Comparison

HerdDogg vs Cattle Records

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

Head to head
About

HerdDogg

This platform offers advanced insights into animal health and well-being, providing rapid and accurate tracking for individual animals. It helps reduce labor costs while enhancing herd productivity and sustainability.

Highlights
  • Animal health and well-being insights
  • Individual animal tracking
  • Breeding insights
  • Labor cost reduction
  • Herd productivity enhancement
  • Sustainability tracking
Features
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Headquartered in Seward, Nebraska, HerdDogg Inc. is a venture-backed AgTech startup focused on increasing herd welfare by deriving unparalleled insights into key indicators of animal health and well-being. The HerdDogg system provides rapid and accurate breeding, animal health tracking and traceability insights on individual animals, whether in the barn or pasture. HerdDogg reduces labor costs while increasing herd productivity and sustainability.

About

Cattle Records

Manage your cattle herd, track treatments, and record important data. Vet clinics can manage clients and their animals. An optional subscription removes ads and unlocks data export for clinics.

Highlights
  • Record cattle treatments and calves
  • Create and manage custom vaccines
  • Mass apply treatments and sort cattle
  • Grant/remove access for hired hands
  • Vet clinic client management
  • Export client data to Excel (subscription)
  • Calendar events for ranch activities
Features
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All functionality is available for free users. Manage all cattle and vaccines on your own, or join a Vet Clinic. For Vet Clinics, sign up for Free quickly and view all client data! Free accounts are limited to 50 animals. This app allows you to record all cattle records. Quickly create multiple cattle and apply treatments, calves, pregnant checks, and meat withdrawal limits. Create your own vaccines and manage cattle herds. Quickly mass apply treatments or sort them. -Ability to grant and remove access to hired hands and records when they make edits. -If you are a Vet Clinic, instantly sign up in the app and approve/deny requests for clients joining your vet clinic. Being a Vet clinic allows you to view and manage all clients data, including applying treatments and adding cattle to the clients account. -Vet clinics have the ability to export all data for a client's account to excel if needed. -Vet clinics manage their own vaccines that their clients can use. -Add calendar events that can be seen across your ranch All data is stored in Apple's Cloudkit. This app is not liable and does not provide instructions for applying vaccines, refer to your Vet Clinic on vaccine dosages and instructions. All features are available with ads except exporting data. An optional monthly subscription is available to remove ads and export data as a Vet Clinic and increased number of animals for $.99 monthly. Cancel anytime. Please view the End User License Agreement here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HerdDogg4 screens
Cattle Records4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HerdDogg at none against Cattle Records's 1. HerdDogg also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Cattle Records sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. HerdDogg asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HerdDogg against 5.0 for Cattle Records. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HerdDogg ships an update every 6 weeks, Cattle Records every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
HerdDogg versus Cattle Records: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHerdDoggCattle Records
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHerdDogg, Inc.Harden Consulting LLC

Customer experience

HerdDogg

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cattle Records

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HerdDogg

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cattle Records

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$0.991 Month

Questions

Is HerdDogg free?
HerdDogg is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cattle Records free?
Cattle Records is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HerdDogg or Cattle Records?
HerdDogg and Cattle Records are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do HerdDogg or Cattle Records have ads?
Cattle Records shows ads; HerdDogg does not.
Which is updated more often, HerdDogg or Cattle Records?
HerdDogg ships an update every 6 weeks, and Cattle Records every 2 months. Most recently, HerdDogg was updated on October 16, 2026 and Cattle Records on October 12, 2026.

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