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Pup Notes vs PupManager
How Pup Notes and PupManager compare on price, AI help with session notes, payments and what your clients see. Each detail about PupManager comes from its own public pages, with a link to the page and the date we last checked it.
We build Pup Notes, so we aren’t neutral. Pup Notes is still in development: its details here are what we’ve decided for launch. Prices and features change, so check each company’s site before you decide.
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At a glance
Availability
- Pup Notes
- In development. Launching in the US around the end of 2026, to the waitlist first.
- PupManager
- Available now, with prices in six currencies, including US dollars. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
Price for one trainer
- Pup Notes
- $29 a month, with every feature included. The first 100 practices keep that price while they stay subscribed.
- PupManager
- US$10 a week, billed monthly at US$43 a month, with every core feature. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
Additional trainers
- Pup Notes
- $15 a month for each additional trainer. Seats for staff who don’t train, such as admins and front desk, are free.
- PupManager
- US$6.50 a week for each extra trainer. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
AI help with session notes
- Pup Notes
- Included. Talk through a session, then review AI drafts of your notes, a client summary, homework and scores. Nothing is shared until you accept it.
- PupManager
- An AI helper that drafts training plans and client progress updates is listed as a coming-soon add-on at US$10 a week. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
Card payment fees
- Pup Notes
- Stripe’s standard fees, charged by Stripe (2.9% + $0.30 for an online payment with a domestic card), plus a 0.5% Pup Notes fee. Source: Stripe pricing, last checked
- PupManager
- 3.9% + $0.30 per card payment on invoices. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
Free trial
- Pup Notes
- 14 days, with no card needed.
- PupManager
- 10 days free, with no card needed and up to 3 dogs. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
For your clients
- Pup Notes
- A web portal with nothing to install. Clients check in on homework from a text or email link, with no login.
- PupManager
- Clients sign in to the PupManager app on iPhone, Android or the web, which shows your business’s name and colour. Source: PupManager features, last checked
Where PupManager stands out
- Unlimited clients and dogs on the core price. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
- Session notes with scoring, progress charts and phone-shot videos in homework. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
- Group classes with attendance tracking, reusable class plans and two-way Google Calendar sync. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
- Invoices and payments synced into Xero. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
- Optional add-ons, such as a route planner, a client shop and marketing emails, priced by the week. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
Where Pup Notes is different
- AI drafting is part of Pup Notes’ $29 price: it drafts your private notes, a client summary, homework from your own library and exercise scores from what you say after a session, and you review every part. PupManager lists its AI helper as a coming-soon add-on at US$10 a week. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
- Two trainers cost $44 a month on Pup Notes. PupManager’s price calculator shows US$72 a month for two trainers. Source: PupManager pricing (US dollars), last checked
- Pup Notes clients check in on homework from a text or email link, with no login. PupManager’s clients sign in to its app. Source: PupManager features, last checked
Sources
The pages the details about PupManager come from, and when we last checked each one.
- PupManager pricing (US dollars)https://pupmanager.com/pricing · last checked
- PupManager featureshttps://pupmanager.com/all-features · last checked
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