HerdLinq vs showNAV
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HerdLinq
This app helps users manage their show pig inventory and calculate farrowing dates. It provides essential tools for breeders and farmers to keep track of their livestock and breeding schedules.
- Show pig inventory management
- Breeding calculator
- Farrowing date calculation
- Livestock tracking
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Manage your show pig inventory. Calculate farrowing dates using the breeding Calculator. Privacy Policy: https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=2aff29a1-2ad2-499b-98f0-29a04b11e529 Terms and Conditions: https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=1995ebbd-fe08-4cac-9db2-54b2c3ea000c
showNAV
This app streamlines entertainment production logistics by allowing teams to create and share location directories. Crew members can navigate directly to destinations using GPS coordinates for enhanced accuracy and efficiency.
- Create location directories
- Direct crew navigation
- GPS coordinate destinations
- Improved accuracy
- Auto-generated maps
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showNAV is the new standard for logistics management in the entertainment industry. It is a tech platform which improves efficiency, communication, and organization for your production by enabling your team to create directories of locations for crew to navigate to directly via the mobile app, removing confusion and user error that can be costly to your production. ORGANIZATION Create location directories for crew to access via the showNAV mobile app. NAVIGATION Crew can navigate directly from the app. showNAV uses GPS coordinates for destinations, ensuring better accuracy than addresses! AUTOMATION showNAV auto-generates maps to location, saving your production time and manpower while providing your crew with industry-standard design.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: showNAV at none against HerdLinq's shown. showNAV also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). HerdLinq's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
showNAV holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HerdLinq has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HerdLinq ships an update every 8 days, showNAV monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HerdLinq | showNAV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | THE ARCHITECTS LLC | SHOWNAV INC. |
Customer experience
HerdLinq
showNAV
In-app purchases
HerdLinq
No in-app purchases
showNAV
No in-app purchases
