Comparison

The Calving Book Plus vs Virtual Indicator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

The Calving Book Plus

Easily manage calf records, including identification, birth details, and comments. Access your data offline and across devices. This version also tracks breeding, pregnancy checks, and weaning.

Highlights
  • Calf ID, birth weight, gender tracking
  • Offline functionality
  • Cross-device account access
  • Breeding and pregnancy tracking
  • Weaning record management
  • Search and edit records
Features
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Experience the ease of keeping track of calf records with The Calving Book Plus. Add calf information such as calf id, birth weight, gender, date, and even comments about the calf. It has never been easier to do! The main functions of this app will even work offline! Don't worry about losing your calving book. Now you can have it with you at all times with the touch of a button. Plus! you can access your account from any of your devices. This is a quick way to keep track of calf records. We made it easy for users to access multiple books from the same app. Need to look at last years book? No problem! It won't go away unless you delete it! Instead of scrolling through a whole list of possibly hundreds of calves, simply search for the one you are looking for and edit it right from the search page! Not only can you keep track of your calving records, but in this "plus" version, you can keep track of your breeding, preg-checking, and weaning records. Your feedback is important to us. Let us know what we can do better or what features you would like to see! Within the app, you can choose to subscribe to our yearly subscription to access all of our content and your data stored in the app. The app offers an introductory free period of 21 days. At the end of the free trial period, the full prices of the subscription will be charged thereafter. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. Our plan costs $14.99 a year. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Service: https://thecalvingbook.wordpress.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://thecalvingbook.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/

About

Virtual Indicator

This application facilitates communication with a Transcell Indicator, acting as a virtual display. It captures weight data and saves weighing information, including product name, ID, and lot number, into a CSV file.

Highlights
  • Virtual indicator display
  • Weight data reception
  • CSV file saving
  • Product Name, ID, Lot No. logging
  • Transcell Indicator communication
Features
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This App was designed for communication with Transcell Indicator, it acts like virtual indicator which receive the weight from indicator display, and also save the weighing information to an CSV file combined with product Name, ID and Lot No etc.

Screenshots

The Calving Book Plus4 screens
Virtual Indicator3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Virtual Indicator at 100% against The Calving Book Plus's 27%. Virtual Indicator also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). The Calving Book Plus's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Calving Book Plus sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Virtual Indicator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Virtual Indicator holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of The Calving Book Plus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Virtual Indicator's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
The Calving Book Plus versus Virtual Indicator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Calving Book PlusVirtual Indicator
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (6 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Calving Book App, LLCTranscell Technology Inc.

Customer experience

The Calving Book Plus

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive26.9%
Neutral15.4%
Negative57.7%

Virtual Indicator

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Calving Book Plus

Subscriptions1
  • The Calving Book Plus$14.991 Year
None

Virtual Indicator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Calving Book Plus free?
The Calving Book Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Virtual Indicator free?
Virtual Indicator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Calving Book Plus or Virtual Indicator?
Virtual Indicator is rated higher. The Calving Book Plus averages 2.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Virtual Indicator averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do The Calving Book Plus or Virtual Indicator have ads?
Neither The Calving Book Plus nor Virtual Indicator shows ads.

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