eShepherd vs AgWater
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eShepherd
This app allows farmers to view their farm map, including animal locations, paddocks, and watering points. It enables scanning animals and neckbands to create associations and upload session data. Receive critical alerts like "Animal is still/down" or "Animal outside VP" via push notifications.
- Farm map with asset visualization
- Real-time animal location tracking
- Virtual and physical paddock management
- Animal scanning and association
- Session data upload
- Critical event push notifications
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View assets on your farm map: • Your current location • Animals shown with mob colour • Active and inactive virtual paddocks • Physical paddocks & watering points Perform key jobs out in the paddock: • Connect your scanning device and scan animals and neckbands to create associations within a session • Upload sessions to populate your account with tracked animals • Turn on/off virtual paddocks Receive Push Notifications so that you are informed of critical events, such as: • “Animal is still/down” - possibly a sick animal • “Animal outside VP” - escapees!
AgWater
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This app allows AgTech360 users to view water levels on their farms.
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Verdict
eShepherd and AgWater are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
eShepherd ships an update every 2 weeks, AgWater weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eShepherd | AgWater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gallagher eShepherd Pty Ltd | AGTech360 PTY LTD |
In-app purchases
eShepherd
No in-app purchases
AgWater
No in-app purchases
