Smart Feed

Key facts

• Long-established app feeder from a legacy pet brand
• No subscription for scheduling or remote feeds
• Scheduled meals keep dispensing if the connection drops
• Larger portions suit dogs better than most cat-first feeders

Our verdict

The Smart Feed stickers at $130, but the receipt above is the real price: $202 over three years, or about $2 a month in running costs after the box arrives. There is no subscription, and there never has been — what you pay at checkout plus consumables is the whole story.

Consumables run about $2/mo (no proprietary consumables — minor upkeep only) and are not proprietary, so you can shop around. The core function keeps working if the app, cloud, or your Wi-Fi goes down — a reliability point we weight heavily.

Who it's for: established app feeder for dogs. Cross-shop the rivals in its category on the right, or open the full true-cost breakdown for the year-1 vs 3-year view.