Time To Pet costs $45/month ($540/year). Here's why dog walkers are leaving.
That's $1,812 gone in 3 years. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
That's 40 hours of a dog walker's work every year — just to pay for Time To Pet.
Now add $45/month to Time To Pet on top of that. At median dog walker earnings ($28,000/year), that is 40 hours of work annually — just for software that does not solve half these problems.
Time To Pet is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
Most dog walkers are fully switched before the weekend.
Settings > Data Export. Download as CSV.
15-minute setup. Import clients and data.
Run both 1-2 weeks to verify.
Cancel before next billing cycle.
Here's the math: Time To Pet at $45/month costs $540 in year one, $602 in year two (11.4% SaaS inflation), and $670 in year three. That's $1,812 gone in 3 years — and you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access to your data, your clients, your history. Everything.
Helix is $279 once. Invoicing, scheduling, CRM, accounting, time tracking — all connected, all offline-capable, all yours. You break even in 6.2 months. After that, Time To Pet users keep paying $45 every month while you keep $1,533 over 3 years. The 30-day money-back guarantee means zero risk: if Helix doesn't work for your dog walker business, full refund.
For solo dog walkers and small teams (1-5 people), yes. Helix includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Time To Pet covers some of this but charges monthly forever. Time To Pet may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
Four steps: export your data, set up helix, parallel run, cancel time to pet. Most dog walkers are fully switched in 1-2 days. You can run both in parallel until you're confident — cancel Time To Pet only when you're ready.
Export everything before canceling. Helix imports client lists, invoices, and expenses from CSV. Your data stays yours — unlike Time To Pet, where losing access means losing everything.
The median dog walker earns $28,000/year. Time To Pet at $540/year represents 40 hours of work annually — just for software. Helix at $279 once is 1.0% of annual income, paid one time. After that, it's free forever.
Time To Pet is a subscription — you pay every month, the price goes up every year, and if you stop paying, you lose access to everything. Your client list, your invoices, your financial history. Gone. That is not ownership. That is renting your own business data.
Helix is $279 once — or $99 today and two more payments. Your data lives on your device. Everything is integrated: scheduling connects to CRM, jobs auto-generate invoices, time tracking feeds your accounting. No Zapier. No copying between apps. One purchase, own it forever. 30-day money-back guarantee means zero risk.
Full comparison, break-even math, and 30-day money-back guarantee.
Pricing verified March 2026. SaaS inflation rate: 11.4% YoY.