Calf Keeper vs BarnDoor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calf Keeper
This app helps livestock owners manage their herds by tracking calf births, linking animals, and calculating calving dates. Premium features allow for custom data fields, animal scoring, photo uploads, and collaborative herd management.
- Calf birth tracking
- Herd linking (cows, bulls)
- Gestation calculator
- Customizable data fields
- Animal scoring
- Photo uploads
- Collaborative herd management
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Calf Keeper is a calving book designed to be simple, easy to use, and customizable. Users can track data about calves as they're born and also link the calves to cows and bulls in their cattle herd. A gestation calculator is also provided to calculate approximate calving dates. By upgrading to Calf Keeper PLUS, users can customize their data entry. New fields can be added to allow you to track the data that is important to your operation. Users can also track customizable scores to help build a better picture of the quality of an animal. PRO users can add up to 10 photos per animal and also invite other users to manage their herd. When changes are made by other users, you can receive a notification to stay up to date with the latest status of your herd. Before purchasing a subscription, try a free 30-day trial to see if Calf Keeper is right for your operation. Calf Keeper is powered by Cattle Market Mobile. Terms of Service: https://www.calfkeeper.com/legal/terms
BarnDoor
Manage all aspects of horse and barn care, from health records and appointments to feeding schedules and custom data fields. This app centralizes horse information, making it easy to track activities and access historical data.
- Horse and barn organization
- Health activity tracking (shoeing, worming, vaccination, dental)
- Feeding schedule management
- Customizable data fields
- Notes and attachments storage
- Reporting and filtering
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All your horse information in one convenient app. Managing shoeings, vaccinations, worming, and dental activities has never been easier. But that is just the beginning. Check out how BarnDoor can help you juggle everything that’s going on with your horses! Organize Your Horses Track everything going on in your barns and pastures. Access all horse-related data anywhere, anytime. Tasks & Activities Manage your Shoeing, Worming, Vaccination, and Dental activities. Easily access any historical records and stay on top of all upcoming tasks. Feeding Management Stay on top of your Feed Schedules and capture feeding instructions so your horses will not grow hungry. Easy Reporting Everything that’s going on at your farm. Channel your inner taskmaster and apply filters to your reports like a pro! Notes and Attachments Vet records, bills, contracts… if they can be digitized, they should live in BarnDoor so you never have to look for any paper trail again! Customize Your App Each barn runs differently. BarnDoor lets you create your own fields to track all the information you need! Customize the information you want to capture for each horse using the Web-App and see the changes on your Smartphone. At this point, the app is available for your smartphone but not yet on iPads. We are constantly improving the app, but if you want to take full advantage of all features, check out the web app on your Desktop or Laptop browser.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BarnDoor at none against Calf Keeper's 4. BarnDoor also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Calf Keeper's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Calf Keeper sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. BarnDoor asks for nothing beyond the download.
BarnDoor holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively.
Calf Keeper ships an update every 2 weeks, BarnDoor every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Calf Keeper | BarnDoor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CattleSync, LLC | Sporthorse Online LLC |
Customer experience
Calf Keeper
BarnDoor
In-app purchases
Calf Keeper
- Calf Keeper Plus (Monthly)1 Month trial$5.991 Month
- Calf Keeper Pro (Monthly)1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Calf Keeper Plus (Yearly)1 Month trial$59.991 Year
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- Calf Keeper Pro (Yearly)1 Month trial$99.991 Year
BarnDoor
No in-app purchases








