Nofence vs smaXtec
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nofence
This app enables livestock management through GPS-enabled collars and virtual pastures. Users can draw boundaries on a map to control animal movement and receive alerts for boundary breaches or other animal-related events.
- Virtual pasture creation
- GPS animal tracking
- Boundary alerts
- Map-based control
- Livestock monitoring
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Nofence is the worlds first commercial virtual fencing solution for livestock, where the animals are controlled by GPS-collars and this app. Nofence gives you the opportunity to create and maintain virtual pastures, by just drawing on the map. You can watch all your animals and receive notifications when something happens to your animals, like when they try to cross a boundary.
smaXtec
Monitor your dairy herd's health and reproduction status remotely. Receive alerts for critical actions and manage tasks like calvings and heats. The app synchronizes data even without an internet connection.
- Real-time cow and herd data access
- Calving and heat cycle tracking
- Push notifications for critical actions
- Task management for inseminations and support
- Offline data synchronization
- Animal health and reproduction status overview
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Access your cow and herd data on the go with the smaXtec App. Keep track of calvings, heats and changes of animal health and behavior at all times. Receive push notifications whenever you need to take action. Selected features of the smaXtec App: • Check your Tasks to see which animals require your attention and what actions you need to take (e.g. inseminations, calving support, dry-offs, …) • The animal list gives an overview of all your animals and their current health and reproduction state • If you need to keep an eye on selected cows, put them on the Watchlist. This allows you to monitor additional cows according to their needs. Add events such as calvings or pregnancy checks even when there is no Internet connection. Data will be synchronized as soon as your device reconnects. Select multiple cows at once to set the same action, e.g. add all inseminations at once, to save time and effort. Access your cows’ lactations and corresponding events inside the animal profile and add events (estrus, insemination, dry-offs, …) easily. Display cow data also in form of diagrams. Quickly navigate between events and gain deeper insights and understanding. Thanks to practical lists and recommended actions fast and appropriate actions can be taken. This improves animal health, reproduction success rates as well as financial gain. To access your cow and herd data, you also need to use smaXtec hardware. You’ll find more information here: www.smaXtec.com/en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Nofence at 11 against smaXtec's 2. smaXtec's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Nofence against 5.0 for smaXtec. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nofence has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Nofence ships an update every 9 days, smaXtec fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nofence | smaXtec |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nofence AS | smaXtec animal care GmbH |
Customer experience
Nofence
smaXtec
In-app purchases
Nofence
No in-app purchases
smaXtec
No in-app purchases









