Comparison

Tarantula Tracker vs KeeperCore

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

Head to head
About

Tarantula Tracker

Easily manage your tarantula collection with a feeding schedule tracker, molt prediction, and custom event logging. Features a species database, photo management, and comprehensive JSON backup. Available on iPhone and iPad.

Highlights
  • Feeding schedule tracker with reminders
  • Molt prediction
  • JSON backup and restore
  • Interactive calendar view
  • Species database
  • Photo management
  • Custom event logging
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Track your tarantula collection with ease! Now available on iPad with beautiful adaptive layouts. FEATURES: • Feeding schedule tracker with smart reminders • Molt prediction with exponential accuracy • Complete JSON backup (photos, notes, all events) • Interactive calendar view • Custom event logging • Multiple theme options • Species database with 57+ predefined species • Photo management for each tarantula • Universal app (iPhone & iPad) SMART TRACKING: Monitor feeding schedules, molt cycles, and custom events for each tarantula in your collection. Get intelligent predictions for upcoming molts based on historical data. COMPREHENSIVE BACKUP: Export your entire collection including photos, notes, feeding history, and molt records. Restore from JSON backup with merge or replace options. CALENDAR & REMINDERS: Visual calendar shows all events at a glance. Smart notifications remind you when it's time to feed each tarantula. CUSTOMIZABLE: Choose from 6 themes, set custom feeding intervals for each life stage, and track unlimited tarantulas. Perfect for hobbyists, breeders, and enthusiasts managing collections of any size!

About

KeeperCore

Manage your exotic pets with this comprehensive care platform. Track feedings, molts, and health, access species guides, and connect with a community of keepers. Offers AI-powered advice and tools for hobbyists and breeders.

Highlights
  • Pet care logging
  • AI care messages
  • Species care guides
  • Community forums
  • Species identification
  • Breeding tools
Features
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Track your exotic pets with KeeperCore — care logs, a species reference library, and an AI assistant that reasons from your own pet's history. Deepest for tarantulas, scorpions, and jumping spiders, with solid coverage for turtles, tortoises, frogs, and mantids. Reptile coverage (snakes, geckos, lizards) is smaller and growing. FREE: • 5 active pets • 10 AI care messages per day • 8 photos per pet • 1 co-keeper to share a pet's care with • Join community rooms and follow the species you keep • 650+ species reference library • Care logging for feeding, molting, weight, health, and more • Import your collection from a CSV or Excel spreadsheet • Pet profiles with public sharing, and memorial pages • Learning courses and quizzes • A printable enclosure tag — scan it and land on that pet's page PRO (In-App Purchase): • Up to 300 active pets • 100 AI care messages per day • Up to 2,000 photos per pet • Up to 20 video uploads per day • Unlimited co-keepers, plus time-boxed sitter access • Create and own community rooms • AI-powered care insights on Trends • Export care reports to PDF Ask Keeper (the built-in AI) about any of your animals — it answers from that animal's own logged history, not generic advice, and tells you when it isn't sure. Log a feeding, track a molt, or ask a care question in plain English. Add a co-keeper to any pet you own — a partner, a roommate, or whoever's covering feedings while you're away — and they can log care and photos for that pet from their own account. You stay the owner. Co-keepers have to already be friends with you on KeeperCore first; it's not open sharing by username. Keepers is where other keepers are: a Home feed built from the rooms you join and the species you follow, a Browse page for rooms, species, and keepers, and an Inbox for messages, activity, and requests. Every keeper has a Keeper Card — what they keep and what they've logged, if they choose to make it public. Start a room of your own on Pro, with approval-only membership and a moderation log. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tarantula Tracker4 screens
KeeperCore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: KeeperCore at 100% against Tarantula Tracker's 40%. KeeperCore also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Tarantula Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. KeeperCore sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Tarantula Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KeeperCore holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Tarantula Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of KeeperCore's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tarantula Tracker versus KeeperCore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTarantula TrackerKeeperCore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB61 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJared LawrenceJelly Labs Studio LLC

Customer experience

Tarantula Tracker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%

KeeperCore

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tarantula Tracker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

KeeperCore

Subscriptions2
  • KeeperCore Pro Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • KeeperCore Pro Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Tarantula Tracker free?
Tarantula Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KeeperCore free?
KeeperCore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tarantula Tracker or KeeperCore?
KeeperCore is rated higher. Tarantula Tracker averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while KeeperCore averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tarantula Tracker or KeeperCore have ads?
Neither Tarantula Tracker nor KeeperCore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tarantula Tracker or KeeperCore?
Tarantula Tracker ships an update every 3 days, and KeeperCore every 3 days. Most recently, Tarantula Tracker was updated on September 29, 2026 and KeeperCore on October 8, 2026.

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