Comparison

CalfDex vs Cow Keeper

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

Head to head
About

CalfDex

This mobile application allows beef ranchers to easily collect and record individual animal data in the field. All collected information is uploaded to the web for producers to access in user-friendly formats.

Highlights
  • Individual animal data collection
  • Field data recording
  • Web data upload
  • Producer-friendly data formats
  • Cross-platform compatibility
Features
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CalfDex is a free cross-platform mobile app designed for easy beef calf individual animal data collection and recording in the field. Data are uploaded to the web and made available is easy-to-use formats by the producer/rancher.

About

Cow Keeper

This app helps cattle farmers manage their herds by tracking individual cow details, health records, and lineage. It allows for organization by pasture, automatic status updates for calves, and detailed financial tracking of sales and profitability. Data syncs across devices without internet.

Highlights
  • Track cow details (tag, breed, DOB)
  • Record health and treatment logs
  • Organize cows into pastures
  • Link calves to mothers
  • Track sales and profitability
  • Sync data across devices via WiFi/Bluetooth
Features
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Cow Keeper is a livestock management app for cattle farmers. It lets you track every cow in your herd tag number, name, breed, type, weight, date of birth, and health status with a running treatment log for vaccinations, deworming, antibiotics, and checkups. Cattle can be organized into pastures, and calves are linked to their mothers, with automatic status updates when a calf is born or a mother passes Cow Keeper tracks the full lifecycle: active herd, sold animals, and deceased cattle each have their own tab. Purchase and sale prices are recorded per animal, and mama cow profitability is calculated automatically from her calves' sale revenue. For farms with multiple devices, Cow Keeper syncs your herd automatically over WiFi and Bluetooth no internet or server required! A Farm Code keeps your farm isolated from neighbors and a role system lets farmers manage who can see your farms data.

Screenshots

CalfDex3 screens
Cow Keeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cow Keeper at 5.0 against CalfDex's 4.0. CalfDex's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cow Keeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CalfDex ships an update every 5 months, Cow Keeper every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CalfDex versus Cow Keeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalfDexCow Keeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperK-State Diagnostic and Analytical Services, IncLambden Vinsant

Customer experience

CalfDex

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Cow Keeper

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CalfDex

No in-app purchases

None

Cow Keeper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CalfDex free?
CalfDex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cow Keeper free?
Cow Keeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CalfDex or Cow Keeper?
Cow Keeper is rated higher. CalfDex averages 4.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Cow Keeper averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do CalfDex or Cow Keeper have ads?
Neither CalfDex nor Cow Keeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CalfDex or Cow Keeper?
CalfDex ships an update every 5 months, and Cow Keeper every 2 months. Most recently, CalfDex was updated on November 3, 2026 and Cow Keeper on October 31, 2026.

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