Comparison

Goat Due Date Calculator vs HerdHelp

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

Head to head
About

Goat Due Date Calculator

This tool helps goat owners quickly calculate important dates for their herd, including kidding due dates, heat cycles, and vaccination schedules. It offers standard calculations based on breed and an advanced tab for custom needs, with the option to save dates directly to your device calendar.

Highlights
  • Calculate kidding due dates
  • Determine next heat cycle
  • Calculate blood test and ultrasound dates
  • Schedule vaccinations
  • CIDR protocol timing
  • Custom date calculations
  • Save dates to device calendar
Features
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Simple but useful tool to quickly determine due dates of your goat herd. Add the due date to your device calendar with a quick and easy button press. Simply select the breeding date and breed standard and see the day, month, and year your kids should arrive. Tap the "Save to Calendar" button to open your device calendar event creation prompt. Due dates are calculated using the American Goat Society terms of 150 days for standard breed size and 145 days for miniature breeds. Use the "Advanced" tab to calculate a number of the most common dates all in one place. You are also able to customize to best fit your kidding needs.   Advanced tab includes: *Next Heat *Blood Test for Pregnancy *UltraSound *Vacccinations *CIDR Protocol *Custom Calculation App icon image uses content with approval from: http://www.art4youspace.net/

About

HerdHelp

Streamline livestock management with detailed tracking of animals. This app simplifies record-keeping for herds and individual animals, saving time and reducing stress. It offers a digital solution for farmers and ranchers to enhance profitability through better documentation and reporting.

Highlights
  • Detailed animal tracking
  • Digital birthing book
  • Multi-species herd management
  • Cloud-based reporting dashboard
  • Record medical treatments and health changes
  • Track animal sales and weight
Features
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Try it for FREE- Herd Help App - Livestock management with detailed tracking of your animals. Herd Help gives you the power to manage your livestock seamlessly. Its mission is to eliminate the time it takes to record information of your livestock so you can keep better track of your herd or individual animals. By using Herd Help’s mobile app livestock management software, you will save time, money, and stress. Herd Help was created by a small farmer and a mid-sized rancher and cattleman who have experience leveraging digital technology and first built the livestock platform for their own use. Now it’s available for all livestock entrepreneurs and casual owners alike. Herd Help’s vision is to help other small and medium sized farm and ranch businesses make the job of taking care of individual animals and managing herds much easier. Herd Help’s mobile app product helps livestock farmers and ranchers to take better care of their animals through better documentation, tracking, and record keeping. Having complete and accurate livestock records will give you the tools to make your farm or ranch more profitable. Simplify tracking and managing your animals -- no more paper and pen, spreadsheets, expensive software, and low quality mobile apps. Herd Help gives you a single app to manage all your herd information from your smartphone or tablet. Available on iOS. Manage your herd anywhere. Secure and private records. The Herd Help platform includes a mobile app and a reporting dashboard in the cloud, so you can access and update animal records in the field, barn, at home, or in the office. With Herd Help, you can track basic info about your livestock such as animal name, all the way to how many times you have treated an animal. Herd Help has a digital birthing book and makes it easy to add additional details and keep track of changes over time. This will ensure that you understand which animals are profitable and which animals are costing you money. You can also report when you sell an animal, when an animal gets medical treatment, when there is a health change such as a sickness, and the weight of an animal, along with the option to add notes on an animal. The animal records you enter in the app will be available in real time instantly on the online dashboard. Having this ease of access to your livestock records will make your day to day ranch management operations simple and easy. Herd Help is the easiest to use livestock management software on the market. Herd Help puts everything you need to manage your day-to-day operations, keep detailed records, manage expenses, and report on your farm in one place. Integrated farm & livestock record keeping, planning, management, tracking, sales, and reporting software to run a thriving agriculture business. Enjoy multi-species and multi-breed herd management through our mixed enterprise solution. Manage your cattle, goats, horses, pigs, rabbits, and sheep, through one easy to use app. All of this information is tied to your HerdHelp.com account, and is kept in-sync across all of your mobile devices as well as at HerdHelp.com. Now you can have workers in the field entering medication information or tracking mating information, while you enter notes about the same animals and have all of the data saved and shared for your whole team to see. You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. • Auto-renewable subscription • 3 Days($0.00) After that $6.99 • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase • Privacy policy and terms of use: http://herdhelp.com/terms-and-condition

Screenshots

Goat Due Date Calculator4 screens
HerdHelp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Goat Due Date Calculator at 4.9 against HerdHelp's 4.3. Goat Due Date Calculator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HerdHelp sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Goat Due Date Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Goat Due Date Calculator holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goat Due Date Calculator has 48 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Goat Due Date Calculator's written reviews are positive against 67% of HerdHelp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goat Due Date Calculator ships an update every 2 weeks, HerdHelp every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Goat Due Date Calculator versus HerdHelp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoat Due Date CalculatorHerdHelp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (48 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings48 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB19 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMichael Froseth JrGrace and Peace LLC (AL)

Customer experience

Goat Due Date Calculator

All ratings48 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HerdHelp

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Goat Due Date Calculator

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

HerdHelp

Subscriptions1
  • All Access3 Days trial$3.991 Month

Questions

Is Goat Due Date Calculator free?
Goat Due Date Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HerdHelp free?
HerdHelp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Goat Due Date Calculator or HerdHelp?
Goat Due Date Calculator is rated higher. Goat Due Date Calculator averages 4.9 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while HerdHelp averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Goat Due Date Calculator or HerdHelp have ads?
Neither Goat Due Date Calculator nor HerdHelp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Goat Due Date Calculator or HerdHelp?
Goat Due Date Calculator ships an update every 2 weeks, and HerdHelp every 2 months. Most recently, Goat Due Date Calculator was updated on October 29, 2026 and HerdHelp on October 22, 2026.

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