Comparison

Beak Keeper vs Chicken & Egg Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Beak Keeper

Manage your backyard birds with this comprehensive app. Track individual bird details, monitor egg production, organize coops, and receive care reminders. Share flock information with a pet sitter using a QR code for peace of mind.

Highlights
  • Individual bird profiles with photos
  • Egg production logging and analytics
  • Coop organization and management
  • Customizable care and task reminders
  • Pet sitter QR code sharing
  • Health records and status alerts
Features
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Beak Keeper — Flock Management & Egg Tracking Made Simple Whether you keep backyard chickens, ducks, geese, keets, emu, peacocks, or any other barnyard birds, Beak Keeper is the complete flock management app for both beginners and seasoned homesteaders. Designed for egg production, meat birds, heritage breeds, and mixed flocks, Beak Keeper helps you track every detail of your flock with powerful tools in an intuitive interface. FLOCK MANAGEMENT • Individual bird profiles with photos • Breed, hatch date, and lineage tracking • Broody/molt state monitoring • Vaccination & medical history • Health records and status alerts EGG PRODUCTION & TRACKING • Daily egg logging • Egg color, size, and weight notes • Production analytics & trends (premium) • Historical egg reports • Perfect for egg tracker and backyard chicken workflows COOP ORGANIZATION • Manage multiple coops • Assign birds to housing • Track coop changes and maintenance tasks SMART ANALYTICS • Flock health insights • Egg production dashboards • Milestone achievements • Export data for record keeping or farm audits CARE & TASK REMINDERS • Custom chore reminders • Feeding, watering & cleaning schedules • Health check notifications • Treatment and medication tracking GOING ON VACATION? Never worry about your flock when you're away! Beak Keeper's Care Package feature lets you: • Generate a scannable QR code with everything your sitter needs • Share bird profiles, feeding schedules, and care instructions • Include vet contact info and emergency procedures • Set care period dates so sitters know exactly what to do and when Your sitter downloads the free Beak Keeper - Pet Sitter companion app, scans the code, and instantly has all your flock information at their fingertips. They can log completed tasks, track egg collection, and send you photo updates — all synced and ready for your return. Peace of mind for you. Clear guidance for your sitter. Happy birds all around. FREE — UP TO 8 BIRDS • Full flock management, egg logging, and health tracking • Custom egg colors and achievements • Import/export your data • iOS Reminders integration • Care packages for pet sitters • Broiler mode for meat bird operations HOMESTEAD — $2.99/MO • Up to 32 birds and 4 coops • Egg weight tracking and advanced analytics • GPS coop location and proximity sorting • RFID tag support RANCH — $7.99/MO • Unlimited birds and coops • Coop-level weight sampling and analytics • Extended analytics (90-day, all-time trends) ACCESSIBILITY Beak Keeper is designed for everyone: • Full VoiceOver screen reader support • Voice Control compatible • Dynamic Type for larger text • Dark Mode & OLED Dark Mode • Reduced Motion support • High contrast colors • Status indicators use icons, not just color PERFECT FOR • Backyard chicken keepers • Small farms & homesteads • Waterfowl and exotic bird owners • Heritage breed conservation • 4-H & FFA youth projects • Anyone serious about poultry & flock management Beak Keeper grows with your flock — from a few backyard hens to large homestead operations. Built by a real flock keeper who also happens to be a programming nerd. Download Beak Keeper today and manage a healthier, more productive flock. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Chicken & Egg Tracker

This app helps backyard chicken keepers manage their flock by logging egg collections, tracking individual bird production, and keeping health notes. It also assists with planning care tasks, monitoring supplies, and estimating incubation hatch dates.

Highlights
  • Daily egg logging
  • Flock profiles with photos
  • Per-bird egg production tracking
  • Health notes and follow-ups
  • Care task scheduling and reminders
  • Supplies and expense tracking
  • Incubation hatch date estimates
Features
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Your backyard flock's daily journal, painted in watercolor. Tap +1 as you collect and watch the week fill in. Know every hen by name, see who's laying, and keep each bird's eggs and health notes together, right where you need them at the coop. • Count eggs in a tap, then say who laid what if you know • A profile for every hen, rooster and chick: breed, coop, egg color, age and photo • Daily, weekly and monthly charts, with usable, held and damaged eggs • Egg holds after a treatment, with the day eggs are safe to eat again • Repeating care tasks with reminders: feed, water, cleaning, health checks • Incubator countdowns for chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl and quail, with candling and lockdown days • Supplies and expenses, and what a dozen of your eggs really costs • Export everything to Excel or CSV for your vet, your records or your own charts • iCloud sync between your iPhone and iPad Made for backyard flocks and small homesteads, from three hens to a full coop.

Screenshots

Beak Keeper4 screens
Chicken & Egg Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chicken & Egg Tracker at 4.8 against Beak Keeper's 4.3. Chicken & Egg Tracker also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (23 vs 3). Beak Keeper's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Beak Keeper sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Chicken & Egg Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chicken & Egg Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chicken & Egg Tracker has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Beak Keeper's written reviews are positive against 75% of Chicken & Egg Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beak Keeper ships an update every 3 days, Chicken & Egg Tracker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Beak Keeper versus Chicken & Egg Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeak KeeperChicken & Egg Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)4.8 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings323 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeff VierSergii Nesterenko

Customer experience

Beak Keeper

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chicken & Egg Tracker

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Beak Keeper

Subscriptions6
  • Beak Keeper Premium - Backyard$0.991 Month
  • Beak Keeper Premium - Homestead$4.991 Month
  • Beak Keeper Premium - Backyard$9.991 Year
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  • Beak Keeper Ranch (Monthly)$11.991 Month
  • Beak Keeper Homestead (Yearly)$49.991 Year
  • Beak Keeper Ranch (Yearly)$99.991 Year
1 purchases

Chicken & Egg Tracker

One-time1
  • Chicken Tracker Pro$12.99

Questions

Is Beak Keeper free?
Beak Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chicken & Egg Tracker free?
Chicken & Egg Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Beak Keeper or Chicken & Egg Tracker?
Chicken & Egg Tracker is rated higher. Beak Keeper averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Chicken & Egg Tracker averages 4.8 from 23 ratings.
Do Beak Keeper or Chicken & Egg Tracker have ads?
Neither Beak Keeper nor Chicken & Egg Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beak Keeper or Chicken & Egg Tracker?
Beak Keeper ships an update every 3 days, and Chicken & Egg Tracker every 3 months. Most recently, Beak Keeper was updated on October 24, 2026 and Chicken & Egg Tracker on October 30, 2026.

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