Pawscout

In-app purchases
3.3
3.07K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

With Pawscout’s free app, safety and community are always in paw’s reach. Help lost pets, connect with local pet owners, track walks, and browse thousands of pet points of interest.

A Free App to Help Lost Pets
Most lost pets don’t go far—that’s why it’s crucial to rally your community. Pawscout’s App makes it easy to enlist local pet lovers in the search, and our Bluetooth-enabled Tag (optional) alerts users when a lost pet is nearby. A detailed medical profile helps pet heroes care for your furry BFF until you can be reunited.

Connect with Pets Nearby
Build your local network of pet lovers with Pawscout’s social tools. Share photos, arrange walks and playdates, and alert neighbors to pet hazards or pet-friendly places. Invite friends and family to expand your “petwork.”

Track Walks and Set a Virtual Pet Leash
Pawscout, the Smarter Pet Tag (MSRP $19.99), works with our free App to keep tabs on your favorite furball. Track walks and monitor your pet’s activity levels. Or set an outdoor virtual pet leash while you’re outside, and receive alerts on your phone when your pet goes out of range.

-The Pawscout App relies on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to communicate with your Pawscout Smarter Pet Tag. Your pet must be within 300 feet of you or anyone with the Pawscout App to locate him or her.
-The Pawscout App relies on Location Services and Bluetooth, which must be enabled on your phone.
-Works with Lollipop (Android 5) or newer.
Updated on
Mar 23, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info, Financial info and 3 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.3
3K reviews
Heather C.
April 9, 2022
The app is horrible. Bought this to track our walks and to have a backup method in case one of the dogs gets out. This will not do either.The app is clunky at best. Something as basic as searching for a friend's profile on there is impossible. The tracker itself constantly doesn't work, we have gone on a couple walks now with it, and one didn't show up at all, and one tracked for .11 miles on a 1.5 mile walk. Have had for 4 days and half the battery is gone already. Cust srvc doesn't care either
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Pawscout Inc.
April 20, 2022
Heather, so sorry to hear this. We are customer service and we care deeply! Walk-tracking is one of our most popular features, so we definitely want to get you up and running. Please contact us at support@pawscout.com. We are very happy to replace your tag if we find a problem.
A Google user
October 22, 2018
Great idea, huge battery drainer. I really love this idea. I really want it to work. But the app even when running in the background was using 35% of my battery. The next 5 apps combined didn't even come close to using that much power. Optimise the app for power consumption and I'll consider reinstalling it on my phone. Right now it's going on a spare phone that I no longer use as my day to day phone. Also the ability to set the parameters of the virtual leash would be nice. Currently I didn't see a way to specify the radius.
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Pawscout Inc.
October 24, 2018
Thank you for your review and being a part of the Pawscout community. Please contact us at support@pawscout.com regarding your issue with the battery and our team will do their best to understand your issue.
A Google user
January 1, 2019
Tags are a little hard to set up because they would not sync. We changed the batteries out and after 3 weeks, it would not locate my dogs. App is not very user friendly. The only thing easy was setting up my babies profile. Had a little issue with downloading pic, but finally got it after playing around with it. I went out of state and could not locate my fur babies at all. kind of upset because concept is great, execution not so much
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Pawscout Inc.
January 2, 2019
Please remember, Pawscout uses Bluetooth technology to locate Pawscout pets within 300 ft of your phone. Not only are you keeping tabs on your own pets, but other Pawscout pets that can possibly come close within your range. Our team would love to answer any questions you may have. Reach them at support@pawscout.com.

What’s new

This release includes bug fixes and performance enhancements to keep your pet safe and happy.