701x vs Cattle Ranch Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
701x
Manage your cattle herd with this comprehensive livestock record system. Track individual animals, record breeding and calving data, and generate insightful reports. Access your records offline and collaborate with your team in real-time.
- Offline data recording and synchronization
- Quick calving and animal data entry
- Interactive herd map with customizable layers
- Real-time user collaboration with permission levels
- Customizable dashboard with key reports
- Insightful reports on inventory, health, and calving
- GPS and wireless tag integration for herd monitoring
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Autonomous Rancher® powered by 701x® gives livestock producers a one-stop solution to easily track and manage their cattle and their records. Our simple interface makes recording, managing, and accessing your records easier than ever. Make informed management decisions and keep track of valuable information regarding your calves, heifers, cows, and bulls – all in one place. Autonomous Rancher® is accessible from anywhere- even offline; it works where you work. Don’t just trust that your herd is performing well- get the data to prove it! WHY 701x®? 701x® is invested in building the future of ranching and we want to make life for ranchers as easy as possible. Giving you full control of your operation is our goal and we will do our best to help make your herd as productive as it can be. Our cattle management system encompasses Autonomous Rancher® software, GPS cattle tag, xTpro® and Wireless Smart cattle tag, xTlite® to connect cattle raisers through every step of their production. Sustainability is important to cattle families; 701x® provides you with the tools to shape future generations of ranching, keeping your family doing what they love. RECORD: Offline Capabilities: Create, record, and access your data even without a connection. Once a connection is re-established, any new data or changes that occurred while offline will be synchronized to the cloud and accessible to any other authorized user. Quick Calving Mode: Quickly enter and record data regarding tag number, dam and sire numbers, birth date, sex, breed, and more! MANAGE: Interactive Map: Customize the map to your liking with the use of different layers, filters, and additional tools. User Collaboration: Collaborate in real-time with your team. Users can be authorized with different permission levels to seamlessly create, edit, and view reports or notes regarding the herd and individual animals. Customizable Dashboard: The dashboard gives you an at-a-glance overview of reports, logs, or activity summaries. Simply customize your dashboard to your liking by selecting pre-set widgets to display information that is the most useful and important to you. TRACK: Insightful Reports: Access generated reports regarding inventory, herd health, calving, heifer replacement, or culling within specific date ranges. These reports allow you to keep an accurate count of how many animals you have at any point in time. CONNECT: xTpro® Tags: Connect to your herd 24/7 from anywhere with GPS xTpro® tags. Receive alerts in Autonomous Rancher when your herd may be in need. Alerts include Out-of-Fence, Health Alerts, Estrus Detection, Bull Mounting Detection, and more. xTlite® Tags: xTlite® sends a signal to surrounding xTpro® tags and smart devices through a Wireless connection, giving ranchers “Roll Call”: Take quick and easy headcounts with our ‘Roll Call’ feature to see which animals Autonomous Rancher®, xTpro®, xTlite®, and xWatSen are protected by U.S. patents. https://www.701x.com/patents
Cattle Ranch Manager
This app provides a comprehensive system for managing cattle ranches. It allows users to track individual animals, manage grazing, monitor hay production, and access market prices. The app is designed for offline use in the field, offering detailed reports and bulk operation capabilities.
- Livestock record keeping
- Rotational grazing management
- Hay production tracking
- Live USDA cattle market prices
- Offline GPS tracking
- Bulk operations
- Detailed reporting
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Ranch Manager: Your Complete Cattle Management System Ranch Manager is a powerful iOS app designed by ranchers, for ranchers. Track every animal from birth to sale with comprehensive livestock records including calving history, medical records, vaccinations, weights, and sales. Organize your herd with unlimited custom groups and manage rotational grazing efficiently. Beyond livestock, Ranch Manager helps you track hay production across multiple years with paddock management and cutting records. Stay informed with live USDA cattle market prices updated weekly, so you always know the best time to sell. Use GPS to track spread applications (fertilizer, spray, seeding) and map paddock boundaries with satellite imagery—all working offline in the field. Key features include bulk operations (vaccinations, weaning, sales), automatic iCloud backup, offline capability, detailed reports, and a mobilefirst design built for use while working. Whether you run 50 head or 500, Ranch Manager gives you the tools to manage your ranch like a business.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cattle Ranch Manager at 5.0 against 701x's 4.0. Cattle Ranch Manager also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). 701x's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cattle Ranch Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 701x has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
701x ships an update every 2 weeks, Cattle Ranch Manager daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 701x | Cattle Ranch Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 701X INC. | WESLEY DEAN ARCHER |
Customer experience
701x
Cattle Ranch Manager
In-app purchases
701x
No in-app purchases
Cattle Ranch Manager
No in-app purchases






