PitPat 4+

Setting aside the four minute phone in times of the tracker, the app itself feels very sluggish. Presumably as it is grabbing data back for your account each screen is slow to load. It feels especially pointless as you can click the button and close the app for it to work in the background, but you might be waiting just as long for the button to appear than it takes to then activate live mode.

Also would be nice to see gps history on a map, so can see the squiggly walls my dog does verses my track on human fitness apps.

Not been using it for very long but gives a lot of interesting data easily. I’m not sure if there is a way to synchronise across devices, if there is I’d like to know how but if not perhaps something for the developer to consider. Update: It does sync across my Apple devices. The device became difficult to charge and then shortly afterwards could not lock onto a network. On reporting these problems there were very rapid helpful responses and a new one was sent and it was very easy to install as a replacement. Note there is a feature now where tracks are recorded. Some have had issues with there being in-app purchases but these are not pushed and can be ignored, I didn’t and opted for the ‘Life’ extra. That way points and prizes are awarded; I’ve chosen to use my points to ‘buy’ prizes to be given to a dog charity and to St. Mungo’s. The occasional specials on the good quality dog food from Germany are worth considering; my German Shepherd dog particularly likes the larger sized kibble for adult dogs, even as treats.

I am really impressed with this app. It has several tabs including an activity tap showing my dogs walking, running, playing, sleeping, and pottering. It also shows her distance covered and calories burnt. They have the location tab where you can track your dogs location. They show the dog on a map, the dog is shown with a dog emoji and you are shown with a blue dot, they also have a Compass style tool for you to see what direction your dog is i.e. behind you or in front of you. Another tab is for food so you know how much you should be feeding your dog based on their activity, breed and age. Another tab has badges where you can win a badge for achieving a certain level of activity. I see they’re soon to launch insurance I will be very interested in the model.