Best pet sitting apps in the UK. An honest comparison.

Petme charges no service fee to pet owners. The rate you see on a sitter's profile is the rate you pay. Rover charges owners a service fee added at checkout, published on their own site. Pawshake charges a variable fee at checkout. Tailster operates on a commission model. Find a pet sitter on Petme

Yes, Rover does operate in the UK. Rover charges pet owners a service fee at checkout on top of the sitter rate, and their exact fees are published on their own site and can change. This means the price you see on a sitter's profile is not the final price. Petme charges no service fee: the listed rate is what you pay. See Petme as a Rover alternative

Take the sitter's nightly or per-visit rate, multiply it by the number of nights or visits, then add 15%, up to a maximum of £49 per booking. That 15% owner service fee is published on Rover's own UK site and can change, so check the figure at checkout. On Petme there is nothing to work out: the owner commission is 0%, so the listed rate is the total.

Pawshake operates in the UK but charges a booking fee on top of the sitter's listed rate. Petme is a comparable alternative with no owner-facing fees and built-in Protection Plan. See Petme as a Pawshake alternative

Pawshake charges owners a Member Service Fee on top of every booking, presented during the booking process. Pawshake does not publish the amount, so you cannot work out your final total before you reach checkout. Petme charges owners 0% commission, and the sitter's listed rate is the price you pay.

Rover publishes its UK owner fee: 15% of the booking added at checkout, capped at £49 per booking. Pawshake charges a Member Service Fee on top of every booking but does not publish the amount, so it only appears at checkout. Both are stated on their own sites and can change. Petme adds neither, because the owner commission is 0%.

Tailster operates on a commission model, but it does not publish an owner rate we can verify, so treat any percentage quoted elsewhere with caution and read the total shown at checkout before you confirm. Petme is the straightforward comparison here: 0% owner commission, so you pay the sitter's listed rate and nothing is added.

Petme offers up to £20,000 through the Petme Protection Plan for eligible vet costs on bookings made and paid through Petme, subject to the Protection Plan terms. There is no separate line item for it at checkout.

On Petme, cashback is an automatic credit applied to your account after each completed booking. It works like a loyalty reward: the credit goes to your Petme balance, up to £20 per booking, and can be applied to later bookings.

If price transparency and no hidden fees matter most, Petme is the strongest option in the UK. If you want to compare sitters across multiple platforms, start with the one that shows you the final price upfront. Petme displays only the sitter's rate with no checkout fees added.