Livestock Auction Calculator vs PatternMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Livestock Auction Calculator
Quickly calculate livestock prices per kilo or pound at auctions. Features a number wheel for auctioneer calls, supports different currencies, and tracks purchases. Pre-enter weights and customize bidding levels for faster bidding. Available offline and in multiple languages.
- Price per kilo/pound calculation
- Number wheel for auctioneer calls
- Supports multiple currencies and locations
- Tracks purchases
- Pre-enter weights and quantities
- Customizable bidding levels
- Offline functionality
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A calculation tool for use at livestock auctions to quickly calculate the price per kilo or pound of livestock lots. Incorporating a number wheel to keep up with the auctioneer’s call, the price per kilo or lb. is displayed depending on estimated weight of beast with a 10% leeway. Mode can be switched to be used depending whether auctioneers call is on price per weight or price of unit. This auction calculating tool also keeps track of purchases along the way. Makes auction calculations easy and fast giving you the advantage at any livestock auction. Includes support for different currencies and locations. Now available in Spanish and Portuguese. New feature of pre entering weights and quantities of lots/pens before auction begins, to make bidding faster. Customization of min and max bidding levels and different intervals can also be set. Can be used offline. Replace fumbling with a calculator with this speedy app. A free trial is included then monthly, yearly and unlimited purchase are available in app. To find out more about in app subscriptions please visit https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PatternMate
Manage your sewing pattern collection with custom tags, photos, and notes. Track your progress on ongoing projects and easily reference your inventory while shopping for fabric.
- Organize patterns with tags, photos, and notes
- Reference collection while fabric shopping
- Track sewing project progress
- Add notes to ongoing projects
- Customizable tagging system
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Organise your sewing patterns - Keep track of your pattern collection with custom tags, photos and notes. - Quickly reference your collection while fabric shopping to make sure that perfect find fits with your pattern plans. - Never dig through boxes of patterns again just to pull out one small detail. Track your sewing projects - Start projects from a pattern and keep notes of your progress. - Remember where you were up to with each project if you've got multiple pieces of work on the go at once.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PatternMate at 5.0 against Livestock Auction Calculator's 4.3. PatternMate also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%). Livestock Auction Calculator's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Livestock Auction Calculator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PatternMate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PatternMate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Livestock Auction Calculator has 35 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Livestock Auction Calculator's written reviews are positive against 100% of PatternMate's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Livestock Auction Calculator | PatternMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (35 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Catherine Easton | Daniel Nitsikopoulos |
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Livestock Auction Calculator
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In-app purchases
Livestock Auction Calculator
- Livestock Calculator - Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Livestock Calculator - Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Lifetime Livestock Calculator$29.99
PatternMate
- Super PatternMate Monthly$0.991 Month
- Super PatternMate Yearly$9.991 Year
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