Leaving LeashTime? Import your data, check it, and roll back if it is wrong.

The math, plan by plan

• Solo: 12 x $35 = $420 a year on monthly billing. Annual billing is $350, which is $70 less.
• Team: 12 x $79 = $948 a year on monthly billing. Annual billing is $790, which is $158 less.
• Adding a sitter to Team does not change the price. Your fifth hire and your fifteenth cost the same $79 a month.
• To compare: take the LeashTime quote for your people count, multiply by 12, and set it next to $948 (monthly) or $790 (annual).

Who should stay on LeashTime

• You already run on it. Your sitters know it and your clients have logged in to it. Switching has a real cost, so if nothing is broken, stay.
• You want a track record. One review roundup calls LeashTime a long-running option (https://www.leavewizard.com/dog-walking-software/, checked 2026-10-24). Porchlight is newer.
• You need a native app from the app stores. Porchlight is an installable web app, not an app store app. Check what LeashTime ships today.
• You need texting or a QuickBooks sync inside the software. Neither is live at Porchlight. Porchlight exports a CSV for QuickBooks or Gusto. Check what LeashTime offers.
• Your quote from LeashTime is lower than $79 a month at your size. Then the price is not a reason to move.

What you get on Porchlight

• Unlimited clients and pets on every plan.
• Boarding and daycare included in every plan.
• Scheduling, visit reports with photos, invoicing, and GPS check-in and check-out with the walk route on report cards.
• Offline sitter app: a sitter can check in and out, run the checklist, add photos and notes, and use access codes with no signal. It syncs later. It is an installable web app, not an app store app.
• Payroll calculation: we calculate sitter pay and export a CSV. We do not run payroll.
• CSV and JSON export of every table, any time.

What to export from LeashTime before you cancel

Do this while your LeashTime account is still open. Check which of these your account lets you export, and ask LeashTime support for the rest.

1. Clients: names, addresses, phone numbers, emails.

2. Pets: breed, age, vet, medications, feeding notes, vaccine dates.

3. Access details: key locations, door and gate codes, alarm notes.

4. Recurring schedules and every upcoming visit.

5. Visit history, report cards and photos you want to keep.

6. Invoices, payment history and open balances.

7. Sitter pay rates and hours for payroll records.

Save the files somewhere you control. The Switch Kit imports CSV files for clients, pets and schedules. Keep the rest as your own record.

Where Porchlight wins

• The bill does not move when you hire. Team is $79 a month for unlimited staff. Your tenth hire costs the same as your second.
• A sitter app that works with no signal. A full visit can be finished in airplane mode: check in and out, run the checklist, take photos, write notes and open access codes. It syncs later, and the queue survives a force-quit or a reboot.
• A built-in LeashTime import. The Switch Kit reads a LeashTime CSV export. You map the columns, run a dry run, see duplicates flagged, and roll the whole thing back in one click if it looks wrong.
• Payroll math from real visits. Porchlight calculates sitter pay from check-in and check-out data and exports a CSV for QuickBooks or Gusto. It does not run payroll.
• Your data is yours. CSV and JSON export of every table, any time.

Switching from LeashTime

LeashTime is one of the four built-in sources in the Switch Kit, along with Time To Pet, Precise Petcare and Pet Sitter Plus.

1. Upload the CSV export.

2. Map the columns.

3. Run a dry run and compare the preview to your old account. Duplicates are caught by dedupe.

4. Commit the import. One-click rollback is available if it is not right.

Timing depends on how much data you have. The 30-day trial needs no card. Keep your LeashTime account until you have checked the result.

Comparing more tools? See our Time To Pet alternative page and the best pet sitting software list.