BarkBus vs Revelation Pets: an honest comparison.
Revelation Pets is software for pet care businesses of many kinds: daycare, boarding, cattery, grooming and training. BarkBus is built for dog walkers, daycares and pack walkers, from the morning collections to getting paid. It is made by Tim and Lu, who run their own dog walking business on it every day. Here is how they line up.
| BarkBus | Revelation Pets | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Dog walkers, daycares and pack walkers, built around the day: collections, group walks and the day's dogs. | Pet care businesses: daycare, boarding, cattery, grooming and training. |
| How it is priced | One simple price by vans: £15, £29 or £49 a month, or £150, £290 or £490 a year. Every feature on every plan, unlimited staff logins. | Two plans: Silver £50 a month or £495 a year, Gold £62 a month or £627 a year. |
| Free trial | A whole month free, no card. | A free trial, no card. The length is not on their pricing page. |
| Bookings | Set up the week once: dogs, days, groups and vans. The round builds itself every morning, in collection order. | An online booker and booking reminders. |
| Owner app | Owners get a ping as their dog is collected, and book, mark days off and see their account from their phone. | Not on their pricing page, beyond the online booker. |
| Payments | Every walk charged automatically, invoices sent to owners, and payments matched to the right owner from your bank statement. | Integrated payments. |
| The round in the van | The whole round on a map, turn by turn, with owners pinged as each dog gets in. | Not on their pricing page. |
| Moving your data | Drop in a screenshot, spreadsheet or photo of your list and the assistant builds your dogs and owners. | They upload your pet and customer data for free, subject to the quality of the file. |
Prices checked 24 Oct 2026, from each product's own pricing page.
Who each one suits
Revelation Pets suits pet care businesses that run several services under one roof, such as a cattery, grooming or training beside boarding, and want them in one system.
BarkBus suits dog walkers, daycares and pack walkers that want the morning round planned for them, owners kept in the loop without a single text, payments that match themselves, and one price with every feature that does not go up as the team grows.
Try BarkBus on a real morning.
First month free, no card.