Comparison

Omlet vs Henventory

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

Head to head
About

Omlet

Transform your chicken coop into a smart coop. Remotely control your automatic coop door, adjust settings like opening and closing times, and monitor battery life and light timings via Wi-Fi. Stay connected to your flock from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Remote coop door control
  • Wi-Fi connectivity
  • Adjust open/close times
  • Monitor battery life
  • Control light timings
  • Share coop access
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Keep smart with the Omlet app. Control your chicken coop door remotely and connect with your flock from anywhere in the world. Make your coop a smart coop with a few clicks, and control your automatic chicken coop door over Wi-Fi. Change settings including open and close times, battery life and light timings. Add friends and family, so they can also get alerts and help manage your coop devices remotely. With the Omlet Smart Automatic Door for chickens, you can stay connected to your flock, whether you're round the corner or on another continent.

About

Henventory

Features
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Meet Henventory — the friendly home for your backyard flock. Whether you keep three hens or thirty, Henventory turns daily chicken-keeping into something you'll look forward to: log this morning's eggs in two taps (or one sentence to Siri), keep every hen's health story in one place, and never run out of feed again. EVERYTHING YOUR FLOCK NEEDS — FREE • Egg logging with streaks, weekly stats and a "last laid" glance for every hen • Lifted the whole basket from shared nest boxes? Log the flock's total in one tap and deal eggs out to hens later — or never • Hen profiles with photos, breeds, ages and life status • Health records — illnesses, treatments, checkups • Storeroom with low-stock alerts and an automatic shopping list • Dashboard with recent activity, milestones and broody watch • CSV export and local backup — your data is always yours ON YOUR WRIST, YOUR HOME SCREEN AND SIRI • Apple Watch app: today's eggs at a glance, log from the coop (hen by hen if you like), tick off coop tasks, and your shopping list on your wrist at the feed store — plus watch-face complications • "Log an egg in Henventory" — Siri logs it without opening the app, even by hen name; ask "how many eggs today" or for your shopping list • Home Screen widget with an interactive +1, Lock Screen accessories, and a Control Center egg button • Coop weather alerts: heat, frost and storm warnings for your flock, plus an optional "lock up the coop" reminder at sunset GO PRO — ONE PURCHASE, YOURS FOREVER No subscription. Ever. About the price of one bag of feed. • Unlimited hens and multiple flocks • Cloud sync & automatic backups — iCloud, Google Drive, or a shared folder your whole household syncs through • Money: egg sales, flock expenses, and what a dozen eggs really costs you • Laying insights: per-hen cycles, predictions and an egg calendar heatmap • Breed benchmarking — how does your flock compare to the standard? • Tasks & protocols: worming courses, recurring coop jobs, checklists • Advanced health: weight tracking, moult tracker, medicine reminders with egg-withdrawal countdowns, and a vet-visit PDF report • A Spotify-Wrapped-style annual flock report, and Hen Passport transfers when a hen moves home BUILT THE RIGHT WAY • Local-first: everything lives on your device — works in the coop with no signal • No account, no ads, no tracking • Beautiful in light and dark mode • A notification inbox, so an alert you swiped away is never lost Questions or ideas? We'd love to hear from you: henventoryapp@gmail.com

Screenshots

Omlet4 screens
Henventory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Omlet at none against Henventory's 1. Omlet also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Henventory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Omlet asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Omlet ships an update fortnightly, Henventory every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Omlet versus Henventory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOmletHenventory
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (110 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings110 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOmlet LtdLewis McLennan

Bugs and requests

Omlet

Reported bugs

83 issues
  • App is horribly inconsistent
  • App says offline when connected
  • Remote control missing for feeder
  • App is wonky
  • Latest update removed remote open/close button
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  • App often doesn't connect correctly
  • System locks up
  • Takes 7-15 minutes to open door
  • Light sensor doesn't function
  • Light sensor to open never works
  • Constantly tells wrong notification
  • Takes 24 hours for new time cycle to register
  • Notifications stop working
  • App is worthless
  • App gets stuck on loading screen
  • Coop coming offline
  • App doesn't reconnect remotely after power outage
  • Latest update leaves app saying door is offline
  • App says door is offline when it is not
  • Door keeps disconnecting from app
  • Delay in opening/closing door
  • App is buggy
  • App is very ordinary
  • WiFi enabled door drops connection
  • Batteries drain quickly
  • Not dependable
  • Drops connection easily
  • App shows door status as pending
  • App gets stuck in pending status
  • No control of door
  • Unreliable
  • Buggy app
  • Light sensor history limited
  • Inconsistent readings
  • Light sensor value too high
  • App loses sync with control panel
  • System does not behave as settings indicate
  • Needs improvement
  • Does not wake from sleep mode
  • Times out when trying to control
  • Notifications are hit or miss
  • Horrible and unreliable
  • Buggy and bad
  • Smart panel is stupid
  • New smart panel issues
  • Controller not connecting to WiFi
  • Not ready for release
  • Update caused more issues
  • Dangerous for chickens
  • App is very buggy
  • Cannot see light levels
  • Very buggy app
  • App bugs out with (pending)
  • Smartdoor without more code bug checks
  • Remote part of app only works occasionally
  • Coop light won't work at all when using the app
  • App gets stuck as pending
  • UI code had bugs
  • Smart panel would not connect to app
  • Lost connection and would never connect again
  • Disconnect from WiFi occasionally
  • Do not reconnect automatically
  • Controller not so well
  • Won't connect to WiFi at all
  • Restarts when trying to connect
  • Factory reset doesn't work
  • Drops wifi for no reason
  • Often says in sleep mode when plugged in
  • Door opening automatically after closing
  • App is horribly buggy
  • Goes into pending mode
  • Door opens/closes and status update is hours later
  • App is unreliable
  • App remains incredibly buggy
  • Light sensor history only shows two hours
  • Light sensor readings inconsistent
  • Light sensor never outputs value below 14
  • App sometimes loses sync
  • Device must be removed and readded
  • Does not resync on its own
  • System does not behave as settings indicate
  • App informed light on at wrong time
  • Cannot form coherent mental model of app

Requested features

10 requests
  • Incorporate into Apple HomeKit/Shortcuts
  • Set open/close X minutes before/after sunrise/sunset
  • Set an open time without a close time
  • Apple Watch app
  • More scheduling options (different days)
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  • Set coop light automatically independent of door
  • Allow user to adjust auto-stop resistance
  • Enhance technical details view with more granular data
  • Separate page for reports with adjustable time frames
  • Allow zooming in on time by the minute for light levels

Henventory

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Omlet

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Henventory

One-time1
  • Henventory Pro$12.99

Questions

Is Omlet free?
Omlet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Henventory free?
Henventory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Omlet or Henventory have ads?
Neither Omlet nor Henventory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Omlet or Henventory?
Omlet ships an update fortnightly, and Henventory every 2 months. Most recently, Omlet was updated on November 3, 2026 and Henventory on November 9, 2026.

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