Comparison

Backyard Chickens vs Flockora

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

Head to head
About

Backyard Chickens

Features
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Backyard Chickens replaces the notebook by the coop door with a real egg log, flock manager, and breed advisor built for keepers who actually collect eggs every morning. Log every egg by flock or by hen, watch your laying trends over time, and get plain-English answers about breeds, coop sizing, and molt timing whenever you need them. Keeping chickens generates more numbers than most people expect โ€” egg counts, feed costs, molt cycles, and which hen actually earns her keep. Backyard Chickens turns that into a simple daily habit instead of a notebook full of half-remembered tallies, so the fifteen seconds it takes to log this morning's eggs actually adds up to something useful by the end of the season. WHAT YOU CAN DO โ€ข Egg log โ€” record every egg collected, by flock or per individual hen โ€ข Multiple flocks โ€” track separate flocks with their own birds, notes, and egg history โ€ข Per-hen records โ€” breed, age, and production history for each bird, not just a flock total โ€ข Laying trends โ€” see production rates, a producer ranking for every hen, and upcoming molt forecasts built from your own log โ€ข Breed library โ€” reference details on common backyard chicken breeds before you add new birds โ€ข AI coop & breed advisor โ€” ask which breeds fit your climate and how to size your coop, with guidance only, never veterinary advice โ€ข Feed & cost tracking โ€” see your real cost per egg, not just a guess โ€ข Flock notes โ€” coop location, temperament, and care routines saved right on each flock โ€ข Full history at a glance โ€” days logged and eggs collected over any stretch of time, per flock or per bird WHY BACKYARD CHICKENS โ€ข Built around the daily habit โ€” logging today's eggs takes seconds, not a trip to find a notebook โ€ข Real trends, not just totals โ€” molt forecasts and laying-rate charts come from your own history, not a generic chart โ€ข Per-hen detail when you want it โ€” know which bird is actually productive and which has slowed down โ€ข Advisor that knows your setup โ€” breed and coop guidance factors in your climate and flock size โ€ข Cost clarity โ€” feed tracking turns "how much does this hobby cost" into an actual number WHO IT'S FOR โ€ข Backyard keepers with one flock who want a simple daily egg log โ€ข Growing operations managing several flocks and dozens of birds โ€ข New keepers choosing their first breeds and sizing a coop for the first time โ€ข Anyone who wants to know their real cost per egg instead of estimating it โ€ข Anyone who has ever wondered which hen actually stopped laying and when Backyard Chickens' advisor gives general husbandry guidance, not veterinary advice โ€” for a sick or injured bird, always consult a poultry vet. For the daily routine, it's the egg log, the flock records, and the laying trends that turn keeping chickens into something you actually understand instead of guess at. Download Backyard Chickens and give every flock the record it deserves. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://coddykit.com/terms/privacy-policy

About

Flockora

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Flockora is the companion for backyard chickens โ€” the flock in your own garden, counted properly. Mark the morning's eggs with one thumb, gloves on, in about six seconds. Every mark leaves a stroke in the book, and the fifth closes the group, so you can read the count without reading a number. Add the widget and mark straight from your Home Screen. WRONG COUNT? STRUCK, NOT LOST Re-enter any day in the register and the old figure stays printed, crossed out beside the new one. Nothing in Flockora is silently overwritten, and nothing you record is stuck: every hen, health note, purchase and clutch can be corrected or removed, with a ten-second undo on every deletion. WHAT YOUR EGGS REALLY COST Flockora does the maths the whole community jokes about. Feed, bedding, supplements, equipment โ€” divided by every egg you collect โ€” so you finally know your true cost per egg, and the month you break even against the store dozen. Both of those are free. Pro opens the arithmetic up: feed-only cost beside all-in, what the flock has cost you against what the eggs are worth, and a share card to settle the argument. TWENTY-ONE DAYS, MADE LEGIBLE Start a hatch and Flockora lays the clock out as one rule โ€” candling on day 7 and 14, lockdown on 18, the pips on 21, and the right length for ducks, quail, turkeys and geese. Every threshold prints how far away it is. With Pro, you can put a running clutch on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. KNOW YOUR FLOCK Give every hen a page โ€” photo, breed, age and a health timeline. Mark her as she lays, molts, goes broody or rests. When a hen passes, she is marked passed, never deleted: her page and her dates stay in the book. KEEP THE LEDGER Track feed and expenses, watch the bag count down its days, and see what your flock costs over time. FREE, AND GENEROUS Egg marking, the register, widgets, hen pages, photos, health records, hatch tracking, your cost per egg and your break-even month are all free forever, with no limits on how much you keep. Flockora Pro adds the deeper arithmetic โ€” feed-only against all-in, lifetime spend against what the eggs are worth, the share card โ€” and the Hatch Day Live Activity. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your flock stays on your device. No account, no sign-in, no cloud, no analytics, no ads. Flockora collects nothing about you. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Flockora Pro is available as a monthly subscription at $4.99 or a yearly subscription at $39.99, which starts with a 7-day free trial. Prices are in US dollars and may vary by region; the price you will be charged is always shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically for the same period at the same price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. To cancel, open Settings on your device, tap your name, then Subscriptions, and turn off auto-renewal for Flockora โ€” you keep Pro until the period you have already paid for runs out. Cancelling a free trial at least 24 hours before it ends means nothing is charged; any unused part of a trial is forfeited if you buy a subscription before it ends. Terms of Use: https://theknack2020-sketch.github.io/flockora/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://theknack2020-sketch.github.io/flockora/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

Backyard Chickens4 screens
Flockora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Flockora at none against Backyard Chickens's shown. Backyard Chickens's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Backyard Chickens sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Flockora sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Backyard Chickens versus Flockora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackyard ChickensFlockora
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Monthly
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size50 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMEHMET CANKER (TR)UFUK OZDEMIR

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Backyard Chickens

Subscriptions2
  • Backyard Chickens Pro monthly$4.991 Month
  • Backyard Chickens Pro annual$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Flockora

Subscriptions2
  • Flockora Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Flockora Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Flockora Pro (Lifetime)$79.99

Questions

Is Backyard Chickens free?
Backyard Chickens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flockora free?
Flockora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Backyard Chickens or Flockora have ads?
Backyard Chickens shows ads; Flockora does not.

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