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Last reviewed September 14, 2026
Time To Pet is solid, established software — but it's built primarily for pet care companies: staff schedules, role-based permissions, payroll-style reports, tiered plans that scale with headcount. If you're the only person doing the sitting, a lot of that is overhead you'll never use.
Solo Sitter is built for exactly one shape of business: a single sitter or walker. One flat price, no per-seat math, and a booking link your clients open with no account required.
| Time To Pet | Solo Sitter | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Pet care companies — from one person up to large teams with staff | One person running their own sitting or dog-walking business, specifically |
| Pricing (solo tiers) | Lite $25/month (fewer features) or Solo $50/month (full features), per Time To Pet’s own pricing page | One flat $19/month or $200/year — unlimited clients and bookings at either price |
| Team/staff pricing | Team plan: $40/month plus $16/month per active staff member (1–25 users) | Not applicable — built for a single sitter, not staff management |
| Client access | Clients get a Pet Parent Portal (browser-based, no app required) or an optional Pet Parent App, and set up an account to use either | Clients open a link — no account, no password, no app |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card required | 14 days, no credit card required |
| Best fit | Businesses managing multiple sitters, staff schedules and payroll-style reporting | A single sitter who wants booking, deposits and reports without team features |
Time To Pet earned its reputation by building genuinely deep software for pet care teams — that depth is a real advantage once you have staff, multiple locations, or need payroll-style reporting. None of that is a knock on the product; it's just built for a different shape of business than a single sitter running their own operation.
No — Time To Pet's own site says clients can use a fully functional Pet Parent Portal from any browser as an alternative to the app. What clients do need, either way, is to create a portal account with a password to book, pay or view visit info.
Not necessarily — Time To Pet does offer a Lite plan aimed at solo operators. But most of its plans (Solo, Team, Facility) are priced and built around features a growing team needs — staff scheduling, role permissions, payroll-style reporting — that a single sitter may never touch.
Time To Pet’s solo-focused tiers are $25/month (Lite) or $50/month (Solo) per its own pricing page. Solo Sitter is a flat $19/month or $200/year with the same feature set at every price — no tier to pick between.
There's no automatic one-click import today. Time To Pet lets you export your data, and Solo Sitter has a bulk client import (paste a list of names and phone numbers) that generates an intake link for each client so they can fill in their own pet details.
No — that's by design. Solo Sitter is built for a single sitter running their own business. If you're hiring staff and need scheduling, payroll reports, or role-based permissions across a team, Time To Pet's Team or Facility plans are the better fit.
Yes — 14 days, no credit card required, same as Time To Pet’s trial.
Competitor pricing, fees and policies change — this page was last checked against the official sources below on September 14, 2026. Solo Sitter isn't affiliated with Time To Pet; always confirm current details on their own site before deciding.
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