Wag! Pet Caregiver
Care for Dogs, Earn Money
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Prices are current as of 12 Sept 2026.
Wag! Pet Caregiver has no in-app products on record in the United States.
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| Monthly price | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $4.99 | — | — | — |
| Annual price | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $34.99 | — | — | — |
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Wag! Pet Caregiver reviews
4.7 out of 5, based on 18,284 reviews.
What people like
- It helps you earn extra money easily
- You get to spend time with nice pets
- The interface is simple and fun to use
What they complain about
- Support is unhelpful and uses scripts
- They take a huge cut of your pay
- You have to pay fees just to start
- The app glitches and shows wrong locations
Sargent Sage
So much fun to walk and play with. He is very smart and listens very well. Look forward in another boarding with him.
This app does not advocate for the pet caregivers
I have had plenty of problems with this app. Asa caregiver, WAG does not advocate for us. You can’t verbally talk to anyone unless it’s an emergency which is insane! They want to communicate everything via email in which they don’t get back with for 24-48 business hrs later smh. They dont pay what they should. I’ve heard many parents say the app is confusing and they’ve shown me and I would agree. It’s an app so I’ve had navigation issues and just general overall technical difficulties . Some of these parent profiles are scams and they aren’t doing anything about it. I can go on and on smh. Signed this will be my last year on this app since I’ve paid for the year which is silly in itself.
Has Some App Limitations
I have appreciated this app for what I have been using it for. However, I am very allergic to cats. I would love the option to mark to not get notifications that lists cats so I don’t get them. Also think that the app should give the option to filter dog/animal size, breed, weight, etc in regards to job opportunities.
They’ll stab you in the back.
I’m heartbroken to be writing this review but I have to warn fellow caregivers. Please make sure your account is secure, and that absolutely no one has access to it. I have been banned and put under review for something I haven’t done. And I have emailed and pleaded for help and I received a “figure it out” response. I am just sobbing over the fact that Wag! does not care about the people who provided the services on their app. As we are the reason they have money to generate. I’ve been told I can’t request walks until November- or I have to pay $300 to reinstate my account. Once again- for something I didn’t do. Please be aware. They don’t care about us. We’re just cogs in the machines. I’m so heartbroken because I’ve met so many wonderful people and amazing fur babies on this app. I’m going to miss them all. It’s just such a devastating situation without any light at the end of the tunnel, and I hope to save any caregivers from experiencing the same heartbreak I am.
Glitchy app and lack of human help
I’ve been a WAG walker for over 6 years. I believe they take too much and offer two little in the way of support by human beings.
Coco-sweet girl
I give the owners soo much credit because this girl is soo well behaved and soo loved I would reschedule my agenda to watch her again 💜
Waste of time
I really need a job and love animals just for my account to go away before I can even check my background check information. Waste of time. Do better.
Hard to tell if you’re about to be scammed.
For the most part, they are good actual jobs. But there are so so many that are fake.
App works but service is lackluster
App functions okay but u service it provides is mostly based on how much you’re willing to pay into it… $40 application fee and then they want you to sign up for $129/yr for better odds and placement… you also need endorsements to get started and wouldn’t you know it, they are asking them to pay money to boost your odds, etc too. My lawyers say I can’t call it a scam, so I won’t, I’m not saying that, but you be the judge.
Pay
The pay is bad
Dogs and sitters are not their priority
I've been walking with Wag for several years. Very minimally now. Recurring walks or nearby sittings where I don't have to stay because otherwise it's not worth it. They take 40% of your rate (which they claim the sitter sets but is really given a range to choose a rate from) and you get nothing at all in return. Especially as far as support goes. The dogs and sitters are not priority for them. If a pet parent has an issue with a walker their resolution is to nix the walker. Mainly because they don't have any interest in getting involved. If you need to talk to someone as a walker you have to call as a pet parent just to get a human on the other end. I suspect however they will put an end to that just like they did when walkers were calling the emergency line. Now if you try that they actually threaten to suspend or deactivate your acct if you do it again and hang up on you. They have a very narrow definition of what they call an emergent situation. If you call and say you're a walker you will be referred to the useless chatbot that sends you in endless circles to nowhere. It's 100% pointless. They don't, however, have any problem creating programs to get more money from the walkers. As if the 40% isn't enough they also want you to pay $129 to them for priority walks blah blah blah. Oh and a star beside your profile. If you don't like that there is the promote your profile (for a fee of course). Both of which don't do much of anything. That all being said Wag! Is a tech platform that chose to operate in the ket industry because it is growing so much. They have no working knowledge of what walking and sitting actually consists of. The most dog knowledge there is with their own dogs at home. They have no idea how to handle situations or what constitutes an emergency. Yes not being able to get in IS an emergency for a Walker. But not here. And don't call the emergency line. The "suppprt" that is there are clearly oversees and give cannned responses they read from a binder on their desk. People are going off app everyday because the pet parents aren't seeing their regulars anymore so they are asking them if they want to work directly. Wag will defend their actions up and down because they honestly believe they are doing nothing wrong. They don't listen to the walkers but that's because they'd start getting too involved in actual dog things and they just don't have the interest. It's a really good idea Llll in theory. It would work if anyone there actually had an interest in dogs or working with the sitters. I don't rely on income from Wag for anything anymore. It has just become a filler for me when I get an opening with my private clients or I need some extra money. The actuall app itself used to be very glitchy. But you could actually call and get help. They have changed the way they do things now. I wouldn't doubt they don't even have an office. Support is overseas. If you need a few bucks sure try it out. If you're looking for consistent supplemental income you're not going to find it here. And if you're looking for a company with a support system this is definitely not it. On a positive note I've met a lot of great dogs and pet parents from doing recurring walks or sittings. I've never taken a pet parent off app as I respect the policies. It really could be a great platform but they just chase good walkers away everyday. EDIT TO REVIEW: Wag! Has noticeably gone downhill in the past several years. They literally cut off all communication besides email with walkers and owners. They just don’t wanna talk to you. They do not know how to handle any types of individual issues with walkers or dogs. No matter what the problem or the issue they will always blame the walker and suspended or deactivate them. I most recently had a run in with Support more specifically a support agent named Vera, who wanted me deactivated for a miscommunication after a boarding. I spoke directly with the owner. He called them to back me. Saying he did not want any adverse action taken. He was just trying to get in touch with me. My phone had died on the way to his house to drop off this dog. That was the where this all started. Somehow it turned into a complete misrepresentation of his conversation with the with Support. They took what he said and completely twisted it to fit their agenda. I had spoken to him after I had a conversation with Vera and he said he absolutely did not say any of what she said. And the service had been ended already and paid out and she still wanted to deactivate me based on these allegations things she said I did that wasn’t even on Wag! time. But I guarantee you that if the situation was in reverse, and something did happen with the dog after the service had ended, that’s exactly what they would have said as a reason to not cover any bills or compensate the pet parent for anything. They would say I was not on wags time. I know for a fact, they would’ve said that citing liability reasons or something. They are a tech company and that is it. They do not have the human aspect of this down at all nor do they really care about the dogs I was the number one walker in the area. I had no history of complaints. I had over 1000 walks and five star ratings, the owner called to tell them that they made a mistake that he did not say any of the things that she said, and then she completely lied to me thinking I wouldn’t speak to the pet parent. I wasn’t asking for an apology or anything for her mistake. I was just simply wanting my account back. I asked for her supervisor‘s name and got no cooperation back. They read from scripts they know how to handle things in one way in one way only don’t look to them for help. They tell us that we can set our own rates so they don’t cross that contractor employee line, but the truth is they still control how much we can charge.
$30 just to have an account
They want $30 just to create an account, and that doesn’t guarantee you’re going to get any business. They should be more like Rover and take a percentage of what we make instead. At least then, you’re only paying when you actually get clients and make money. You shouldn’t have to pay just to use an app when there’s no guarantee you’ll get any business from it.
Looks promising
I bought the 20$ fee and well it logged me out of my account and I type my email and then enter the password from my email but it said something went wrong so I think I wasted 20$
Services
Wag is a good way to earn money on the side. However, if you are providing services outside of the summer, the price range caregivers are given sometimes barely covers the gas fee let alone equal compensation for your work. I.e the price ranges need to be extended.
Sweet animals!
Animals are super sweet and well behaved! Millie loves her bubbles!
Constantly attempting to extort their members
First they charge you for your background check then they try to charge you money to expedite and if you dont pay it takes over a month to complete. Then they try to sell you on their pro membership that genuinely has no benefits and then they will just randomly flag your account for taking users off app and make you wait 3 months for a “review” or you can pay the $300 extortion fee to continue doing your job
Not great for the caregiver
Not happy that Wag doesn’t give cancellation compensation for recurring walks, no penalty to the owner. Even though you have planned your day partly including their animal. The whole system of bidding on gigs is not great for the caregiver side.
Wag App
The tech issues are a headache and the pay is very unfair as they up-charge the Pet Parent and take about 50% for the platform.
Great app
Very great app with lots of furry friends to walk!
Terrible App
The report function is useless and only gives a few options to report a bad post. No option to report scammers. App is full of scammers “looking for remote workers”. Reporting posts does absolutely nothing. This app shows wag’s lack of care for the caregiver. 40% being taken but encouraging people to charge $7-$10 for a walk (no gas mileage reimbursement) is ridiculous. And encouraging your users to do overnights and 24 visits for $25 is ridiculous (don’t forget the cut they take). Not enough options for owners to communicate pet needs.
Horrible for pet sitters
I’ve heard great things about this app in terms of pet owner’s experience, but as a pet sitter using this app, my experience has been awful. First off, there is zero way to communicate with a pet parent beforehand, which makes zero sense. You would have to first book it, THEN talk with them, leading to pressure for a pet sitter to either accept the booking that wasn’t fully understood or take a hit to their ratings. Wag seems to only care about their customers and profit, not about the pet sitters they contract. Also, $40 to sign up as a pet caregiver is ridiculous, especially considering how much they take out of what the caregiver gets. 2 stars since I’ve heard great experiences on the owners side, but CAREGIVERS STAY AWAY!!!
App Issues
The app has been very glitchy lately and showing inaccurate information or not updating properly.
Just needs more dogs
The only issue with the app is that there are not enough quality dogs on it. I’ve had a great time walking two different golden retrievers but there should be more dogs.
Poor Functionality
The ability to reset a password or change any profile details made it near to impossible for me to use the app at all
I came here to make $ not spend it
Theres a $20 application fee
Inaccurate Distances
This app is incredibly frustrating. I get notifications for walks or drop-ins that will say they’re 3-5 miles away, but when I open the app, it’s really like 8-10 miles away. I just got one that said a walk was 6 miles away and when I opened the app, it says 13 miles. That’s more than double the distance and I haven’t moved from my house. This happens consistently where the notifications display a significantly shorter distance.
Walking Charlie
I think the app is fantastic. It’s easy to work with. It’s fun and it definitely makes the dog owner feel comfortable and insecure with the service.
Bad
They charge you $299 if anything goes wrong on your end. And if you pay it they will still charge you a SECOND time.
App has gotten slower and crashes a lot.
The app has gotten a lot slower and crashes a lot
new update sucks
I just wrote a whole review and Apple deleted it😒. The new interface is harder to navigate them the old one they added unnecessary features when they just needed to fix small things like Walker’s being able to properly cancel without having to say that your dog died or you broke your toe or got into a car accident or something like that because sometimes an emergency comes up that is not a dire situation but you still need to cancel a walk. and you’re unable to do that on the app without having to pester the pet parent and possibly have them get charged for it. I absolutely hate the new op in section. I feel that it’s unnecessary for other walkers to see how many people have chosen to request for a dog walk. It is only necessary for the parent. If there’s too many walkers that have opted in it can deter somebody who might be good for the walk from actually requesting and if there’s zero option, people might assume that it’s for a bad reason. And nobody asked for on top of that. Also, the fact that the A$AP walk times are not explicitly labeled defeats the whole purpose because how am I supposed to know how soon the walk is if you don’t show it they used to show it before. Overall, I think they made a lot of bad changes in this update and I don’t really like it. As a person that actively uses wag and didn’t really mind the old interface just thought it needed some adjustments.
Animals Are My Medicine
Wag! has been a beautiful extension of what I already love & caring for animals. I didn’t just find a gig here, I found a community that values what I’ve always known: animals heal us. Every walk, every sit, every tail wag reminds me why I do this work. If you love dogs & cats deeply, this is your place.
rover is better
you can’t set your own rates and the most the let you charge for sitting/over night stays is 29.25 which you don’t even keep all of. that’s less than a lot of boarding places around here when their dog is getting special attention and care that makes no sense plus for the amount of time i typically spend with dogs that i’m sitting i’d make about $4 an hour. that’s crazy and i wish i would’ve known this before signing up. it also took them over a month to get back to me on my background check.
Very safe
Very safe app
Concurrent boarding error
I keep getting a bug that rejects boardings immediately where it says there’s a concurrent boarding capacity. I’m only requesting the single boarding, and the pet parent is ok with other dogs at the residence. I just keep getting responses from support telling me to update my app and iOS even though I keep telling them everything is up to date. Nothing has a being done and I’m not getting the error on every boarding request and missing out on a lot of opportunities.
Not easy to make money on purpose
Well, I can never give a negative review to something that allows me to make funds to support myself and family; I do have to pull back my five star review because I feel like Wag! as a company makes it purposefully hard for you to obtain walks unless you’re “pre-approved”, and pre-approval only happens for last minute ASAP walks that genuinely give you 20-30 minutes to arrive and/or if you’re apart of their paid community “Wag Pro”; while it’s not the most costly thing in the world at $129.99 it is certainly a large chunk of my first weeks earnings.
unsupportive. not worth it
if you are given a warning about your walker score, you dont even get a chance to bring it up because no one will book you. $50 on a background check for 10% commission. frustrating and not worth it.
Wag! Pet Caregiver FAQ
- Is Wag! Pet Caregiver free?
- Yes. The app is free, in all 1 country it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
- Does Wag! Pet Caregiver have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to Wag! Pet Caregiver?
- Rover – Pet Sitters (4.9 from 603,379 reviews), Empower - Your ride, your way (4.8 from 68,013 reviews) and BringFido (4.9 from 48,171 reviews).
Wag! Pet Caregiver download
Last updated 29 days ago.
Wag! Pet Caregiver sells in 1 country. It was released 5 years and 7 months ago, on 1 Mar 2021. It holds a 4.7 rating from 18,284 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does Wag! Pet Caregiver make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.