.
If you later grow into full back office software, your walk history and photo cards stay exportable. We would rather be the layer you keep than the platform you feel locked into, which is why there is no contract and no client data hostage taking.
Questions people ask before they choose
Can I use LeashReport if I already schedule in another pet care system?
Yes, and many small teams do. Keep your schedule and invoicing where they are and use LeashReport only for the field record and the owner report. The two do not fight because LeashReport never asks to own your calendar.
Does LeashReport handle invoicing and client payments?
No. It records the walk and delivers the report, then gets out of the way. Walkers on the Solo Walker tier usually invoice through their bank or a card reader, and larger teams keep using whatever bookkeeping they already trust.
Which one is better for a two person dog walking company?
It depends on where your friction is. If both walkers are constantly retyping updates to owners, start with LeashReport on the Small Team tier. If you are drowning in scheduling changes and unpaid invoices, a full back office platform will help more.
Other comparisons on leashreport.com
Comparison
LeashReport vs PetExec
PetExec is shaped for pet care businesses centered on a building with daycare, boarding and grooming, while LeashReport is shaped for the walker whose office is a sidewalk between two apartment doors.
Put this head to head on your own dogs
Reading the rows is one thing, and watching a finished walk report land on your phone is another. Send us two or three stops from your midday route and we will go through both approaches on a short call, using your dogs and your building notes. Your schedule and your invoicing stay where they are, and so do the keys and door codes you already hold.