Comparison

CattlDrive vs Herd Advisor

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

Head to head
About

CattlDrive

Streamline cattle buying, selling, and sorting operations with this business management tool. It simplifies record-keeping by scanning documents, provides real-time market updates, and facilitates team collaboration, even without cell service.

Highlights
  • Minimal data entry via scanning
  • Real-time market updates
  • Easy cattle sorting
  • Confident selling decisions
  • Team collaboration
  • Offline functionality
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CattlDrive is the ultimate app designed specifically for cattlemen involved in buying, selling, sorting, and marketing cattle. With CattlDrive, streamline your operations and maximize your profits with ease. Here’s how CattlDrive can revolutionize your cattle business: Key Features: Minimal Data Entry: Simplify your record-keeping. Effortlessly scan invoices, scale tickets, handwritten bid cards, and more directly into the app. Say goodbye to manual data entry and hello to efficiency! Market Updates: Stay ahead of the game with real-time cattle market updates delivered directly to your device. Make informed decisions with the latest market trends at your fingertips. Easy Sorting:Sorting cattle has never been easier. Split lots and sort with just a few clicks, saving you time and reducing hassle. Organize your inventory and keep track of every head of cattle seamlessly. Confident Selling: Evaluate your cattle lots on the go to determine the optimal marketing windows. Make confident selling decisions to ensure you get the best prices for your cattle. Collaborate Efficiently: Invite your location managers, truck drivers, and other team members to collaborate within the app. Share critical information, streamline communication, and keep everyone on the same page. Why Choose CattlDrive? CattlDrive is designed with the modern cattleman in mind, providing you with powerful tools to enhance your operations. Whether you are managing a small herd or a large operation, CattlDrive helps you stay organized, informed, and ready to seize market opportunities. - Less Stress: Reduce the stress of managing your cattle business with an intuitive and user-friendly app. - Important Decision-Making Details: Access critical decision-making information right on your smartphone, ensuring you're always informed. - No Cell Service, No Problem: Use CattlDrive even in remote areas without cell service, keeping your operations running smoothly. - Stay Organized: Keep your team coordinated and organized with the powerful collaboration feature. - Never Miss a Headcount or Death Loss Again: Maintain accurate records and stay on top of your inventory with ease. Download CattlDrive today and take control of your cattle business like never before. Experience the future of cattle management with CattlDrive – where efficiency meets profitability.

About

Herd Advisor

Streamline cattle record-keeping with voice commands, even offline. Log calving, treatments, weights, and more instantly as work happens, then review and confirm later. Supports unlimited animals and team access.

Highlights
  • Voice-enabled record entry
  • Offline functionality
  • 13+ record types
  • Batch operations
  • Unlimited animals and pastures
  • Team access
  • CSV import/export
Features
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Heifer 47 calved at dawn. You're standing in the mud with gloves on, both hands busy. You say: "Hey Siri, cattle record with Herd Advisor." Then say your record. Done. No clipboard. No box top. Here's the rest of that morning. The calf needed a pull, so you speak the calving record right there — ease score, dam, all of it. Two pens over, a few steers look snotty, so you say "Treated tags 708, 711, 710 with Baytril" and the app logs all three, withdrawal dates included. You're at the far end of the place with no signal — doesn't matter. Herd Advisor works offline and syncs on its own when you're back in range. By lunch you're at the kitchen table, and every record from the morning is sitting on a Records for Review screen. You glance over it, confirm it, and it's saved for good. That's the whole idea: records get made where the work happens, not transcribed off a notebook three weeks later. What it keeps track of: - 13 record types by voice: calving, treatments, weights, sales, movements, deaths, and more - Calving with ease scoring, expected calving dates, and pregnancy confirmation - Weaning and weight records with growth tracking; dam and sire parentage - Treatments with medications, vaccines, and withdrawal tracking - Sale records with pricing, death records, custom groups, photo attachments - Batch operations: bulk treatments, weaning, pasture moves, status changes - Unlimited animals, unlimited pastures (status, rotation, reminders), unlimited farms with cross-farm views - CSV import and export, plus a full activity log - Team access — workers and family share one subscription If you want market help too, the Complete plan adds the Cattle Market Guide: price forecasts built from 250+ livestock auctions. Built by a lifelong rancher who got tired of record apps that weren't made for the way the work actually goes. Cattle Record Guide is $14/mo. Herd Advisor Complete (records plus market guide) is $18/mo. Try either free for 14 days — long enough to run it through a real stretch of calving season and see if it earns its keep.

Screenshots

CattlDrive4 screens
Herd Advisor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Herd Advisor at 100% against CattlDrive's 50%. Herd Advisor also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (35 vs 3). CattlDrive's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Herd Advisor sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $14.00 per month. CattlDrive asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Herd Advisor holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Herd Advisor has 35 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of CattlDrive's written reviews are positive against 100% of Herd Advisor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CattlDrive ships an update every 6 days, Herd Advisor weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CattlDrive versus Herd Advisor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCattlDriveHerd Advisor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)4.9 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings335 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStarks Technologies LLCWalter Wight

Customer experience

CattlDrive

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Herd Advisor

All ratings35 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CattlDrive

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Herd Advisor

Subscriptions7
  • Cattle Record Guide$14.001 Month
  • Herd Advisor Complete$18.001 Month
  • Complete + AI$29.001 Month
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  • Cattle Market Guide$75.001 Year
  • Cattle Record Guide$150.001 Year
  • Herd Advisor Complete (Annual)$191.991 Year
  • Herd Advisor Complete + AI (Annual)$300.001 Year

Questions

Is CattlDrive free?
CattlDrive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Herd Advisor free?
Herd Advisor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CattlDrive or Herd Advisor?
Herd Advisor is rated higher. CattlDrive averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Herd Advisor averages 4.9 from 35 ratings.
Do CattlDrive or Herd Advisor have ads?
Neither CattlDrive nor Herd Advisor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CattlDrive or Herd Advisor?
CattlDrive ships an update every 6 days, and Herd Advisor weekly. Most recently, CattlDrive was updated on September 9, 2026 and Herd Advisor on September 24, 2026.

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