Pig Guard vs BarnTrack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pig Guard
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Respond quickly and treat or cull sick pigs in your pen before infections spread. Our innovative software, combined with A.I. and camera vision technology not only monitors movement, eating, drinking, and aggressive activity data, but automatically alerts you about problems in real time, 24/7
BarnTrack
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An app for managing your pigs. Organize them into groups, keep track of sick, and manage shipments, as well as many other features. Sign up for an account and get a custom top down layout of your barn. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pig Guard at none against BarnTrack's 1. BarnTrack's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, 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. BarnTrack sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $34.99 per month. Pig Guard asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pig Guard ships an update every 2 months, BarnTrack every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pig Guard | BarnTrack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Serket B.V. | Ben DeVries |
In-app purchases
Pig Guard
No in-app purchases
BarnTrack
- Base Account1 Month trial$34.991 Month
