Comparison

Shear Pace vs FELCO

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

Head to head
About

Shear Pace

This productivity tool helps sheep shearers improve their speed and tallies by automating time tracking and calculations. Set daily goals and focus on technique while the app provides real-time feedback on shearing speed and progress.

Highlights
  • Automated time tracking
  • Real-time speed feedback
  • Tally counting
  • Daily goal setting
  • Data saving and review (with subscription)
  • Calculates required speed per sheep
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Shear Pace is a sheep shearing productivity app which is focused on improving tallies by eliminating the need for the shearer to think about their time. The Shear Pace App is a productivity tool for sheep shearers, eliminating the need for both the tally counter and clock.  It takes care of the maths, giving ongoing and constant feedback in relation to shearing speed as well as tallies and run time. You do goal setting once at the beginning of the day, and you can focus on your technique and therefore, speed, knowing that the app is keeping track of everything else. How it works - look at your sheep, decide on your goal tally, tap in the day length, and Shear Pace will tell you how fast you need to go per sheep. Tap the screen after every sheep as you would a tally counter, and it counts your tally as well as keeping track of your speed for every sheep - this leaves you free to think about your technique, and not working out how many you did in the last quarter hour. This is the free version. From this you are able to upgrade to the paid "Shed version" - this is $9.99 NZD. The upgrade version "Shear Pace - Shed Version", which allows you to work out how fast you need to shear for a full day tally is available for purchase, and you are also able to purchase a monthly subscription "Ringer Version" for $4.99 allows you to save and review your data. If you do not have this subscription, this data will be lost. I want this to be a great app, so please if you have any queries or ideas for improvements, please contact me via the contact page in the app.

About

FELCO

Manage your tools and collect data like cutting time and service information. Personalize your tools to fit your work and access various services through a simple interface.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth tool management
  • Collect cutting time data
  • Access service information
  • View cut size statistics
  • Personalize tool settings
  • Manage all your tools
Features
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Originally developed to replace the “remote controller”, the FELCO app allows you to manage all your tools, thanks to Bluetooth® low-energy connectivity. It allows you to collect all the data from your tool, as time to cut, service information, size statistics of cuts, and to personalise your tool to adapt it to your work. Main novelty: it shows all your tools with a simple and efficient way to manage each tool and access to the various FELCO services.

Screenshots

Shear Pace4 screens
FELCO3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shear Pace at 100% against FELCO's 0%. Shear Pace also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). FELCO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Shear Pace sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. FELCO asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Shear Pace versus FELCO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShear PaceFELCO
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStorm Baynes-RyanFelco SA

Customer experience

Shear Pace

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FELCO

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Shear Pace

One-time2
  • Ringer subscription$2.99
  • Shear Pace Shed Version$6.99
None

FELCO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shear Pace free?
Shear Pace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FELCO free?
FELCO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shear Pace or FELCO have ads?
Neither Shear Pace nor FELCO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shear Pace or FELCO?
Shear Pace ships an update every 6 months, and FELCO every 6 months. Most recently, Shear Pace was updated on October 10, 2026 and FELCO on October 11, 2026.

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