eShepherd vs Pasture Ai
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 and paddock status. It facilitates scanning animals and uploading data to track them, and sends push notifications for critical events like animal distress or escapes.
- View farm map with current location
- Track animals with mob color
- Manage active/inactive virtual paddocks
- Scan animals and neckbands
- Upload session data
- Receive critical event 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!
Pasture Ai
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Turn your smartphone into a powerful pasture management tool. Pasture Ai uses advanced computer vision and machine learning to provide instant, lab-quality assessment of your pasture’s nutritional value. Stop guessing and start making data-driven grazing decisions in seconds. Whether you are a dairy farmer managing rotation lengths or a livestock producer optimizing feed intake, Pasture Ai gives you the data you need without the wait for traditional lab tests. KEY FEATURES: Instant Nutritional Analysis Simply snap a photo of your grass to receive immediate data on key parameters. Our AI models, trained on thousands of samples, analyze: - Dry Matter (DM): Calculate pasture cover (kgDM/ha) to manage your feed inventory. - Metabolizable Energy (ME): Ensure your herd is getting the energy required for optimal production. - Crude Protein (CP): Monitor protein levels to balance animal diet. AI Grazing Consultant - Have a specific question about your paddock? Our built-in AI Consultant analyzes your specific photos to answer complex questions about feed quality, grazing timing, and herd management strategies tailored to your current conditions. Smart Feed Calculator - Take the guesswork out of rationing. Use your scan results directly in our integrated Feed Calculator to determine the precise nutritional balance for your herd and identify surplus or deficit calls immediately. My Paddock History - Keep your farm organized. Save every scan by Farm Name and Paddock Number. Track historical trends in pasture quality to improve long-term land management. WHY CHOOSE PASTURE AI? - Accurate: Benchmarked against thousands of real-world samples. - Fast: Get results in seconds, right in the paddock. - Cost-Effective: Reduce the need for expensive and slow laboratory testing. - Easy to Use: Designed for use in the field—just point, shoot, and analyze. Optimize your grazing today with Pasture Ai.
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Verdict
eShepherd and Pasture Ai 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 10 days, Pasture Ai every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eShepherd | Pasture Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gallagher eShepherd Pty Ltd | Herd Scan |
In-app purchases
eShepherd
No in-app purchases
Pasture Ai
No in-app purchases
Questions
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