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Scout vs BookingKoala Comparison (2026)

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BookingKoala

Overview

Scout is a cloud-based solution designed to help pet sitting and dog walking businesses with appointment scheduling and billing. Key features include custom branding, location and time tracking, document management, employee performance assessments, lead generation, and notifications.

BookingKoala is an online booking software designed to help businesses of all sizes handle appointment scheduling, lead generation, billing, marketing, and other operations. Customers can utilize personalized dashboards to view appointments, refer friends, and purchase gift cards.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

25

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

27

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.8

88

5

4

3

2

1

77

10

0

0

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
91%
would recommend this app

4.9

44

5

4

3

2

1

41

2

0

0

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
91%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Hoping the updated app addresses the issues I had.”
HG

Holly G.

Dog Walker

“The schedule syncs right up to the invoicing and bills my clients automatically - I can't count how much time and energy this has saved me, it has completely transformed my business.”
jw

jayme w.

Owner

“Before the pandemic, I was seeing accelerated growth of the company due to more efficient management, staff management (tools for supervising work quality), and more time to actually speak with clients.”
JF

Jenn F.

Owner

Pros

“BK's support staff is as good as it gets, quick responses and if I called and left a VM they would call me back the same day and often straight away including weekends and evenings.”
JK

James K.

House Cleaning Service

“Quick support, quick dev team pushing new features, and a solid community.”
CS

Chris S.

Owner

Cons

“I was having issues with freezing and glitching, but I was using an outdated version.”
HG

Holly G.

Dog Walker

“The start and stop times of individual bookings is weird, and there are things I would change about overnight stay bookings, but the app makes it clear it is a work in progress.”
DO

Dorothy O.

Dog handler

“There isn't an app that administrators can use”
AA

Alana A.

Founder

Cons

“It is very time consuming and difficult for the average person to figure out how to do.”
Verified reviewer profile picture

Charese B.

CEO

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review4 years ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago

Key features

  • Total features30
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Management
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Availability Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Booking Management
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar Sync
  • Certification Tracking
  • Claims Management
  • Class Scheduling
  • Client Database
  • Client Management
  • Client Portal
  • Client Profiles
  • Commission Management
  • Communication Management
  • Confirmations/Reminders
  • Contact Database
  • Contract/License Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Portal
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Forms
  • Dispatch Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Marketing
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Exercise Library
  • Facility Scheduling
  • File Storage
  • Fitness Assessments
  • Fitness Plan
  • Fleet Management
  • GPS Check-in/Check-out
  • Group Scheduling
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Job Management
  • LTL/Shared Truckload
  • Lead Management
  • Local Moves
  • Loyalty Program
  • Military/GSA Moves
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Grooming
  • Multi-Location
  • Nutrition Program
  • Onboarding
  • Online Booking
  • Online Payments
  • Online Time Clock
  • Payment Collection in the Field
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Pet Grooming
  • Pet Profiles
  • Photo Updates
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-time Scheduling
  • Records Management
  • Recurring Appointments
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Room Booking
  • Routing
  • SMS Notifications
  • Scheduling
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Catalog
  • Service History
  • Staff Management
  • Storage Management
  • Task Management
  • Task Scheduling
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Management
  • eCommerce Management
  • Total features80
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Management
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Availability Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Booking Management
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar Sync
  • Certification Tracking
  • Claims Management
  • Class Scheduling
  • Client Database
  • Client Management
  • Client Portal
  • Client Profiles
  • Commission Management
  • Communication Management
  • Confirmations/Reminders
  • Contact Database
  • Contract/License Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Portal
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Forms
  • Dispatch Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Marketing
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Exercise Library
  • Facility Scheduling
  • File Storage
  • Fitness Assessments
  • Fitness Plan
  • Fleet Management
  • GPS Check-in/Check-out
  • Group Scheduling
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Job Management
  • LTL/Shared Truckload
  • Lead Management
  • Local Moves
  • Loyalty Program
  • Military/GSA Moves
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Grooming
  • Multi-Location
  • Nutrition Program
  • Onboarding
  • Online Booking
  • Online Payments
  • Online Time Clock
  • Payment Collection in the Field
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Pet Grooming
  • Pet Profiles
  • Photo Updates
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-time Scheduling
  • Records Management
  • Recurring Appointments
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Room Booking
  • Routing
  • SMS Notifications
  • Scheduling
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Catalog
  • Service History
  • Staff Management
  • Storage Management
  • Task Management
  • Task Scheduling
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Management
  • eCommerce Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations6
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Gusto
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • QuickBooks Online
  • Slack
  • Stripe
  • Wave
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • Total integrations7
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Gusto
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • QuickBooks Online
  • Slack
  • Stripe
  • Wave
  • Xero
  • Zapier