Tarantula Tracker vs XenoKeeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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!
XenoKeeper
Manage all your exotic pets in one comprehensive field journal. Track feedings, molts, growth, and habitat conditions for a wide variety of species. Works offline and offers optional cloud sync for your data.
- Multi-species pet tracking
- Phase-aware feeding logs
- 23 event types with start/end phases
- Growth and measurement tracking
- Habitat condition monitoring
- QR code generation for quick access
- Colony management
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One app for every animal you keep. If you keep more than one kind of exotic, you've been juggling apps that each cover half your collection. XenoKeeper is the one field journal for all of it — reptiles, tarantulas, fish, amphibians, scorpions, isopods, and everything in between. 2,536 species across 10 categories, in one place. Open it at the rack, log a feeding, close it. Open it over coffee, plan the week, close it. No account, no sign-up screen, no setup wizard — add your first animal and go. Works fully offline, wherever your animals are. — WHAT IT TRACKS — - Feeding, phase-aware. Multi-food entries with size segments and rejection tracking ("3 small dubias, 1 large cricket — she refused the hornworm"). The overdue clock understands biology: your tarantula hits pre-molt and feeding pauses; your corn snake finishes a shed and the schedule resumes from the right date. - 23 event types. Molts, sheds, brumation, gravidity, metamorphosis, glass-surfing, cohabitation, habitat shifts — each with start/end phases that feed straight back into your feeding logic. - Measurements & growth. Weight, length, temperature, humidity — metric or imperial with a tap. Growth curves draw themselves as you log, from an 8-gram hatchling to a full-grown adult. - Habitats. Set target temperature and humidity ranges per enclosure — terrestrial, arboreal, fossorial, semi-aquatic — and tie each animal to its home. - QR codes. Generate per-animal or per-habitat codes, batch-print a sheet, stick them on every tub, and scan to jump straight to that record. The fastest path from "spotted something" to "logged it" when you've got 40 enclosures. - Colonies. Dubia roaches, isopod cultures, ant farms — colony size tracked as a real measurement over time, not shoehorned into individual-animal fields. - Safety flags. Venom and urticating-hair warnings on the species record, visible at a glance. — BUILT FOR HOW YOU KEEP — Reptiles & amphibians: shed-aware feeding, brumation as a first-class state, life-stage transitions from hatchling to adult. Ball pythons, leopard geckos, bearded dragons, corn snakes, crested geckos, dart frogs, axolotls. Arachnids & inverts: molt phases that drive feeding logic, venom and urticating-hair flags, colony support. Tarantulas, true spiders, emperor scorpions, mantids, beetles. Aquatics & semi-aquatics: aquatic/terrestrial transitions as a built-in event; temperature, humidity, and lighting tracked together. — YOURS TO KEEP — - No account required to start. Want cloud sync and backup? Create a free account anytime — they're included, not a paid add-on. - Works offline — at the expo, the field shed, anywhere. - Open import and export. Bring your collection in, back it up to a .zip, take it with you. Your data is never held hostage. — ON THE WAY — A community hub to connect with other dedicated keepers, plus breeder tools — pairings, clutch management, and offspring lineage — are actively in development. XenoKeeper is free to start. Optional Pro and Pro+ subscriptions add higher animal limits, themes, and community features. Pro and Pro+ are auto-renewable subscriptions, offered monthly or annually. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://xenokeeper.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://xenokeeper.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: XenoKeeper at 5.0 against Tarantula Tracker's 3.5. Tarantula Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. XenoKeeper sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Tarantula Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
XenoKeeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.
Tarantula Tracker ships an update every 3 days, XenoKeeper every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tarantula Tracker | XenoKeeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jared Lawrence | Polite Cactus, LLC |
Customer experience
Tarantula Tracker
XenoKeeper
In-app purchases
Tarantula Tracker
No in-app purchases
XenoKeeper
- XenoKeeper Pro (Founder)$3.991 Month
- XenoKeeper Pro+ (Founder)$5.991 Month
- XenoKeeper Pro Annual (Founder)$39.991 Year
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- XenoKeeper Pro+ Annual (Founder)$59.991 Year
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