Dog Scan vs Chicken Scratch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dog Scan
Instantly identify dog breeds by pointing your phone at a dog or by scanning photos from your gallery. This app utilizes advanced AI for real-time identification and works completely offline to protect your privacy. It also includes a fun attention-grabbing whistle feature for pet photos.
- Real-time breed identification
- Scan photos from gallery
- Offline functionality
- AI-powered recognition
- Attention whistle for pets
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Have you ever wanted to find out the breed of a dog? Dog Scan allows you to identify a dog's breed by simply pointing your phone at a dog and tapping the scan button. -- Modern AI Dog Scan uses modern Artificial Intelligence models to identify dog breeds present in images in real time -- Attention Whistle Do you want your pet to look into the camera during photos? Just tap the whistle button and funny noises will capture your best friend's attention -- Works with photos Alongside real time scanning, Dog Scan allows you to pick any photo from your camera roll and scan for results -- No Internet Connection Required Dog Scan works 100% offline, using your device's computational power to identify dog breeds. Your photos are never sent to any server in respect to your data privacy. Dog Scan is now available for all iOS devices!
Chicken Scratch
This app helps you manage your backyard chickens by tracking egg production, health, and daily tasks. It offers detailed statistics and reminders for feeding and cleaning, making flock management easy and fun.
- Add and manage individual chickens
- Log daily egg output
- Set reminders for care tasks
- Track flock health and medical history
- View charts and statistics
- Local data storage
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Congratulations, you own chickens now. You’re basically a farmer, a zookeeper, and an amateur egg economist. Naturally, you need an app for that. Chicken Scratch is your semi-professional, definitely-overbuilt tool for tracking your backyard flock like you’re managing a Fortune 500 company made of feathers. Features you probably didn’t think you needed: • Add all your chickens (even the one you swear isn’t a rooster) • Log daily egg output like it’s your retirement portfolio • Get reminders to feed, clean, or stop staring at them • Track medical stuff so you feel like a real vet (you’re not) • Charts and stats, because nothing says “fun” like analytics on poop machines Perfect for chicken newbies, casual bird collectors, or people who started with 3 hens and now need a second mortgage to fund feed costs. No logins, no cloud, no crypto, just local data and poultry accountability. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chicken Scratch at 75% against Dog Scan's 6%. Dog Scan's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Dog Scan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Chicken Scratch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dog Scan holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dog Scan has 1.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 6% of Dog Scan's written reviews are positive against 75% of Chicken Scratch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dog Scan ships an update weekly, Chicken Scratch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dog Scan | Chicken Scratch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.5K ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 6.5% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 222 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA. | Ctrl Alt Go Ltd |
Customer experience
Dog Scan
Chicken Scratch
Bugs and requests
Dog Scan
Reported bugs
2 issues- Camera issues when trying to take photos
- Inability to scan more than one photo without paying
Requested features
2 requests- Allow users to correct breed identifications
- Improve accuracy of breed identification
Chicken Scratch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dog Scan
- Dog Scanner Premium$2.99
Chicken Scratch
- Coop Club Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Coop Club Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
