Comparison

Cattle Check vs 701x

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

Head to head
About

Cattle Check

Easily track your cattle without paper. Quickly identify missing animals and record important events like births, pregnancies, and sales. Streamline your ranching operations with a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Record cattle status
  • Identify missing cattle
  • Birth records
  • Genetic recording
  • Pregnancy tests
  • Purchase and sale records
Features
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This is the fastest and easiest way to Check and Record your cattle while not having to manage a paper notebook that can easily get lost. Most cattlemen, farmers, or ranchers need to check and make sure all of their cattle are where they are supposed to be on a daily/bi-daily basis. Cattle Check will easily be able to tell you which cattle are missing so you can quickly find them or send their information to the authorities to help you find them. Cattle Check also has a user friendly design to help you record the work you do with your cattle such as Birth Records, Simple Genetic Recording, Pregnancy Test Recording, Heat Watch, Sick Watch, Death Loss, Purchase Records, Sale Records and much more! Our goal at Cattle Check is to make checking and recording your cattle so easy that you or anyone helping you can keep track of your cattle operations quickly. Cattle Check's Privacy Policy: http://cattlecheck.com/privacy-policy Cattle Checks Terms of Use: http://cattlecheck.com/terms/conditions

About

701x

Manage your cattle herd with this comprehensive livestock record system. Track individual animals, record breeding and calving data, and generate insightful reports. Access your records offline and collaborate with your team in real-time.

Highlights
  • Offline data recording and synchronization
  • Quick calving and animal data entry
  • Interactive herd map with customizable layers
  • Real-time user collaboration with permission levels
  • Customizable dashboard with key reports
  • Insightful reports on inventory, health, and calving
  • GPS and wireless tag integration for herd monitoring
Features
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Autonomous Rancher® powered by 701x® gives livestock producers a one-stop solution to easily track and manage their cattle and their records. Our simple interface makes recording, managing, and accessing your records easier than ever. Make informed management decisions and keep track of valuable information regarding your calves, heifers, cows, and bulls – all in one place. Autonomous Rancher® is accessible from anywhere- even offline; it works where you work. Don’t just trust that your herd is performing well- get the data to prove it! WHY 701x®? 701x® is invested in building the future of ranching and we want to make life for ranchers as easy as possible. Giving you full control of your operation is our goal and we will do our best to help make your herd as productive as it can be. Our cattle management system encompasses Autonomous Rancher® software, GPS cattle tag, xTpro® and Wireless Smart cattle tag, xTlite® to connect cattle raisers through every step of their production. Sustainability is important to cattle families; 701x® provides you with the tools to shape future generations of ranching, keeping your family doing what they love. RECORD: Offline Capabilities: Create, record, and access your data even without a connection. Once a connection is re-established, any new data or changes that occurred while offline will be synchronized to the cloud and accessible to any other authorized user. Quick Calving Mode: Quickly enter and record data regarding tag number, dam and sire numbers, birth date, sex, breed, and more! MANAGE: Interactive Map: Customize the map to your liking with the use of different layers, filters, and additional tools. User Collaboration: Collaborate in real-time with your team. Users can be authorized with different permission levels to seamlessly create, edit, and view reports or notes regarding the herd and individual animals. Customizable Dashboard: The dashboard gives you an at-a-glance overview of reports, logs, or activity summaries. Simply customize your dashboard to your liking by selecting pre-set widgets to display information that is the most useful and important to you. TRACK: Insightful Reports: Access generated reports regarding inventory, herd health, calving, heifer replacement, or culling within specific date ranges. These reports allow you to keep an accurate count of how many animals you have at any point in time. CONNECT: xTpro® Tags: Connect to your herd 24/7 from anywhere with GPS xTpro® tags. Receive alerts in Autonomous Rancher when your herd may be in need. Alerts include Out-of-Fence, Health Alerts, Estrus Detection, Bull Mounting Detection, and more. xTlite® Tags: xTlite® sends a signal to surrounding xTpro® tags and smart devices through a Wireless connection, giving ranchers “Roll Call”: Take quick and easy headcounts with our ‘Roll Call’ feature to see which animals Autonomous Rancher®, xTpro®, xTlite®, and xWatSen are protected by U.S. patents. https://www.701x.com/patents

Screenshots

Cattle Check4 screens
701x4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 701x at none against Cattle Check's 1. 701x also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and rating (4.0 vs 3.6). Cattle Check's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cattle Check sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. 701x asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

701x holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Cattle Check's written reviews are positive against 70% of 701x's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cattle Check ships an update every 6 months, 701x every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cattle Check versus 701x: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCattle Check701x
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (34 ratings)4.0 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews70.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCache Valley Ranch LLC701X INC.

Customer experience

Cattle Check

All ratings33 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative30.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative32.0%

701x

All ratings20 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cattle Check

Subscriptions1
  • Cattle Check$5.991 Month
None

701x

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cattle Check free?
Cattle Check is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 701x free?
701x is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cattle Check or 701x?
701x is rated higher. Cattle Check averages 3.6 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while 701x averages 4.0 from 20 ratings.
Do Cattle Check or 701x have ads?
Neither Cattle Check nor 701x shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cattle Check or 701x?
Cattle Check ships an update every 6 months, and 701x every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cattle Check was updated on November 3, 2026 and 701x on November 3, 2026.

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