Reptile Buddy vs FarmKeep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reptile Buddy
This app helps reptile owners meticulously track their animals' progress. Monitor growth, feeding habits, and physical changes to support husbandry and breeding objectives. Enhance your reptile hobby with comprehensive animal management tools.
- Track reptile growth
- Monitor feeding habits
- Record appearance changes
- Husbandry goal support
- Breeding goal support
- Animal management tools
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Keep an eye on how your reptiles are doing: Track their growth, how they eat and how their appearance has changed. The full suite of additional tools help you achieve your husbandry and breeding goals. Reptile Buddy makes our reptile hobby even more fun!
FarmKeep
Manage all aspects of your farm, from animal records and breeding to production, finances, and land mapping. This app supports hobbyists and small to mid-size businesses, offering features like task reminders and multi-member access.
- Animal records and health tracking
- Breeding management with automated calculations
- Production yield tracking (eggs, milk, honey)
- Financial record keeping for sales and expenses
- Multi-member farm collaboration
- Task and reminder management
- Land mapping for pasture rotation
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FarmKeep is the only app you need to easily manage all your animals, breeding, production, finances, and more. Whether you are a family farm, homesteader, or small to mid size business, FarmKeep supports your needs and grows with you. Our features and services include: Up to date animal records Record animal information such as birth date, sex, and weight history, along with a dedicated photo gallery. Track your animals, health, vaccines, feedings, activity, breeding history, pedigree and more. No matter what animals you have, you can easily manage them all in one place. Easy breeding management Automatically calculate gestation periods and incubation times for over 1200 species and breeds, including custom ones. Get notifications about important milestones like exam dates, due dates, incubation lockdown, and hatch dates. Optimize yield with production tracking With FarmKeep’s simple record keeping experience, it’s easy to track products such as eggs, milk, honey, wool, and more on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis so you can see trends over time and improve productivity of your animals or crops. Simplify financial record keeping Record sales transactions, categorize expenses, and stay on top of your farm's financial health. Gain valuable insights and identify top-performing products or track costs associated with livestock, feed, equipment, and more. Multi-member farm Invite your family, friends, farm hands, customers or fans to join your farm with different levels of access so they can contribute or just keep up to date with all your farm activities. Tasks and reminders Set tasks and reminders for yourself or others on your farm to get ahead of all your farm chores. Keep everything organized all in one place so if you need an extra helping hand, it’s easy to share your routine with anyone. Accurate land mapping Map areas on your property where animals live and crops are planted. Plan your pasture rotation and more to help you better manage activities throughout the year. Cross platform Available on all devices and desktop web at farmkeep.com Terms of use: https://www.farmkeep.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.farmkeep.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FarmKeep at 4.8 against Reptile Buddy's 4.2. FarmKeep also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 71%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Reptile Buddy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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. FarmKeep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Reptile Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
FarmKeep holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 118 and 246 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Reptile Buddy's written reviews are positive against 87% of FarmKeep's.
Reptile Buddy ships an update every 3 weeks, FarmKeep every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reptile Buddy | FarmKeep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (118 ratings) | 4.8 (246 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 118 | 246 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — 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 | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Torfo | Mozaius |
Customer experience
Reptile Buddy
FarmKeep
Bugs and requests
Reptile Buddy
Reported bugs
17 issues- Data loss after app updates
- Update button redirects to App Store instead of updating in-app
- Animals not saving when added (requires multiple attempts)
- Weight graph not generating for new animals
- Login errors with 'error occurred' message preventing access
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- Password reset emails not being sent
- Account suspension without explanation or contact method
- Animals randomly disappearing from collection despite not being deleted
- Feeding schedule not tracking correctly when fed earlier than scheduled
- Time stamps showing incorrect times (off by hours)
- Food inventory not decreasing correctly after feeding entries
- App constantly requesting update with no update available
- Date format inconsistency between web and mobile app
- Length graph not displaying properly on mobile
- App freezing and locking up during data entry
- QR codes not functioning
- Animals not visible in list despite being in collection (showing 3/5 but only displaying 3)
Requested features
15 requests- Push notifications for iOS devices
- Ability to share schedules with other users via QR code or link
- Temperature and humidity tracking
- Custom food type additions (especially for larger rat sizes and specialty feeders)
- Multiple schedules per animal (feeding, cleaning, bathing)
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- Web/browser version access
- Mass update and mass export features
- Bedding type tracking
- Additional reptile species options (Green/Yellow Anacondas, etc.)
- Ability to add custom profile pictures to themes
- Egg laying action in history tracking
- Multiple food selection per feeding entry
- Third-party QR code integration
- Better date picker using native iOS design
- In-app subscription management and pricing transparency
FarmKeep
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Reptile Buddy
No in-app purchases
FarmKeep
- Premium - Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium - Annual14 Days trial$95.991 Year
