SWAN vs eShepherd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SWAN
Access your SWAN Systems account information on the go. View soil moisture levels, planned irrigation schedules, and weather forecasts for your fields. Get detailed insights into your agricultural operations from anywhere.
- Access SWAN Systems account
- View soil moisture levels
- See planned irrigation schedules
- Access past and forecast weather
- Detailed field information
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The SWAN mobile app lets you access important information in your SWAN Systems account from the palm of your hand, anywhere, anytime. At a glance see soil moisture levels for every field in your operation, or zoom in to see more detail for each field, including planned irrigation for the coming week. Recent past and weekly forecast weather information is also available.
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 update cadence: eShepherd at every 10 days against SWAN's every 6 months. SWAN's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SWAN against 5.0 for eShepherd. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
SWAN ships an update every 6 months, eShepherd every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SWAN | eShepherd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | INDICINA PTY LTD | Gallagher eShepherd Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
SWAN
eShepherd
In-app purchases
SWAN
No in-app purchases
eShepherd
No in-app purchases
