Rover - Dog Boarding & Walking

Book neighborhood dog boarding, dog walking, pet sitting, and doggy day care.

Rover - Dog Boarding & Walking

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By: Rover.com
Version: 24.1113.00 (Last updated: 2024-11-19)
Creation date: 2013-08-14
Permissions
Contacts: read your contacts, modify your contacts
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Phone: read phone status and identity
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Camera: take pictures and videos
Microphone: record audio
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity
Other:
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
  • full network access
  • change your audio settings
  • control Near Field Communication
  • run at startup
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • read Google service configuration

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App summary

Rover is the #1 pet sitting and dog walking app. Get trusted pet care in your neighborhood.


The Rover app was created for dog people by The Dog PeopleTM. Through the app, get adorable photo updates, GPS tracking of your dog’s walk, an easy way to message sitters or manage your business, and a secure way to book and pay.


With over 100,000 pet sitters and dog walkers in the U.S. and Canada, Rover makes it easy to book pet care you can trust.


PEACE OF MIND
• 95% of reviewed services receive a perfect 5-star rating.
• Every service booked on Rover is backed by The Rover Guarantee and 24/7 support.


FAST & EASY
• Contact and message sitters and dog walkers, right from the app. Receive messages from sitters when you're on the go.
• Hassle-free and secure payments, every time.
• Get a map of your dog's walk, pee/poo and food/water alerts, and a personalized note from your sitter or dog walker.


FOR PET SITTERS AND DOG WALKERS, TOO
• Send photos, videos, and messages to pet owners with just a few taps.
• Get paid on the go—it’s simple and secure with the Rover app.
• Seamlessly manage your business, even if you're at the dog park.
• Enable push notifications to respond faster than ever to booking requests.
• Create Rover Cards to seamlessly share information with your clients.


IN THE PRESS
Rover has appeared in:
• The New York Times
• The Today Show
• The Wall Street Journal
• USA Today
• ABC News
• And many more!

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great platform for connecting sitters with pet parents
  • Useful articles for guiding sitters on pet care
  • Ability to meet the sitter prior to booking
  • Facilitates safe connections between dog owners and sitters
Cons
  • Not user friendly with a clunky interface
  • Frequent bugs and poor responsiveness
  • Difficulties with calendar management and editing appointments
  • High commission fees and payment processing delays
  • Issues with sending photos and videos through the app
Most mentioned
  • App is slow, unresponsive, and buggy
  • Difficult to find sitters due to unavailability and lack of filtering options
  • Challenges with calendar functions and managing bookings
  • Problems with app navigation and user experience (UI/UX)
  • High service fees impacting sitter compensation
User reviews
love the rover app! I'm a sitter, and I think this is a great platform to connect sitters with pet parents. I love the articles available for guiding sitters on how to best care for certain pets/breeds/etc. I wish the functionality and userbility of this app was better. I've also got great ideas for app imorovement, but there's no way to submit these ideas. I also wish Rover didn't take so much from both the pet parent and the sitter, or wish I knew why/the break down of what that goes towards.
by Cora Leigh LaVette, 2024-11-27

Slow, unresponsive. Buggy; I'm a brand new user and have already encountered two instances of freezes and a refusal to upload photos that required me to restart my device entirely. Calendar is obtuse and difficult to use and manage; why not just allow us to display exact availability by time each day instead of giving us slots of activity? Push notifications are extremely flaky and sometimes don't pop off at all so make sure you have both text and email notifications active.
by Jon Eckrich, 2024-11-23

Has to be one of the least user friendly experiences for booking ever. Has you plug in the service needed, the dates, time, and your location. Displays a big list of providers! But you click on the provider and it's either "They are out of range" or "they are fully booked" and then prompts you to "find sitters in your range" or "find sitters with availability" just to give you the same list of unavailable people.
by Connor Schumock, 2024-11-18
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