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The best shared pet care apps for families in 2026

Eight apps, ranked with one clear pick each — what it tracks, who it’s actually built for, and where it falls short. Our Little Paws is one of them; here is how it and seven real alternatives compare, honestly.

A hand pouring pet treats from a jar into a stainless steel dog bowl in a home living room
Feeding is the moment every app on this list is built to log — the question is only who’s doing the logging.

Shared pet care apps for families split into two groups: apps built for exactly one question — who fed the dog — and broader trackers covering a household’s whole care routine. Our Little Paws, Who Fed The Dog?, Who Fed Henry and Pet Feeder answer the first. Furly, Team Pet App, Pawlo and PetnotePlus take on the second. Below is a clear pick for each, plus a side-by-side comparison.

Our Little Paws — best for zero setup, no accounts

Every care item you define — feeding, medicine, walks, grooming — gets logged the same way: who did it, and when. There is no sign-in; carers pick their name from a list already on the phone, the way a fridge magnet worked, kept in the room where the care happens. A second phone can join too, syncing the same pets and history through Apple’s iCloud with nothing to create on either side. The trade-off: it is a native iPhone app, in English, on the App Store only — not Android. Free to download and use every day; €4.99 a month or €19.99 a year unlocks care history older than a week.

Who Fed The Dog? — best for pet sitters and temporary access

whofedthedog.com.au logs feedings, medication, walks and water, showing who completed each one — and it is the only app on this list built to hand a pet sitter temporary access to the log, rather than a full account. Available on the App Store and Google Play.

Who Fed Henry — best free trial for a household-wide tracker

whofedhenry.com bills itself as “the shared pet care app for your household,” tracking medication, feeding, walking and weight across every pet in the house. A 7-day free trial is the way in before committing to anything.

Pet Feeder — best free option with instant alerts

petfeeder.app is free and ad-supported: one tap logs a feed, treat or medication, and everyone else in the family gets an instant push notification. It handles multiple pets on different schedules. iOS only.

Furly — best for couples and co-caregivers

Furly is aimed squarely at families, couples and co-caregivers, with reminders, health records, shared routines and a profile photo for each pet. Available on iOS and Android.

Team Pet App — best for households with a professional caregiver too

teampetapp.com assigns recurring care tasks to specific people and adds veterinary records plus in-app messaging, organised around “care teams” built to include professional caregivers alongside family.

Pawlo — best for turning it into a habit

getpawlo.app tracks feeding, walks and medication with real-time sync and attribution across the household, plus streaks and a weekly “who did what” summary — the closest thing on this list to gamifying the routine. The free tier covers one pet; Pawlo Premium is paid. Available on iOS and Android.

PetnotePlus — best for a full shareable health record

PetnotePlus goes wider than daily care: weight, medication, vaccines, a photo diary and expenses, shareable with up to 15 family members. Less about answering “who fed the dog” today, more a complete pet record over time. Available on iOS and Android.

AppWhat it tracksBuilt forPlatform
Our Little Paws Any care item you define — feeding, medicine, walks, grooming — each one with who did it and when One phone, or synced with a carer via iCloud iPhone (App Store)
Who Fed The Dog? Feedings, medication, walks, water — who did each one Households and pet sitters iOS & Android
Who Fed Henry Feeding, medication, walking, weight, per pet Multi-person households
Pet Feeder Feed / treat / medicate, with instant notifications Families wanting a real-time alert iOS
Furly Reminders, health records, shared routines Couples and co-caregivers iOS & Android
Team Pet App Assigned recurring tasks, vet records, messaging Households with several caregivers
Pawlo Feeding, walks, medication, real-time sync Couples, families, roommates iOS & Android
PetnotePlus Weight, meds, vaccines, diary, expenses A full shareable pet health record iOS & Android

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Want the deeper dive? See how these same apps stack up against the “who fed the dog” question specifically in who fed the dog? shared pet care trackers, compared, or jump straight to how Our Little Paws shows who did what.

Quick answers

Frequently asked

What’s the best shared pet care app for families in 2026?

It depends on the household. For an iPhone household that doesn’t want to create accounts, Our Little Paws. For families spread across different phones who want everyone syncing automatically through the app’s own servers, Furly, Team Pet App or Pawlo. And for the narrow “who fed the dog” question specifically, Who Fed The Dog?, Who Fed Henry or Pet Feeder all do exactly that.

Is there a free app for tracking who fed the pet?

Pet Feeder is free and ad-supported. Pawlo has a free tier limited to one pet, with a paid Premium tier above it. Who Fed Henry offers a 7-day free trial. Our Little Paws is free to download and use every day, with a paid tier — €4.99 a month or €19.99 a year — that unlocks care history older than a week.

Which of these apps also work with a pet sitter?

Who Fed The Dog? explicitly supports giving a pet sitter temporary access to the log, rather than a full account. Team Pet App’s “care teams” are built to include professional caregivers alongside family members too.

Do any of these apps skip the account and sign-in step?

Our Little Paws does — carer names live on the phone itself, picked from a list, with no account or sign-in to create. Used on one phone, it works the way a fridge magnet did; a second phone can join by invite and sync the same pets through Apple’s iCloud. The other apps on this list are built around each person creating their own account to sync through the app’s servers.