Comparison

Smart Foal vs CotCot

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

Head to head
About

Smart Foal

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Be there when it matters. Smart Foal is a full-time monitoring and foaling alarm, reducing mare and foal mortality and giving breeders peace of mind. Smart Foal records and displays the mares movement 24/7. Set alarms, control your hardware and monitor your mare all from the Smart Foal app. Features: Live activity monitor 1 month of recorded activity (up to 12 months is available) Configurable alarm settings Sleep timer Lying down alarm Loss of data alarm Battery level monitoring and low battery alarm Notification log

About

CotCot

Track your backyard chickens' egg production, health, and costs with this comprehensive logbook. Monitor individual hen performance, manage care tasks, and analyze flock profitability. Includes AI-powered features for breed identification and egg counting.

Highlights
  • Egg and laying tracker
  • Individual hen profiles and journals
  • Health and care reminders
  • Cost and profitability analysis
  • Breed profiles and guides
  • AI-powered features
  • Weather and progress tracking
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CotCot — the logbook for your backyard flock. Log eggs in two seconds, follow every hen by name, and finally know what your backyard chickens really cost you. Built for keepers, from a first coop at the bottom of the garden to a full flock. How many eggs this month? Which hen has stopped laying? Why is production dropping? Have my chickens paid for themselves yet? CotCot answers, with the numbers to back it up. ■ ONE HOME SCREEN Today's eggs, the next care task due, local weather and your flock's progress — the whole coop at a glance, the moment you open the app. A short first-steps checklist gets you going on day one. ■ EGG & LAYING TRACKER • Log the day's eggs in one tap, for the whole flock or hen by hen • Laying calendar and a whole year at a glance • Week-ahead forecast, current streaks and records • This year vs last year: see whether your flock is really improving • Laying drop alerts and molt detection • Daylight hours and temperature: the link with laying, measured • Who lays what over 90 days, hen by hen ■ YOUR HENS • A full profile: photo, album, breed, date of birth, age • Life journal, notes and day-to-day observations • Weight tracking, curve and an alert on weight loss • Performance against her own breed, the effect of age, pause detection • Every hen gets her own name, photo and character • A collectible card to reveal for every hen ■ HEALTH & CARE • Recurring tasks and reminders: red mites, worming, beak and claws, disinfection, vaccination, nest box cleaning • A health record per hen, with notifications at the right moment • Flock logbook: every treatment and weigh-in gathered on one timeline • Broody hens and hatching: a countdown to day 21 • Avian flu level and a biosecurity checklist • "Can I feed them this?" — safe, occasional and forbidden foods • Egg withdrawal period after a treatment ■ COST & PROFITABILITY • Spending by category and the real cost of an egg, month by month • Break-even: the date your chickens paid for themselves • Feed and bedding stock: real consumption, run-out date and an alert before you run dry • CSV export and a yearly PDF report, to keep or to share ■ BREEDS & GUIDES • 29 breed profiles: eggs per year, egg colour, temperament, hardiness • Rhode Island Red, Sussex, Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte, Orpington, Australorp, Easter Egger, Silkie and many more • Practical guides: getting started, winter, introducing a new hen, predators, coop setup ■ 7 AI FEATURES • Identify a breed from a photo • Count the eggs in a basket automatically, and assign them to the right hen • "What is my hen thinking?" — from her photo • Health check: a careful steer from what you describe • A chicken-keeping assistant for any question • A weekly gazette about your flock • An illustrated collectible card for each hen ■ WEATHER & PROGRESS • Local weather, seasonal advice and heat alerts • Levels, badges to unlock and seasonal challenges, alone or with the family • A recap of your laying year, to look back on and share ■ NO ADS No adverts, no ad networks, no banners. Ever. ■ FREE OR PREMIUM Free: 2 hens, 7 days of history, one free try on every AI feature. Premium: unlimited hens, full history, every laying analysis, cost and profitability, CSV and PDF exports, 20 AI actions a month. ■ YOUR DATA CotCot works offline. An account is optional and only serves to sync your data across your devices. Delete your account and all of your data in one tap, from inside the app. Whether you keep three hens at the bottom of the garden or a proper flock, whether you raise layers, ornamental birds or heritage breeds, CotCot tracks it all: eggs and laying, health and care, broodiness and hatching chicks, feed stock, cost and profitability — all year round, season after season. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Smart Foal4 screens
CotCot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smart Foal at none against CotCot's 3. Smart Foal also leads on iOS requirement (14.1 vs 16.4). CotCot's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). 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. CotCot sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Smart Foal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Foal ships an update every 6 months, CotCot every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Smart Foal versus CotCot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart FoalCotCot
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmart Foal Pty LtdAnthony Pellarin

In-app purchases

None

Smart Foal

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

CotCot

One-time3
  • 30 crédits IA$1.99
  • 100 crédits IA$3.99
  • 250 crédits IA$8.99

Questions

Is Smart Foal free?
Smart Foal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CotCot free?
CotCot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Smart Foal or CotCot have ads?
Neither Smart Foal nor CotCot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Foal or CotCot?
Smart Foal ships an update every 6 months, and CotCot every 4 days. Most recently, Smart Foal was updated on October 13, 2026 and CotCot on October 13, 2026.

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