Run your sitting business from the doorstep.
Overnights, drop-ins and house-sits: scheduled, documented, and invoiced from your phone while you're standing on the porch with a leash in one hand.
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Pupline speaks your language: here, appointments are Visits.
The parts of the job that shouldn't be this hard.
- Care details scattered across texts, sticky notes and your memory
- Gate codes and alarm PINs you're terrified of losing
- Owners away on holiday who just want to know their pet is okay
Here's how Pupline helps.
The features pet sitters reach for first: built phone-first for life on the move.
Care Cards
Let owners fill in the details: no app to download.
The Vault
Gate codes & alarm PINs: encrypted at rest, never in Notes.
Report Cards
Send a photo recap that makes their whole day.
Agreements
Send a service agreement; get it signed from a link.
Online Booking
Optional, no-login booking: clients request, you approve.
Invoicing
Branded PDF invoices from the visits you already finished.
Pet sitting software built for solo sitters, not call centres
Most pet sitting software assumes there's a front desk, a team of staff and a manager somewhere. Pupline doesn't. It's pet sitting software for the one person who actually does the visits, booked, documented and invoiced from your phone while you're standing on the porch with a leash in one hand.
Everything's included at one flat price: recurring scheduling, household and pet records, photo report cards owners can open without an app, branded invoicing, vaccination reminders, and the Vault for gate codes and alarm PINs. No tiers to climb, no per-client fees as your book grows, and no commission on what your clients pay you.
How to choose pet sitting software: what actually matters
The first question is solo or team. A solo sitter is best served by a flat-price, everything-included tool, that's Pupline Pro at $12.99/mo. If you grow into a staffed operation, Pupline also has a seat-based Facilities plan; only a large agency that needs employee GPS dispatch and built-in payroll usually needs a dedicated team platform. So don't over-buy team machinery you'll never open.
Then check the things the marketing hides: whether it's genuinely phone-native rather than a desktop tool squeezed onto a screen, whether your clients have to download an app or create a login (many won't), and what the true monthly cost is once per-seat fees and payment processing are added to the sticker price. A tool that's flat, phone-first and no-login for clients removes the friction that quietly loses you repeat bookings.
What pet sitting software should cost
Most established pet-sitting platforms price by staff. Time To Pet runs about $25–$50/mo for one person and adds roughly $16/mo per active staff member beyond that; Precise Petcare scales by staff band from about $20/mo. That model makes sense for an agency, but a solo sitter ends up paying for seats and a back office they never use.
Pupline is one flat $12.99/mo (about $10.40 on annual billing) with every feature included, and no per-client fee as your book grows. The whole product is free for 30 days with no card, so you run real visits before you decide, and Pupline keeps 0% of what your clients pay you.
A solo trade, and a tool that respects it
Pet sitting is overwhelmingly an independent, one-person business. Pet Sitters International reports that around 99% of its member pet-sitting and dog-walking businesses are independently owned rather than franchised, and the US Census Bureau has found that roughly 84% of pet-care service businesses have no employees at all. The market is growing too: Grand View Research valued global pet sitting at about $2.69 billion in 2024 and projects growth near 12% a year.
That shape is exactly what Pupline is built around: the person who does the visits is the same person who books them, records the care, sends the update and raises the invoice, all from a phone on a doorstep. The software should get out of the way, not hand you an org chart.
Pupline vs Time To Pet for a solo pet sitter
Most pet sitting software is built for companies with a team of sitters — per-staff seats, manager controls and a client portal. Pupline is pet sitting software for the one person who does the visits: every feature at one flat $12.99/mo, no per-seat fees, and clients who never log in. Here's how it lines up against Time To Pet.
| Pupline | Time To Pet | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Solo sitters | Teams with staff |
| Starting price | Flat $12.99/mo | $25/mo (Lite) |
| Solo plan | $12.99/mo, everything | ~$50/mo |
| Per-seat / staff fees | None | + ~$16/active user |
| Client account / portal | No login | Client portal/app |
| Free trial | 30 days, no card | Free trial |
We make Pupline, so weigh that accordingly. Time To Pet figures reflect publicly available information, accurate as of May 2026, and may change. See the full Pupline vs Time To Pet comparison
Frequently asked questions
What is the best pet sitting software for a solo sitter?
For a solo sitter, the best pet sitting software is usually the simplest all-in-one: recurring scheduling, client and pet records, photo updates, invoicing and secure storage for gate codes, at one flat price, on your phone, without forcing your clients to download anything. Pupline is built for exactly that, with every feature included for one monthly price and no per-client fees.
How much does pet sitting software cost?
It depends on the model. Team-oriented tools price per staff seat, so the bill climbs as you add people, roughly $16/mo per active user on Time To Pet's team plan, or staff bands from about $20/mo on Precise Petcare. Pupline is a flat $12.99/mo for everything, with no per-client or per-seat fee, plus a 30-day free trial with no card.
Is Pupline good for a pet-sitting business with staff?
Yes, with a caveat. Pupline Pro is built for a solo sitter at $12.99/mo; when you take on help, Pupline Facilities adds team seats ($49.98/mo including three, then $6 per extra seat). But if you're running a large agency that needs employee GPS dispatch, staff availability calendars and built-in payroll, a dedicated team platform like Time To Pet is a better fit. Pupline is at its best for the solo and small-team end.
Do my pet-sitting clients need to download an app?
Not with Pupline. Your clients never make an account or install anything, they get a private link when there's something to do, like filling in a care form or viewing a photo report card. That no-login experience removes a real point of friction and gets far better participation from owners than software that forces an app on them.
Is there free pet sitting software?
Some tools offer a capped free tier, but most 'free' pet sitting software is really a free trial of a paid product. Pupline gives you the entire product free for 30 days with no credit card, then one flat price with every feature, so you can run real visits before you decide, rather than hitting a client limit in week one.
What features does a solo pet sitter actually need?
The short list: recurring and one-off scheduling, household and pet records, secure storage for gate codes and alarm PINs (Pupline's Vault), photo report cards owners open without an app, vaccination reminders, and branded invoicing. Pupline includes all of these in its flat plan; you rarely need the staff-management and dispatch features that make agency software expensive.
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