HerdTracker vs Cattle Ranch Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HerdTracker
Manage your cattle herd's breeding, lineage, and individual animal attributes. This app helps you track herd valuation and provides comprehensive inventory management for livestock.
- Breeding tracking
- Lineage management
- Animal attribute tracking
- Herd valuation
- Inventory management
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Inventory for cattle herds supporting tracking of breeding, lineage, animal attributes, herd valuation.
Cattle Ranch Manager
This app provides a comprehensive system for managing cattle ranches. It allows users to track individual animals, manage grazing, monitor hay production, and access market prices. The app is designed for offline use in the field, offering detailed reports and bulk operation capabilities.
- Livestock record keeping
- Rotational grazing management
- Hay production tracking
- Live USDA cattle market prices
- Offline GPS tracking
- Bulk operations
- Detailed reporting
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Ranch Manager: Your Complete Cattle Management System Ranch Manager is a powerful iOS app designed by ranchers, for ranchers. Track every animal from birth to sale with comprehensive livestock records including calving history, medical records, vaccinations, weights, and sales. Organize your herd with unlimited custom groups and manage rotational grazing efficiently. Beyond livestock, Ranch Manager helps you track hay production across multiple years with paddock management and cutting records. Stay informed with live USDA cattle market prices updated weekly, so you always know the best time to sell. Use GPS to track spread applications (fertilizer, spray, seeding) and map paddock boundaries with satellite imagery—all working offline in the field. Key features include bulk operations (vaccinations, weaning, sales), automatic iCloud backup, offline capability, detailed reports, and a mobilefirst design built for use while working. Whether you run 50 head or 500, Ranch Manager gives you the tools to manage your ranch like a business.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cattle Ranch Manager at daily against HerdTracker's every 2 months. HerdTracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HerdTracker against 5.0 for Cattle Ranch Manager. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
HerdTracker ships an update every 2 months, Cattle Ranch Manager daily. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HerdTracker | Cattle Ranch Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raleigh Richard Rhodes Iii | WESLEY DEAN ARCHER |
Customer experience
HerdTracker
Cattle Ranch Manager
In-app purchases
HerdTracker
No in-app purchases
Cattle Ranch Manager
No in-app purchases
