ChickenCloud vs Backyard Chicken Keeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChickenCloud
Manage your chicken flock and breeding operations efficiently. Create detailed profiles for each chicken, track egg production, and generate necessary legal documents. This app simplifies the organization and management of your poultry.
- Detailed chicken profiles
- Egg production tracking
- Legal document generation
- Sales and death record keeping
- Image and note storage
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ChickenCloud – Die perfekte App für Hühnerzüchter und Halter Verwalte deine Hühnerzucht ganz einfach und effizient mit ChickenCloud! Diese App bietet dir alle wichtigen Funktionen, die du brauchst, um deine Hühner zu organisieren und deine Zucht optimal zu verwalten. Hauptfunktionen: Hühnerprofile: Erstelle für jedes deiner Hühner ein detailliertes Profil – mit Bildern, Notizen, Ringnummer, Geburtsdatum, Geschlecht, Züchter und weiteren wichtigen Informationen. Verwalte auch Daten zu Verkäufen und Todesfällen. Eierproduktion: Tracke die tägliche Eierproduktion pro Stamm oder für deinen gesamten Bestand. So hast du immer die aktuelle Übersicht über deine Erträge. Rechtliche Dokumente: Generiere alle nötigen rechtlichen Dokumente direkt aus der App – perfekt für Züchter und Halter, die ihre Verwaltung schnell und einfach erledigen möchten. Weitere Funktionen in Entwicklung: ChickenCloud wird ständig weiterentwickelt, um dir noch mehr Funktionen und Verbesserungen zu bieten! ChickenCloud ist dein digitaler Partner für die Hühnerzucht – einfach zu bedienen, zuverlässig und immer auf dem neuesten Stand. Hol dir die App jetzt und erleichtere dir die Arbeit rund um deine Hühner!
Backyard Chicken Keeper
This app helps backyard chicken keepers manage their flocks. Track egg production, monitor individual bird health, and log incubation progress. It also includes a breed database and expense tracking to understand the true cost of your eggs.
- Daily egg logging
- Individual bird health tracking
- Incubation progress monitoring
- Breed database
- Expense tracking
- Seasonal care guide
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Coop is the backyard chicken keeper's complete companion - track daily egg production, manage flock health, and discover which hen is your best layer. Log eggs in seconds each morning, monitor health events with a built-in conditions reference, and track incubation day by day. The breed database covers 60+ popular breeds with laying rates, temperament, and climate hardiness. Expense tracking reveals the true cost of your eggs (brace yourself). Whether you have 4 hens or 40, Coop turns your flock into a well-managed, data-backed operation. EGG TRACKING Log your daily egg count in under 10 seconds - the fastest morning ritual in the coop. Tap the +/- counter, done. Track individual hens in detailed mode, log egg colors from your mixed-breed flock, and view a calendar heatmap of your production history. Monthly totals, weekly averages, and laying rate trends reveal patterns you never noticed before. FLOCK MANAGEMENT Every bird in your flock, individually profiled. Add photos, track breeds from a library of 60+ varieties, log personality notes, and monitor each hen's status - laying, molting, broody, or sick. Bird profiles feel like character pages, because your hens have characters. HEALTH TRACKING Log health events with severity levels, symptom checklists, treatment notes, and follow-up reminders. The built-in conditions reference covers respiratory illness, digestive problems, egg issues, parasites, and injuries - searchable by symptom. When something's wrong with a bird, answers are one tap away. INCUBATION TRACKER Set eggs on day 0 and let Coop guide you through candling days, lockdown, and hatch day. Milestone notifications fire automatically - you will never miss the day 18 lockdown. Track fertility rates and hatch results. BREED DATABASE Explore 60+ popular breeds with laying rates, egg color, temperament, cold hardiness, broodiness, and care notes. Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington, Easter Egger, Silkie, ISA Brown, Australorp, and dozens more. Free tier includes 15 breeds. EXPENSE TRACKING (PRO) The true cost of eggs calculator is Coop's most talked-about feature. Log every bag of feed, vet bill, and equipment purchase. Coop divides total expenses by total eggs and tells you exactly what your eggs cost per dozen. The number is usually surprising. Chicken keepers love it anyway. SEASONAL CARE GUIDE Hemisphere-aware seasonal tips update automatically throughout the year - spring broodiness checks, summer heat stress protocols, fall molting guidance, winter frostbite prevention. The app feels alive because it knows what month it is. AI FLOCK ASSISTANT (PRO) Ask anything about your flock and get actionable answers with your birds' history as context. "My hen has a swollen crop that smells sour - what do I do?" or "Goldie stopped laying 5 days ago - what could it be?" Powered by Grok. FREE TIER INCLUDES: - Up to 6 birds - Daily egg logging - Up to 10 health events - 15 breeds in the database - Conditions reference - Seasonal care guide - 1 incubation batch COOP PRO UNLOCKS: - Unlimited birds - Unlimited health events - Full breed database (60+ breeds) - Per-bird egg logging - Expense tracking & cost-per-egg calculator - AI Flock Assistant (Grok-powered) - Export your data (CSV) - Unlimited incubation batches Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Backyard Chicken Keeper at none against ChickenCloud's shown. Backyard Chicken Keeper also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). ChickenCloud's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
ChickenCloud ships an update every 11 days, Backyard Chicken Keeper every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChickenCloud | Backyard Chicken Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maurice-Pascal Doepke | Karol Jaworski |
Customer experience
ChickenCloud
Backyard Chicken Keeper
In-app purchases
ChickenCloud
No in-app purchases
Backyard Chicken Keeper
No in-app purchases
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