Unit Cost Calculator vs eShepherd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unit Cost Calculator
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What does each individual portion (meal or plate item) cost when it is prepared as a batch? Recommended for: - household budget managers - small business owners / managers - cafe, sandwich bar, pizzeria, diner, restaurant - production managers / supervisers PRODUCT - something you make or do (or a meal item that you make) FACTORS - (ingredients) combine these into a PRODUCT UNIT - how do you measure it? kilograms, litres, bags, cans UNIT COST - the cost of a single unit "Brilliant. Works like a charm!" "Simple, but effective. I wish I had this years ago." "Just started calculating my Unit Costs yesterday. Now I'm hooked!"
eShepherd
This app allows farmers to view their farm map, including animal locations, paddocks, and watering points. It enables scanning animals and neckbands to create associations and upload session data. Receive critical alerts like "Animal is still/down" or "Animal outside VP" via push notifications.
- Farm map with asset visualization
- Real-time animal location tracking
- Virtual and physical paddock management
- Animal scanning and association
- Session data upload
- Critical event push notifications
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View assets on your farm map: • Your current location • Animals shown with mob colour • Active and inactive virtual paddocks • Physical paddocks & watering points Perform key jobs out in the paddock: • Connect your scanning device and scan animals and neckbands to create associations within a session • Upload sessions to populate your account with tracked animals • Turn on/off virtual paddocks Receive Push Notifications so that you are informed of critical events, such as: • “Animal is still/down” - possibly a sick animal • “Animal outside VP” - escapees!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: eShepherd at none against Unit Cost Calculator's 1. Unit Cost Calculator's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Unit Cost Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. eShepherd asks for nothing beyond the download.
Unit Cost Calculator ships an update every 2 weeks, eShepherd every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unit Cost Calculator | eShepherd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | S Fidge | Gallagher eShepherd Pty Ltd |
In-app purchases
Unit Cost Calculator
- UnitCosting - Full Version$0.99
eShepherd
No in-app purchases
Questions
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