Poultry Farming Toolkit vs Flockstar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poultry Farming Toolkit
This application provides essential tools for poultry industry professionals. It includes specialized calculators for ventilation and heating, along with maintenance checklists. Users can also access industry updates, alerts, and archived content.
- Minimum ventilation calculator
- Evaporative pad calculator
- Radiant heat calculator
- Service and maintenance checklists
- Industry alerts and updates
- E-newsletter subscription
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This app is a helpful tool for poultry farmers, service technicians, and others in the poultry industry. It offers calculators for minimum ventilation, evaporative pad, and radiant heat as well as checklists for service and maintenance. Other features include special app updates, industry alerts, e-newsletter subscriptions, and archives.
Flockstar
Manage your poultry operations with a comprehensive system for breeding, flock management, and production analytics. Track eggs, bird lineage, expenses, and sales to optimize your business. Syncs across all devices for easy access.
- Track eggs and breeding pen performance
- Full lineage tracking for birds
- Bulk bird creation and updates
- Log daily egg production
- Expense and sales tracking
- Task manager with reminders
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The essential app for serious poultry people. Replace your spreadsheets, notebooks, and guesswork with one app built for breeders and keepers who need records they can trust. Flockstar requires an active subscription to use. Two plans are available: Keeper, with complete flock, egg, and record keeping, and Breeder, which adds everything in the hatching and breeding section below. Choose an annual plan for the best value, or monthly for flexibility. Change or cancel anytime. HATCHING & BREEDING (BREEDER PLAN ONLY) • Track eggs from all your breeding pens in a single hatch run • Per-source fertility and hatch rates so you know which pairings work • Create chicks from completed runs with lineage pre-filled • Save incubator presets and pen configurations • Full lineage tracking: dam, sire, and offspring views • Pedigree viewer spanning three generations, with shareable certificates FLOCK MANAGEMENT • Bulk create and update hundreds of birds at once • Track breeds, traits, colors, weights, and photos • Share bird profiles as branded cards via text, email, or social media • Filter by flock, sex, breed, or custom traits • Archive birds without losing historical data PRODUCTION & ANALYTICS • Daily egg logging by flock or individual layer • Week-over-week trends and historical charts • Identify your top producers instantly BUSINESS TOOLS • Expense and sales tracking with categories • See your actual profit and loss • Task manager with reminders and recurring schedules • Journal with photos and tags for health records, observations, and more WORKS EVERYWHERE • Data syncs automatically across all devices • Log eggs from your pocket, review analytics from your laptop Serious poultry software, actively developed and updated since 2022. Questions or feature requests? support@flockstar.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Poultry Farming Toolkit at none against Flockstar's 6. Poultry Farming Toolkit also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). Flockstar's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (142 vs 4). On price, 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. Flockstar sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Poultry Farming Toolkit asks for nothing beyond the download.
Poultry Farming Toolkit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flockstar has 142 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Poultry Farming Toolkit ships an update every 7 months, Flockstar every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poultry Farming Toolkit | Flockstar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 4.4 (142 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 142 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alabama Cooperative Extension System | Flockstar Software LLC |
Customer experience
Poultry Farming Toolkit
Flockstar
Bugs and requests
Poultry Farming Toolkit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Flockstar
Reported bugs
2 issues- Data loss issues after app updates or device changes
- Occasional UI freezes or crashes
Requested features
8 requests- Ability to import existing records via CSV
- Option to leave 'laid by' and 'flock' fields blank in bulk entries
- Automatic addition of hatched chicks to designated 'Chick' flock
- Designated area for tracking deceased birds
- Push notifications for hatch reminders
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- Expanded species support beyond just chickens
- Customizable tags and filters
- Excel-style export options
In-app purchases
Poultry Farming Toolkit
No in-app purchases
Flockstar
- Keeper Plan - Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Breeder Plan - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Unlimited Access - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Keeper Plan - Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Breeder Plan - Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Unlimited Access - Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
Questions
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