CotCot vs EggBasket

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/

EggBasket is the egg counter that never asks for a login. Tap tonight's eggs into the nest before you lock up the coop — ten seconds, done. And always know what your backyard eggs really cost. No account. No ads. No subscription. No company server that can lose your records: everything lives on your phone and syncs privately through your own iCloud. THE 10-SECOND EVENING HABIT • Tap eggs in with one big button — one card per flock, today's count front and center • A week strip under the counter shows the last 7 days at a glance • An optional evening nudge asks "How many eggs tonight?" — one quiet notification, nothing else KNOW YOUR COST PER EGG • Log feed, bedding and supplies in seconds • EggBasket divides what you've spent by every egg collected — your honest cost per egg • Watch it fall as the girls hit their stride SHARE THE HAUL • A beautiful share card with your flock's name, this week's eggs and your cost per egg — ready for your story, the family group chat, or the neighbors who keep asking YOUR FLOCK, YOUR DATA • Hen roster with names and breeds; per-hen weekly averages • Stats and charts: 14-day lay chart, streaks, weekly trends • CSV export is free, forever — your records are portable on day one • Backup to a file you keep; restore merges safely, never duplicates FREE VS LIFETIME Free: one flock of up to 6 hens with EVERY feature — logging, stats, share cards, reminder, iCloud sync, backup, CSV export. Lifetime ($9.99 once): unlimited flocks and hens, Insights (weekly trends, best laying days), and photo notes on every hen. That's the whole price list — no subscription, ever. Built by one person who was tired of apps that put a login between you and your own chickens. Support: shakti.thakran@outlook.com