Why build another pet-sitting app? Because the current ones are working against both sides

When I started building viveture, the first question I got was: "This space already has players. Why bother?"

Fair. But spend 10 minutes actually using these platforms and you start noticing things. Sitter rankings aren't based on who is best. They are based on who charges more. Commission-based marketplaces take a cut of every booking, which means the algorithm quietly favors higher-rate sitters. Not higher-rated ones. You are never told this. It just happens.

The UX has not meaningfully evolved in years. Finding a reliable sitter near you, on short notice, with real reviews shouldn't feel like filing taxes.

And sitters? They hand over 20–30% of every booking to a platform that treats them as interchangeable inventory.

viveture does it differently: Flat subscription for both pet owners and sitters. Sitters keep 100% of what they earn. Always. Search ranks by proximity and star rating. Not rate. No financial incentive for us to push expensive sitters over great ones.

I launched on the App Store earlier this month and built the whole thing solo. Genuinely curious what this community thinks. What would make you trust a new platform over an entrenched one? What's broken about pet care marketplaces that I haven't mentioned yet?