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Best Pet Tracking Apps for iPhone (2026)

8 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats is the top-ranked of 8 pet tracking apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 46,194 ratings.

  1. 1
    Tractive GPS for Dogs and CatsS
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 46,194 ratings · score 96
  2. 2
    Fi - GPS Dog TrackerS
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 41,653 ratings · score 91
  3. 3
    ByteTagA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 9,642 ratings · score 85
  4. 4
    HeyBuddy ClubA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,525 ratings · score 83
  5. 5
    The Pack by ZoetisA
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 10,010 ratings · score 81

What belongs in this list

Keep track of their pet's activity, details, or whereabouts in one place.

Not here: a general animal tracking app for wildlife alone; a human walking or running tracker alone; a pet health record without tracking alone; a pet photo album alone; a pet store or shop alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Tractive GPSFi - GPS Dog
A
ByteTagHeyBuddy ClubThe Pack
B
None at B yet
C
SpotOn GPSHalo Collar
D
Pawscout Pet
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Tractive GPS for Dogs and CatsS
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 46,194 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  2. 2
    Fi - GPS Dog TrackerS
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 41,653 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  3. 3
    ByteTagA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 9,642 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  4. 4
    HeyBuddy ClubA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,525 ratings · score 83 · excellent
  5. 5
    The Pack by ZoetisA
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 10,010 ratings · score 81 · excellent
  6. 6
    SpotOn GPS FenceC
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 10,658 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  7. 7
    Halo CollarC
    Free download · ★ 4.1 · 9,508 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  8. 8
    Pawscout Pet CommunityD
    Free download · ★ 3.6 · 2,273 ratings · score 51 · weak

Questions people ask

What is the best pet tracking app for iPhone?
Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats, S tier, ranked #1 of 8, rated 4.7 by 46,194 people.
Which pet tracking apps are free?
8 of 8 are free to download: Tractive GPS for Dogs and Cats (S), Fi - GPS Dog Tracker (S), ByteTag (A), HeyBuddy Club (A) and more. 1 of them sells in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which pet tracking app has the best App Store rating?
The Pack by Zoetis at 4.9 from 10,010 ratings.
How many pet tracking apps reach S or A tier?
5 of 8. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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