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Pupline vs Scritches

Both help solo pet pros run the business side. Here’s where they differ — honestly, including where Scritches might suit you better.

Where Pupline pulls ahead

The differences that matter day to day.

The Vault

Gate codes, alarm PINs and key locations, encrypted and passkey-gated. Scritches has nothing like it.

A real daily route

Your day laid out by address in driving order, two pets at one house as one stop. Built for life on the move.

One flat price

$12.99/mo gets every feature. No tiers to climb and no per-client fees as you grow.

Feature by feature

The full comparison.

FeaturePuplineScritches
Scheduling & your day
Recurring & one-off appointments
Conflict detection
Two-way Google Calendar sync
Daily route, grouped by addressTwo pets at one house = one stop, in driving order.
Online booking pageRequest-and-approve — and your clients need no account to book.
No-show tracking & rate
Clients & pets
Households with nested pets
CSV client import
Breed-based service templatesAuto-fill duration, price and add-ons by breed.
Vaccination tracking with expiry alerts
Pet-parent experience
Care Cards — owners fill in details, no app
Photo report cards
Video report cards
Automated review requests
Web push + email notifications
Email only
Money & trust
Branded PDF invoices
E-signature service agreements & waivers
Keeps 0% of what your clients pay you
The Vault — encrypted, passkey-gated secretsGate codes, alarm PINs, key locations — not in a notes app.
No mandatory client portal or login
Pricing model
Flat price — every feature included
$12.99/mo
Tiered
Per-client / per-seat fees
None
Varies
Free trial of the full product
30 days
Free tier

Comparison reflects publicly available information about Scritches at the time of writing and may change. We’ve aimed to be fair — if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it.

When Scritches might suit you better

Scritches is a solid product. If you want staff scheduling and per-seat roles for a growing team, or you lean on its tiered plans and built-in payment collection, it may fit you well. Pupline is built for the solo pro who wants every feature at one flat price, a phone-first workflow, and the Vault — without a mandatory client portal.

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