Best smart pet bowls and feeders to transform mealtimes and enhance your pet’s wellbeing

This sleek and modern PetKit Smart Metal Pet Bowl comes with a built-in digital scale so you can measure your pet's food down to the gram. The easy-to-read LCD screen makes it so simple to check measures to ensure your furry friend has the perfect portion for them every time, helping them to stay at a healthy weight or lose some pounds if they're on a weight loss journey. The inner bowl is made from steel, so it's durable, and as it's removable too, it's easy to clean. However, keep in mind that it's not dishwasher-friendly, so it's for hand washing only.

You can use this bowl alongside the PetKit app, where you can put in information about your pet and it will calculate how much food you need to give your companion daily and suggest quantities based on how often you feed them every day. Customers did find the app a little clunky but found it great for portion control.

Designed to keep your pet's food fresh and free from bacteria, the PETKIT Petkip4 Smart Antibacterial Pet Bowl uses BioCleanAct technology to reduce the germs lurking in their food or water, making it a great pick for health-conscious pet owners. It's lightweight, sleek and a good size for small to medium-sized cats and dogs. As it's got a built-in digital scale with a bright and easy-to-read LED display (which customers online LOVE), it will help you to track your pet's food intake.

Some reviews found the scale to be slightly inconsistent sometimes and that they had to recalibrate the bowl from time to time to ensure their furry friend still got the right portion at mealtimes. The lightweight design makes it easy to carry, but some reviewers found that this meant it sometimes got nudged around the floor as their pet was eager to chow down. Despite these small issues, the PETKIT Petkip4 Smart Antibacterial Pet Bowl is a great choice for cleanliness and convenience.

If your canine companion or feline friend is a bit of a grazer when it comes to food, the Sure Petcare SureFeed Sealed Pet Bowl will help keep their food fresh throughout the day. It features a motion-activated lid that seals shut when not in use, preventing kibble and biscuits from going stale and keeping flies and other pests away. As it helps to keep food fresh, this bowl will help you cut down on waste as you'll no longer be throwing away uneaten, dried-out food. The airtight seal also helps to reduce food smells wafting through your home.

The lid mechanism is quiet and smooth according to other pet owners, so it should mean that even pets who are anxious little souls should get used to the sound and motion of it pretty quickly, as it shouldn't disturb them too much. The capacity of the bowl is a little small for larger cats and dogs but if you've got a small to medium-sized breed, this should be fine. The battery life of this feeder is pretty good, with many customers reporting that the battery lasts at least a couple of months before needing changing.

If your furry friend has a tendency to gobble down their food quickly at mealtimes, the EPAWSLTD Intelligent Digital Pet Weighing Bowl will help to slow them down. It includes a slow feeder tray that you can put inside with raised areas among the food which will help to prevent your pet from choking and becoming sick because they've eaten their food far too quickly. It has a 500ml capacity and you can monitor just how much of that you fill thanks to the in-built scales that can measure in either pounds or grams.

You can opt to add the name of your pet to the bowl as a nice touch, but keep in mind that this comes at an additional cost. Cleaning up after mealtimes is easy as the internal stainless steel bowl and slow feeder tray are removable and dishwasher safe. The bowl also has a non-slip bottom to stop it from moving around as your pet eats up and it's designed with a five-degree tilt to make it more comfortable for your fluffy companion to eat out of.

Make sure your pet's meals are ready even when you're not at home with the Petlibro Polar Wet Food Pet Feeder. With extra wide feeder trays, it can store up to 209 grams of food so while this won't be large enough to cover large dog breeds, smaller dogs and all cats will be able to tuck into their grub bang on schedule. Using the accompanying smart app, you can set feeding times so it'll serve your four-legged pal at their usual mealtime.

As it is equipped with thermoelectric cooling technology, it'll keep wet food at under 10 degrees so it's fresh and flavourful but 30 minutes ahead of scheduled feeding times, it'll pause the cooling effect to ensure the food is at the ideal temperature for picky pets. The 30-minute prep time is still required even if you're not feeding your pet to a schedule and just using the feeder for convenience, which may mean you have an impatient furry friend on hand if they're ready for their dinner before the feeder. Despite this, pet owners praise this Petlibro feeder for its remote connectivity, quiet operation and sleek and modern design.

The SureFlap Felaqua Connect Pet Water Bowl acts as a hydration tracker for cats (or small dogs) with its wide yet shallow bowl designed to be like a natural puddle so it's super inviting for hesitant drinkers. You can see just how much your moggy is drinking as it cleverly scans your cat's microchip so you can see when they visit the bowl and how much water they're taking via the app on your phone. As it's all done via your cat's microchip, you can also track multiple pets, so it's great if you've got more than one furry friend to keep tabs on. Through the app, you can also see how much water is remaining, when the water was last changed and be notified when it needs changing again - it's truly very clever.

To be able to use this water bowl properly, you'll need to buy the SureFlap Hub separately which is needed to connect the bowl to the Sure Petcare app. It also runs on four C-cell batteries that aren't included so you'll need to buy those separately too. Despite the initial costs to begin with, customers say this is an invaluable gadget that offers great insights into the health and wellbeing of their furry friends. They also appreciate that it works with no cables or filters to replace and that the parts are removable and dishwasher-safe for easy cleaning. However, some reviewers wished the drinking part was made of stainless steel rather than plastic to appease their picky pets.

If you're not sure exactly how much you're giving your pet at mealtimes, the PitPat Bowl will help you get back on track. It comes with an integrated weighing scale so you can measure out the perfect amount of kibble, helping your furry friend stay healthy while also making sure you don't go through a bag of food faster than expected. The scale can measure up to 750 grams of food at a time so it's ideal for dogs (and cats) of all shapes and sizes. Design-wise, it's sleek so it won't look out of place in a modern home. The inner bowl is also removable and dishwasher safe, so clean-ups after chow-down time will be effortless.

Customers online love how easy it is to use and the easy-to-read display. The options differ around the accuracy of the scale, with some noticing minor inconsistencies with weight readings, whilst others appreciate the accuracy. So, you may want to keep an eye on how much you're feeding your furry friend just in case the scales aren't 100 per cent perfect every time. At around £30, the PitPat bowl is a great affordable option for pet owners who want a smarter way to dish out din dins.