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Dog potty training apps: the guide and the record in one place

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 5 min read Barksy is one of the 5 apps below and it is ours.
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The short answer

Our pick

Barksy, if potty training is the thing going wrong right now

A step-by-step guide for potty accidents, a tracker that logs every break with its history, and reminders so the next one arrives on time. Barksy is a dog training app that also runs the day: over 150 lessons alongside a tracker for anything your dog does and reminders for everything you have to remember. The record is the part that turns potty training from guesswork into timing.

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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 a coach to ask at 2am

Zigzag publishes over 250 puppy training lessons with how-to videos, delivered as 3 lessons a day, and it runs 24/7 chat with its own training coaches. If what you want at three accidents in one night is a person to describe it to, that is the one to buy.

Also worth a look

Pupford, if you want a free structured month

The 30 Day Perfect Pup course is free, taught by Zak George, and covers the basics of house training with no trial to cancel.

The 5 apps, side by side

Five of the ten apps we track, compared on what each company publishes: the price, the trial, how you get an answer when something goes wrong, and the App Store score. None of them publishes a feature list detailed enough to compare potty content row by row, so the table shows what can be checked and the sections below say what each app is for.

Barksy, Zigzag, Dogo, Woofz, Pupford 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
Dogo by Dogo App GmbH Not published 7 days A person 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
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
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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 accidents keep happening and you cannot see a pattern, you need a log before you need another lesson. Barksy tracks every break with its history and stats.

  • If you want a person to talk to in the middle of the night, Zigzag runs 24/7 coach chat.

  • If you are not ready to pay for anything yet, Pupford's 30-day course is free and covers house training.

  • If your dog was house trained and has suddenly stopped, see a vet before you see an app. A regression like that is often medical.

Why we built Barksy the way we did

Potty training is half method and half record-keeping, and the category almost entirely ships the first half. Barksy has the guides for the problem, and it also has the part that makes them work: a log of every break and the reminders that keep the interval honest.

  • 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

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

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

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.

Common questions

What is the best app for potty training a puppy?

Barksy, if you want the guide and the record in one place. It has step-by-step guides for the specific problems, potty accidents among them, and a tracker that logs every potty break with its history and stats, plus reminders so the next one is not missed. Barksy is a dog training app that also runs the day: over 150 lessons alongside a tracker for anything your dog does and reminders for everything you have to remember.

How does tracking help with potty training?

Potty training is mostly timing. Once you can see when your puppy actually went, rather than when you think she did, the interval you need becomes obvious and so does the accident that happens at the same time every afternoon. A note on your phone does the same job, until the second person in the house needs to read it.

Does Barksy tell me when the next potty break is due?

No. You set the reminders yourself and they arrive on the pattern you chose. Barksy does not study what you logged and predict the next break, and any app that says it does is describing something else. What you get is a reliable reminder and a complete record.

How long does potty training take?

Most puppies are broadly reliable somewhere between four and six months old, and setbacks after a week of success are normal rather than a sign it has gone wrong. This is the part where a record earns its keep: three accidents in one week reads as failure from memory, and as steady progress from a log.

What does Barksy cost, and is there a free trial?

Barksy lists weekly $4.99 to $9.99, yearly $14.99 to $39.99, lifetime $49.99 on its App Store page, including a one-time lifetime plan at $49.99 with nothing to renew. It is free to download, and most plans start with a 3-day free trial.

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". No app in this category publishes a comparable feature list, so this page compares the figures each company does publish and describes what Barksy does from our own claims register. 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

Dogo

Woofz

Pupford

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