Comparison

CotCot vs ChickenFlock

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

Head to head
About

CotCot

Track your backyard chickens' egg production, health, and costs with this comprehensive logbook. Monitor individual hen performance, manage care tasks, and analyze flock profitability. Includes AI-powered features for breed identification and egg counting.

Highlights
  • Egg and laying tracker
  • Individual hen profiles and journals
  • Health and care reminders
  • Cost and profitability analysis
  • Breed profiles and guides
  • AI-powered features
  • Weather and progress tracking
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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/

About

ChickenFlock

Easily track your flock's egg production, hen performance, and expenses. Organize coop details, set reminders, and export data. Designed for privacy with offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Log eggs quickly
  • Track hen performance
  • Calculate cost per egg
  • Manage bird profiles
  • Set coop reminders
  • Export data to CSV
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Free for most backyard flocks. No account, no ads, nothing about your flock ever sent to us. When you outgrow it, Pro is $9.99 a year — a fraction of what poultry apps usually charge. LOG EGGS IN SECONDS - One big tap to log each egg — whole flock or per hen - Backdate entries if you missed a day - Daily, weekly and monthly charts with trends FIND YOUR TOP LAYERS (AND YOUR SLACKERS) - Per-hen leaderboard shows who's laying and who's freeloading - Lay rate calculated from real hen-days - Spot seasonal slumps before you start worrying KNOW YOUR REAL COST PER EGG - Track feed, bedding, equipment and health expenses - Cost per egg updates automatically - Spending breakdown by category YOUR COOP, ORGANIZED - Bird profiles with breed and hatch date - Feed and health notes for every day - Reminders for coop cleaning, vaccinations and more - Export everything to CSV, back up and restore anytime PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Works offline — perfect for a coop with no signal - No account, no login, no ads, no analytics - Collects zero data. Nothing about your flock is ever sent to us FREE Track up to 8 hens with every feature above. No trial, no nagging. CHICKENFLOCK PRO — $9.99 PER YEAR - Unlimited hens - Automatic iCloud backup, so a lost phone doesn't mean a lost flock. The copy lives in your own iCloud — we still can't see it Whether you keep 3 hens or thirty, ChickenFlock keeps your coop in your pocket. ChickenFlock Pro is a yearly subscription of $9.99. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://plerapps.com/chickenflock-privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

CotCot4 screens
ChickenFlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ChickenFlock at 100% against CotCot's 0%. ChickenFlock also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). CotCot's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. CotCot sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. ChickenFlock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ChickenFlock holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of CotCot's written reviews are positive against 100% of ChickenFlock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CotCot ships an update every 4 days, ChickenFlock every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CotCot versus ChickenFlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCotCotChickenFlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnthony PellarinVladislav Kobenko

Customer experience

CotCot

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

ChickenFlock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CotCot

One-time3
  • 30 crédits IA$1.99
  • 100 crédits IA$3.99
  • 250 crédits IA$8.99
None

ChickenFlock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CotCot free?
CotCot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChickenFlock free?
ChickenFlock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CotCot or ChickenFlock?
ChickenFlock is rated higher. CotCot averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ChickenFlock averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do CotCot or ChickenFlock have ads?
Neither CotCot nor ChickenFlock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CotCot or ChickenFlock?
CotCot ships an update every 4 days, and ChickenFlock every 2 months. Most recently, CotCot was updated on October 13, 2026 and ChickenFlock on October 12, 2026.

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