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Pet care business software, $5.2K MRR: built for solo sitters

Scritches is software for people who run small pet care businesses. Its $5.2K MRR is verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026.

What it actually sells

Scritches is free pet sitting software and free dog walking software for small pet care businesses. It is aimed at solo pet sitters, dog walkers, and small pet care businesses, according to the site. The software covers the daily operating work around clients, pets, appointments, payments, and visit records.

How it charges

The official site shows its pricing as follows: Solo Plan: $20/month, billed annually at $240. Prices are as shown on the site on 2026-10-01 and may change.

Month by month

Monthly revenue as read from the payment provider by TrustMRR, in US dollars, as of September 30, 2026.

MonthRevenue (USD)
2025-10$1,526
2025-11$786
2025-12$796
2026-01$1,656
2026-02$2,523
2026-03$4,269
2026-04$3,575
2026-05$4,918
2026-06$4,597
2026-07$3,850
2026-08$5,383
2026-09$6,413

Where customers come from

The visible site signals include a “Refer a Friend” program and free Rover Fees Calculator and Wag! Fees Calculator tools.

What stands out

The product is shaped around the operational details of pet care work. Online booking lets clients request services without logging in, while Client & Pet CRM stores information about clients and pets. Scheduling & Availability lets operators block time and set availability, according to the site.

From the official site

Scritches is free pet sitting software and free dog walking software for small pet care businesses.
Scheduling & Availability Block time, set availability, stay sane
Join 700+ petpreneurs already growing their business

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

Scritches's $5.2K MRR is higher than 90% of the 5,602 projects with payment-verified revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $150. Within the “Community” category (165 projects) it is higher than 91% (category median $126). Snapshot: 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

In my view, the demand is clearest for solo pet sitters and dog walkers who need one place to handle bookings, client records, pet records, schedules, and payments. The buyer is an individual operator or a small pet care business rather than a general software buyer, so distribution would need to reach that specific audience.

Building it would require more than a basic booking form. Payment handling, data privacy, reliable scheduling, customer support, and integrations can create substantial work.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

Scritches focuses on a narrow working audience and connects several everyday tasks in one product. Its visible feature set serves the operating workflow of a pet care business, from booking through visit reports, rather than presenting a broad business-management suite.

Sources

  1. Scritches official website, fetched October 1, 2026
  2. Scritches pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
  3. TrustMRR: revenue verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure

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