CovePet vs PetDocs
PetDocs puts an AI in the loop. CovePet keeps your notes yours.
PetDocs is a health diary with an AI assistant. CovePet keeps the same kind of notes, fills the fields from one sentence on the phone, and never sends your notes to an AI service.
- CovePet
- 4
- PetDocs
- 1
- Different jobs
- 4
- PetDocs
- A health diary with meal, water, weight, symptom, and medication logs, scanned vaccine records, family sharing, and an AI assistant. iPhone. Pro $3.99/month or $24.99/year.
- CovePet
- What changed and when, in your own words, filled from one sentence on the phone, and one page for the visit. No AI service sees your notes. iPhone. One plan for the whole house.
Side by side
A filled tick marks who leads on a row. Two quiet ticks mean the two apps do different jobs on that row.
Built for
Different jobs. CovePet. One dated health history per pet, built for the next vet visit.
PetDocs. A daily health diary with an AI assistant to ask.
Writing a record
CovePet leads. CovePet. Write one sentence and CovePet fills the matching fields.2
PetDocs. Logs per type, and an AI chat.
Where your notes go
CovePet leads. CovePet. They stay in your record. No AI service receives them.
PetDocs. The assistant is the product. What you ask it goes to the model.
Handing it to the vet
CovePet leads. CovePet. One page for the visit.3
PetDocs. A shareable pet profile with a QR code.
No signal at the clinic
Different jobs. CovePet. A record saved with no signal waits on the phone and sends itself later.
PetDocs. Offline first, with cloud sync.
The household
Different jobs. CovePet. Caregivers write into the same record.5
PetDocs. Shared pets on the Family plan.
Where it runs
Different jobs. CovePet. iPhone.
PetDocs. iPhone.
Pricing
CovePet. Free for two pets.1
PetDocs leads. PetDocs. Pro $3.99/month or $24.99/year. Family $6.99/month or $49.99/year.
Your data, if you stop paying
CovePet leads. CovePet. Every record stays readable, editable and exportable.4
PetDocs. Not described.
CovePet leads on 4 of 9. PetDocs leads on 1: pricing. The other 4 are different jobs.
Where they differ
An assistant, or a record
CovePet keeps what you noticed, dated and grouped, for the person who has examined the animal. Your notes stay on your phone and in your account.
PetDocs puts an AI assistant at the centre. Ask it what a symptom means and it answers. That is useful to some owners, and it means your notes go to the model.
One sentence, on the phone
Type what you noticed. CovePet finds the date and details and fills the fields, on the phone, with no service in the loop. Nothing saves until you review it.
PetDocs records through its logs and its chat.
The price
Free holds two pets and every record you write, with no time limit.
PetDocs Pro is cheaper by the year. If price decides it, PetDocs wins that row.
What each app is built for
CovePet does not try to be the other app. Both export your data, so trying one does not trap your notes.
Choose PetDocs when
- You want to ask an AI about your pet, and you accept that your notes go to it.
- You want scanned vaccine records and a QR profile.
- You want the cheaper yearly price.
Choose CovePet when
- You want your notes to stay yours, with no model in the loop.
- You want one page for the visit, chosen section by section.
- You want every record to stay readable and exportable, whatever you pay.
Notes
- 1Free has no time limit. CovePet Pro at $5.99 a month or $39.99 a year lifts the pet limit and lets every caregiver write.
- 2The reading happens on the phone with a rules engine. No note is sent to an AI service, and nothing saves until you review it.
- 3You choose the sections and the date range. The link can be switched off whenever you want, and a PDF exports at any time.
- 4That holds on Free, including after CovePet Pro ends. Delete everything when you decide.
- 5Caregivers who write are part of CovePet Pro. Free includes one caregiver who can read.
PetDocs facts come from its App Store listing, read on September 2, 2026. Check the listing for current tiers.