e vs GESDATE Swine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
e
This app offers three tools to streamline scoring for livestock and consumer judging contests. It features a quick calculator for instant scores, a tool to save official class placings, and a placing card for traditional scoring tables. Easily manage contestant data and class information for efficient contest management.
- Quick score calculation
- Save class placings
- Traditional placing card
- Contestant score recording
- Class cut entry
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The "e-Judging" app provides 3 tools for easy calculation of contestant scores during a livestock or consumer judging contest: • Quick Calculator • Classes • Placing Card The "Quick Calculator" accepts the judge's placings and class cuts. Enter the contestant's placings, and the contestant's score instantly appears. Record this score on an external contest spreadsheet, clear the old contestant data, then enter the next contestant's placings. Use the "Classes" tool to save the judge's official class placings/cuts for each class for later recall. The "Placing Card" shows a traditional scoring table for all possible contestant placings based on the class data.
GESDATE Swine
This herd management application helps livestock show professionals track sows, breedings, and sales. It aims to empower users to make smarter decisions, plan more effectively, and save time in raising show pigs for profit.
- Herd management
- Sow tracking
- Breeding records
- Sales tracking
- Decision making support
- Time saving tool
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Built specifically for the livestock show industry, GESDATE is a herd management app available for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app will manage your herd and track your sows, breedings, sales, etc... intelligently. GESDATE will empower you to make smarter decisions, plan better, and save time. Breeding and raising show pigs and making a profit is difficult. Using the right tools will make you successful. GESDATE is that tool!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: e at 5.0 against GESDATE Swine's 3.5. e also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.3 vs 15.6). GESDATE Swine's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. GESDATE Swine sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. e asks for nothing beyond the download.
e holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GESDATE Swine has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of e's written reviews are positive against 44% of GESDATE Swine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
e ships an update every 20 months, GESDATE Swine monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | e | GESDATE Swine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.5 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.3 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | New Mexico State University Board of Regents | GESDATE LLC |
Customer experience
e
GESDATE Swine
In-app purchases
e
No in-app purchases
GESDATE Swine
- GESDATE Swine Standard One Month$9.99
- GESDATE Swine Premium One Month$19.99
- GESDATE Premium Annual$229.99
