Goodnature vs eShepherd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goodnature
Manage your smart traps remotely with notifications for clearing, recharging, or fresh lure. Track your pest control success and its positive impact on nature. Get installation and maintenance guidance.
- Remote trap notifications
- Manage multiple traps
- Track trapping success
- View global impact map
- Installation and maintenance guide
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SET, FORGET & RELAX WITH TRAP NOTIFICATIONS Your Goodnature Trap will let you know if it needs clearing, recharging or fresh lure whenever you’re within Bluetooth range. ONE APP FOR ALL CONNECTED TRAPS Whether you’ve got one Goodnature connected trap, or a whole trap line, you can manage them all from the same Goodnature app. LESS PESTS. MORE NATURE See how your individual trapping success adds up to the bigger impact we’re having in homes, backyards, forests and farms around the world. Every kill on the Goodnature map isn’t just one less pest, it’s also one more chance for nature to thrive. SUPPORT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS The Goodnature app guides you through trap installation, ongoing maintenance and helps answer your questions.
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 review sentiment: eShepherd at 100% against Goodnature's 10%. eShepherd also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
eShepherd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Goodnature's written reviews are positive against 100% of eShepherd's.
Goodnature ships an update monthly, eShepherd every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goodnature | eShepherd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goodnature Limited | Gallagher eShepherd Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Goodnature
eShepherd
In-app purchases
Goodnature
No in-app purchases
eShepherd
No in-app purchases









