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The best puppy training apps in 2026

Over 150 lessons written by professional dog trainers, a tracker for anything your dog does, and reminders for everything you have to remember. Free to download.

By the Barksy team Facts checked August 10, 2026 7 min read Barksy is one of the 10 apps below and it is ours.
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The short answer

Our pick

Barksy, if the puppy's routine is what keeps breaking

Barksy is a puppy training app that also runs the day: over 150 lessons alongside a tracker for anything your puppy does and reminders for everything you have to remember. Buy it if the thing going wrong in your house is that nobody can say when the puppy last went out, or which vaccination is due.

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Barksy is free to download, and most plans start with a 3-day free trial.

Also worth a look

Zigzag, if you want the programme sequenced week by week

Zigzag publishes over 250 puppy training lessons with how-to videos, delivered as 3 lessons a day: a plan that arrives on a schedule rather than a library you search, with 24/7 chat with its own coaches. Every plan is a subscription.

Also worth a look

Baxter & Bella, if you want a certified trainer on your own puppy

Unlimited one-to-one phone calls and Zoom sessions with a named, certified trainer, for a single $238 payment that never renews. The most any app here asks up front, and the deepest published credentials in the table.

Also worth a look

Pupford, if you want to pay nothing at all

The 30 Day Perfect Pup course is free, taught by Zak George, with no trial to remember to cancel. A reasonable way to find out whether an app is the format that works for you.

Also worth a look

Puppr, once the basics are done and you want tricks

Taught by Sara Carson and The Super Collies. A different job from the rest of this list, and the most fun one.

The 10 apps, side by side

All ten apps we track, on the four things that actually differ between them: what each publishes as a price, how long the trial runs, how you get an answer when something goes wrong, and what App Store users score it. Every figure carries the page it came from and the day we opened it.

Barksy, Zigzag, Baxter & Bella, Dogo, Pupford, Woofz, Puppr, PawChamp, Hundeo, Toffy AI compared on price, free trial, how each one answers you, and the App Store rating.
App Published price Free trial When you get stuck App Store rating
Barksy ours
  • Weekly $4.99 to $9.99
  • Yearly $14.99 to $39.99
  • Lifetime $49.99
 3 days Answers in the app 4.6 on the App Store
Zigzag by PetCare Services Ltd
  • Monthly $8.99 to $9.99
  • Yearly $24.99 to $49.99
 7 days A person 4.8 on the App Store
Baxter & Bella by BAXTER & Bella LLC
  • Lifetime $238
 Not published A person 4.0 on the App Store
Dogo by Dogo App GmbH Not published 7 days A person 4.8 on the App Store
Pupford by Pupford LLC
  • Monthly $9.99
  • Every 6 months $39.99
  • Lifetime $199.99
  • One-time $19.99
 Not published None 4.8 on the App Store
Woofz by nove8 LTD
  • Weekly $7.99 to $9.99
  • Monthly $12.99
  • Every 3 months $29.99
  • Yearly $29.99 to $59.99
 3 days Software only 4.6 on the App Store
Puppr by Chin and Cheeks LLC
  • Monthly $13.99
  • Yearly $99.99
  • One-time $2.99 to $13.99
 Not published A person 4.8 on the App Store
PawChamp by Fontadella Limited
  • Weekly $6.99 to $9.99
  • Yearly $54.99 to $79.99
  • One-time $19.99 to $49.99
 Yes, length not published Promised, never says who 4.2 on the App Store
Hundeo by RINACLA LTD
  • Monthly $4.99 to $14.99
  • Yearly $29.99 to $78.99
  • One-time $49.99
 Not published Promised, never says who 4.7 on the App Store
Toffy AI by Compawnion Ltd
  • Monthly £9.99 / $9.99
  • Every 3 months £24.99 / $24.99
 Not published Software only 5.0 on the App Store
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Where an app has several prices running at once, the range is shown: most of these publish only their App Store in-app purchase list, which is every price the developer currently has live rather than a price list. We open no paywalls and start no trials, so anything visible only inside an app is marked "not published". Ratings are US App Store scores. Facts checked August 10, 2026.

How to choose

  • If your puppy is under sixteen weeks, prioritise socialisation and routine over obedience drills. The window closes and the sit does not.

  • If the routine is what keeps slipping, pick the app that tracks the day and reminds you: Barksy carries both alongside the lessons.

  • If you want to stop paying at some point, pick a one-time price you can read: Barksy at $49.99, or Baxter & Bella at $238. The rest renew.

  • If your puppy is fearful, or has bitten someone, do not pick an app. That is work for a qualified behaviorist in the room with you.

Why we built Barksy the way we did

Puppyhood is the stretch where the training is the easy half. What actually falls over is the routine around it — who fed her, when she last went out, which vaccination is due — and most of this category leaves that to a second app or to memory. Barksy carries both.

  • Lessons

    150+

  • App Store

    4.6

  • Lifetime plan

    $49.99

  • Puppy parents

    125,000+

Everything your dog did, in one place

Track anything in your dog's day: potty breaks, food and water, walks, sleep, training sessions, medications and health events, and anything else you want to keep. Every entry comes with its history and stats.

The Barksy tracker screen, listing a day's logged events

Reminders for everything you have to remember

Set a reminder for anything: walks, potty breaks, meals, training sessions, vet visits, vaccinations, your dog's birthday. One-off or repeating, and they arrive as notifications on your phone.

The Barksy reminders screen, with repeating reminders set

An answer at 11pm on a Sunday

When something goes wrong, the answer is already in the app. Barksy has step-by-step guides for the specific problems: biting, chewing, nipping, leash pulling, barking. Plus a tip every day. It is there at 11pm on a Sunday, with nobody to wait for.

A Barksy behavior guide open on a specific problem

Pay once and never see a renewal

A one-time lifetime plan at $49.99, with nothing to renew.

Barksy is free to download, and most plans start with a 3-day free trial.

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4.6 out of 5 on the App Store. Barksy is free to download, and most plans start with a 3-day free trial. A one-time lifetime plan at $49.99, with nothing to renew.

The apps in detail

Barksy

ours

A dog training app that also runs the day. The tracker takes anything your dog does and the reminders take everything you have to remember, both alongside the lessons, which most training apps leave to a second app.

Answers in the app

Price: Weekly $4.99 to $9.99 · Yearly $14.99 to $39.99 · Lifetime $49.99. Free trial: 3 days. Content: Structured courses covering 20 topics, with over 150 lessons and more than 20 tricks.

What Barksy does, in full

Zigzag

by PetCare Services Ltd

The first months with a puppy specifically — it is the only app here built around puppyhood as a timeline rather than a library, and it pairs that with 24/7 human coaches.

A person

Price: Monthly $8.99 to $9.99 · Yearly $24.99 to $49.99. Free trial: 7 days. Content: Over 250 puppy training lessons with how-to videos, delivered as 3 lessons a day.

Barksy vs Zigzag, side by side

Baxter & Bella

by BAXTER & Bella LLC

Actually talking to a qualified trainer about your own dog: unlimited one-to-one calls and video sessions with a named, certified trainer for one payment that never renews.

A person

Price: Lifetime $238. Free trial: Not published. Content: More than 75 lessons plus videos and printable charts, arranged as modules.

Dogo

by Dogo App GmbH

Getting a real trainer to look at your actual dog: you film the exercise, a certified trainer reviews the video and tells you what to fix, which no other app in this table does at this price.

A person

Price: Not published. Free trial: 7 days. Content: 12 programs and 100+ guided courses, each with step-by-step video.

Barksy vs Dogo, side by side

Pupford

by Pupford LLC

Costing nothing — a complete 30-day course from a well-known trainer, free with no trial to cancel, which no paid app in this table can match on price.

None

Price: Monthly $9.99 · Every 6 months $39.99 · Lifetime $199.99 · One-time $19.99. Free trial: Not published. Content: A 30-day course of daily video lessons, plus 20+ Academy courses.

Woofz

by nove8 LTD

Being upfront about money — Woofz is the only app here that prints its full price list publicly, including which plans carry a trial and which bill you straight away.

Software only

Price: Weekly $7.99 to $9.99 · Monthly $12.99 · Every 3 months $29.99 · Yearly $29.99 to $59.99. Free trial: 3 days. Content: Not published.

Barksy vs Woofz, side by side

Puppr

by Chin and Cheeks LLC

Tricks, taught well — the lessons come from a record-holding trick trainer, and tricks are the one thing here that is genuinely fun to practise rather than a chore.

A person

Price: Monthly $13.99 · Yearly $99.99 · One-time $2.99 to $13.99. Free trial: Not published. Content: Over 100 lessons, plus masterclasses and a weekly puppy guide.

PawChamp

by Fontadella Limited

Reaching people who are not reading in English — the site runs in nine languages.

Promised, never says who

Price: Weekly $6.99 to $9.99 · Yearly $54.99 to $79.99 · One-time $19.99 to $49.99. Free trial: Yes, length not published. Content: Not published.

Hundeo

by RINACLA LTD

Letting you change your mind — a 30-day money-back guarantee on top of the statutory 14 days, which is the only unconditional refund offer in this table.

Promised, never says who

Price: Monthly $4.99 to $14.99 · Yearly $29.99 to $78.99 · One-time $49.99. Free trial: Not published. Content: The listing and the website give different counts for the same content. Both are quoted in full below.

Toffy AI

by Compawnion Ltd

Answering an odd question at two in the morning — it is built as a conversation first, so you describe what your dog just did instead of hunting for the right lesson.

Software only

Price: Monthly £9.99 / $9.99 · Every 3 months £24.99 / $24.99. Free trial: Not published. Content: Not published.

Common questions

What is the best puppy training app?

It depends on which part of puppyhood is going wrong. Barksy is a puppy training app that also runs the day: over 150 lessons alongside a tracker for anything your puppy does and reminders for everything you have to remember. That pairing is the reason to pick it, because the lessons are the easy part and the routine is what actually breaks. If you want a programme sequenced week by week instead, Zigzag is built around exactly that. If you want a certified trainer on the phone, Baxter & Bella charges $238 once.

When should you start training a puppy?

As soon as she is home. The socialisation window closes somewhere around sixteen weeks, which makes the first weeks the most valuable training time you will ever get, and most of what matters in them is gentle exposure and a predictable routine rather than formal obedience.

Which puppy apps let you talk to a real person?

Dogo, Zigzag, Puppr, Baxter & Bella. Woofz and Toffy AI answer with software instead. PawChamp and Hundeo promise round-the-clock help without saying whether a person or a program replies, so we quote their claim rather than repeat it. Barksy puts the answer in the app: step-by-step guides for biting, chewing, nipping, leash pulling and barking, plus a tip every day.

Are puppy training apps worth paying for?

For the common problems, generally yes: they are far cheaper than a class and available at the hour the problem actually happens. For fear, aggression, or a dog who has bitten someone, no app is the right answer and a qualified behaviorist in the room is.

Is there a free puppy training app?

Pupford's 30 Day Perfect Pup course is free with no trial to cancel, which makes it the cheapest honest starting point here. Barksy is free to download, and most plans start with a 3-day free trial.

How long does puppy training take?

The basics land in weeks and the routine takes months. Expect reliable house training somewhere between four and six months, recall to keep needing work well past the first year, and setbacks after a good week to be normal rather than a sign anything has gone wrong.

Every figure about another app on this page is generated from one maintained file of sourced facts, not typed out, and each one carries the public page it came from and the day we opened it. We open no paywalls and start no trials, so anything that appears only inside an app is marked "not published". GoodPup is not listed: Rover bought it in 2022 and it is no longer a product you can buy. Checked August 10, 2026, due again by November 10, 2026. Prices and store ratings go stale fastest.

Sources: the pages these figures come from

Zigzag

Baxter & Bella

Dogo

Pupford

Woofz

Puppr

PawChamp

Hundeo

Toffy AI

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