Gallagher Animal Performance vs eShepherd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gallagher Animal Performance
Manage and analyze your animal data from any device to improve farm productivity. Log, view, edit, and gain insights into animal performance with cloud syncing and growth graphs. This app complements Gallagher weighing and EID systems.
- Sync animal and session data to cloud
- View animal and session growth graphs
- Export animal and session data
- Record full animal history
- Achieve animal compliance (NAIT/NLIS)
- Create custom notes and draft lists
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Take control of your animal data with this powerful data management app that allows you to track – and improve – animal performance. Log, view, edit and analyse animal data from anywhere, at any time, on multiple devices. Achieve meaningful insights using simple data analysis so you can make more informed decisions and optimise on-farm productivity. The Animal Performance App completes your Gallagher weighing and EID system. Supported Features: • Sync Animal & Session Data to Cloud • View Animal & Session data • View Animal & Session Growth Graphs • Export Animals & Sessions • Record and view Full Animal History • Achieve Animal Compliance (NAIT/NLIS) • Device Configuration • Create custom Notes • Create and view Draft Lists Supported Gallagher Hardware: • TW Range • HR4/5 version 2 • W0 • W1
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 Gallagher Animal Performance's 18%. eShepherd also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Gallagher Animal Performance's written reviews are positive against 100% of eShepherd's.
Gallagher Animal Performance ships an update every 6 weeks, eShepherd every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gallagher Animal Performance | eShepherd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gallagher Group Ltd | Gallagher eShepherd Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Gallagher Animal Performance
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In-app purchases
Gallagher Animal Performance
No in-app purchases
eShepherd
No in-app purchases
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