Nine pet trackers compared on what decides it, with every fact quoted from the maker’s own pages.
Start with where you live. Live GPS needs a tracker with its own mobile connection that works in your country, and every maker lists different countries: the Ask A Vet GPS Tracker works in 46 countries. An Apple AirTag has no connection of its own and reports only when Apple devices pass nearby. Then choose on what matters to you: the Ask A Vet GPS Tracker adds vets in the same app (with Premium), a touchscreen that shows alerts, training and custom sounds, and a QR pet ID.
The Ask A Vet GPS Tracker puts the AI Vet, certified vets and discounted telehealth in the same app as the tracker (with Premium). PetPace and Halo include vet access with their plans too: PetPace in the US, Canada and Europe, Halo in the United States and Canada.
Live GPS needs a tracker with its own mobile connection in your country, and each maker lists different countries. The Ask A Vet GPS Tracker works in 46 countries; check yours before you buy.
The Ask A Vet GPS Tracker is for cats over 4 kg. Tractive makes the CAT 6 Mini for cats from 3 kg, and Pawfit lists the Pawfit 3 for pets over 3.5 kg.
Every tracker here that sends live GPS over a mobile network needs a plan for it. Invoxia’s free Basic plan works over Bluetooth only. An Apple AirTag lists no plan, but it reports only when Apple devices pass nearby, and Apple designs it for objects, not pets.
Tractive, Invoxia and PetPace state they measure resting heart and breathing rate. The Ask A Vet GPS Tracker does not; it tracks activity, sleep, barking and temperature, with vets in the app to ask.
Check where each tracker works before you go. Tractive states its Premium plan works in over 175 countries, and its Basic plan in one. The Ask A Vet GPS Tracker works in 46 countries.
Each comparison quotes the maker’s own pages and the date they were read.
Answers about other trackers come from their makers’ own pages, as quoted on each comparison.
It depends on where you live and what matters to you. Live GPS needs a tracker with its own mobile connection that works in your country, so check each maker’s country list first; the Ask A Vet GPS Tracker works in 46 countries. The Ask A Vet GPS Tracker adds vets in the same app (with Premium), a touchscreen that shows alerts, training and custom sounds, and a QR pet ID. Each comparison shows where the other tracker may suit you better.
No tracker we compared lists every country, so check yours before you buy. Tractive states over 175 countries with Premium and one with Basic, Fi lists North America and much of Europe, Halo ships to the United States and Canada, and Life360 Pet GPS is for members in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. The Ask A Vet GPS Tracker works in 46 countries, and the tracker page checks yours.
Of the trackers we compared, Tractive, Life360 Pet GPS and Pawfit 3 list Australia on their own pages, and the Ask A Vet GPS Tracker works in Australia and 45 other countries. Fi, Halo Collar 5, Invoxia Biotracker and PetPace do not list Australia. An Apple AirTag has no network of its own: it reports when Apple devices pass nearby.
Live GPS over a mobile network needs a plan on every tracker we compared, because the tracker carries its own SIM. The Ask A Vet GPS Tracker needs the Tracker Plan or Premium; Premium also includes vet chat and discounted telehealth video calls. A Bluetooth tag such as an Apple AirTag lists no plan, but it cannot report on its own.
Apple states AirTag is designed for tracking objects, not people or pets. It has no GPS or mobile connection of its own: it reports an approximate location when an iPhone, iPad or Mac in the Find My network passes nearby. A GPS tracker with its own mobile connection reports wherever there is coverage.
The Ask A Vet GPS Tracker includes unlimited AI Vet chat, 2 certified vet chats a month and discounted telehealth video calls with Premium, in the same app as the tracker. PetPace (in the US, Canada and Europe) and Halo (in the United States and Canada) also include vet access with their plans. Tractive, Fi, Life360, Pawfit and Invoxia list no vet chat.
Tractive makes the CAT 6 Mini for cats from 3 to 8 kg, and Pawfit lists the Pawfit 3 for pets over 3.5 kg. The Ask A Vet GPS Tracker fits cats over 4 kg. Fi lists a Fi Mini for cats, and Invoxia states its Biotracker is for dogs only.
The Ask A Vet GPS Tracker works with the Ask A Vet app on a Tracker Plan or Premium. Check it works in your country on the tracker page before you buy.
Ask A Vet GPS Tracker figures come from our product page. Every comparison names the maker pages it quotes and the date they were read. Specifications change, so check each maker’s current pages before you buy. The trackers named here are trademarks of their owners; Ask A Vet is not affiliated with them.
