CotCot vs HenLog

CotCot — the logbook for your backyard flock. Log eggs in two seconds, follow every hen by name, and finally know what your backyard chickens really cost you. Built for keepers, from a first coop at the bottom of the garden to a full flock. How many eggs this month? Which hen has stopped laying? Why is production dropping? Have my chickens paid for themselves yet? CotCot answers, with the numbers to back it up. ■ ONE HOME SCREEN Today's eggs, the next care task due, local weather and your flock's progress — the whole coop at a glance, the moment you open the app. A short first-steps checklist gets you going on day one. ■ EGG & LAYING TRACKER • Log the day's eggs in one tap, for the whole flock or hen by hen • Laying calendar and a whole year at a glance • Week-ahead forecast, current streaks and records • This year vs last year: see whether your flock is really improving • Laying drop alerts and molt detection • Daylight hours and temperature: the link with laying, measured • Who lays what over 90 days, hen by hen ■ YOUR HENS • A full profile: photo, album, breed, date of birth, age • Life journal, notes and day-to-day observations • Weight tracking, curve and an alert on weight loss • Performance against her own breed, the effect of age, pause detection • Every hen gets her own name, photo and character • A collectible card to reveal for every hen ■ HEALTH & CARE • Recurring tasks and reminders: red mites, worming, beak and claws, disinfection, vaccination, nest box cleaning • A health record per hen, with notifications at the right moment • Flock logbook: every treatment and weigh-in gathered on one timeline • Broody hens and hatching: a countdown to day 21 • Avian flu level and a biosecurity checklist • "Can I feed them this?" — safe, occasional and forbidden foods • Egg withdrawal period after a treatment ■ COST & PROFITABILITY • Spending by category and the real cost of an egg, month by month • Break-even: the date your chickens paid for themselves • Feed and bedding stock: real consumption, run-out date and an alert before you run dry • CSV export and a yearly PDF report, to keep or to share ■ BREEDS & GUIDES • 29 breed profiles: eggs per year, egg colour, temperament, hardiness • Rhode Island Red, Sussex, Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte, Orpington, Australorp, Easter Egger, Silkie and many more • Practical guides: getting started, winter, introducing a new hen, predators, coop setup ■ 7 AI FEATURES • Identify a breed from a photo • Count the eggs in a basket automatically, and assign them to the right hen • "What is my hen thinking?" — from her photo • Health check: a careful steer from what you describe • A chicken-keeping assistant for any question • A weekly gazette about your flock • An illustrated collectible card for each hen ■ WEATHER & PROGRESS • Local weather, seasonal advice and heat alerts • Levels, badges to unlock and seasonal challenges, alone or with the family • A recap of your laying year, to look back on and share ■ NO ADS No adverts, no ad networks, no banners. Ever. ■ FREE OR PREMIUM Free: 2 hens, 7 days of history, one free try on every AI feature. Premium: unlimited hens, full history, every laying analysis, cost and profitability, CSV and PDF exports, 20 AI actions a month. ■ YOUR DATA CotCot works offline. An account is optional and only serves to sync your data across your devices. Delete your account and all of your data in one tap, from inside the app. Whether you keep three hens at the bottom of the garden or a proper flock, whether you raise layers, ornamental birds or heritage breeds, CotCot tracks it all: eggs and laying, health and care, broodiness and hatching chicks, feed stock, cost and profitability — all year round, season after season. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

HenLog is the 30-second flock ledger for backyard chicken keepers. Collect the eggs, tap the big button, done — HenLog turns your daily count into weekly, monthly and yearly totals, lay-rate trends, and a simple answer to the question every chicken keeper asks: is this flock paying for itself? COUNT EGGS IN SECONDS • One big button on the Today screen: +1 per egg, minus to correct, or type the total • Per-flock counting with a quick flock switcher • Today, last-7-days and lay-rate summary at a glance SEE YOUR FLOCK'S TRENDS • Daily egg chart with a 7-day moving average • Weekly, monthly and yearly totals • Lay rate (eggs per hen), daily average and best day • Spot molting, winter slowdowns and problems early KNOW YOUR HENS • Flock and hen profiles: breed, joined date, photo and notes • Profiles are optional — egg counting works without any setup IS THE FLOCK PAYING FOR ITSELF? (PRO) • Record feed, bedding and coop expenses • Log egg sales to neighbors as income • Net profit and your true cost per dozen, computed automatically YOUR DATA IS YOURS • CSV export for eggs and ledger (Pro) • Works completely offline — no account, no login, no tracking • Everything stays on your phone FREE VERSION: one flock with up to 10 hens, every egg-counting feature, and 30 days of charts. HENLOG PRO ($5.99, one time): unlimited flocks and hens, the accounting ledger, CSV export, and full-history trends. No subscription. Ever. Built for keepers of 5–30 hens who sell the extras to neighbors and want numbers instead of notebook scraps.