HerdBoss vs EquiTrace Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HerdBoss
Manage livestock details, track breeding, health records, and sales with this comprehensive animal management app. It supports multiple species and offers customizable reports, EID/RFID scanning, and offline data entry for seamless herd management.
- Track multiple animal species
- EID/RFID tag scanning
- Detailed animal records
- Breeding and offspring tracking
- Health and medical records
- Customizable and built-in reports
- Offline data entry and syncing
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Now with Customizable Reports! EID/RFID! Direct support for Sheep, Goats, Cattle, and Dogs! If you are a Breeder, HerdBoss will revolutionize the way you do business! Keeping track of all the details about your animals can be a headache. That headache becomes a migraine when your operation grows and expands. HerdBoss solves this problem! A complete end-to-end solution, HerdBoss tracks everything about your animals in a simple and intuitive way that will help you and your entire team save time and money, and increase accuracy and completeness of your tracking. - Keeps track of all the details about each of your animals, including name, registration number, sex, DNA, and dozens of other pieces of information - Track multiple species in one account - Organize your animals into multiple groups - Scan EID/RFID tags to easily access your animal records - Tracks the breeders that you buy animals from - Tracks the buyers that you sell animals to - Keeps all of the weights of your animals over time - Lets you know which animals have had what shots, and when - Helps you track when your animals have mated, and with whom - Lets you know when you should expect new offspring to be born, and who the expectant dams are - Displays the full lineage for any animal in your herd, including Dams-and-Sires or just Sires based on your preference - Generates a simple one-page or two-page report that contains all of the information about any animal in your herd which makes it easy to tell buyers all about the animal - Create your own customized reports! - Produce more than 20 built-in reports about your herd, including the offspring that have been born, the production of your sires, the births which are expected soon, weight gain, medical treatments, and income produced by Sires and Dams! - Bulk Actions available that make large updates easy All of this information is tied to your HerdBoss account, and is kept in-sync across all of your iPhones and iPads. Now you can have workers in the field entering medicine shot information or tracking mating information while you enter notes about the same animals, and have all of the data saved and shared for your whole team to see. You can use HerdBoss without a 5G or WiFi connection! If you don't have signal out in the field, no problem! You can still enter in all of your information and when you get back into 5G or WiFi, HerdBoss will sync all of the new information with the cloud. Supports any EID/RFID Reader that uses Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) as well as these Made for iOS readers: Allflex LPR Series A4 Allflex LPR Series A6 Allflex RS420 Agrident AWR250 Agrident AWR300 Agrident APR650 Free account creation required. 30 Day Free Trial, no payment info required up front. Try it out now and don't worry about having to remember to cancel. Accounts with 25 or fewer animals are free and do not require a subscription. With a basic monthly or yearly subscription you can store unlimited animals. You can also upgrade from the basic subscription to add Photos & Docs storage space to your account which will let you add Photos & Docs to your account (photos of animals, medicines... PDFs of registration forms, medical reports...). Free and Subscribed accounts have all of the same features with those two exceptions: (1) Free accounts can only store up to 25 animals, and (2) uploading Photos & Docs requires a paid subscription that includes one of the storage space options. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
EquiTrace Pro
This platform streamlines horse health and reproduction management for professionals. It facilitates detailed record-keeping for treatments, supplements, and breeding cycles, while enhancing team communication and biosecurity through real-time data sharing and microchip integration.
- Daily health checks and medical records
- Mare reproduction cycle tracking
- Treatment and procedure scheduling
- Microchip scanning for identification
- Team communication and data sharing
- Data export to spreadsheets
- User-specific authorization levels
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EquiTrace is a powerful platform designed for the horse industry, prioritizing the management of horse health, comprehensive recording of mare reproduction, and seamless communication amongst the team. For stud managers and trainers, EquiTrace ensures real-time updates on daily health checks, proper location, and the completion of necessary supplements or treatments. This tool is indispensable for accurate medication management, facilitating swift scheduling of treatments, and offering withdrawal time suggestions. It is intuitively designed for rapid, precise entry of treatment data, seamlessly integrating into daily operations. EquiTrace excels in mare reproduction record-keeping, providing stud managers with swift horse-side documentation. With a single button push recording, it operates at a pace that matches the speediest veterinarian, ensuring real-time recording and seamless communication to authorized users on the team. When paired with the Bio-Thermo™ microchip, the app also displays and graphs microchip temperature, allowing for quick identification of temperature spikes for easy monitoring. Facilitating communication among owners, trainers, barn staff, and vets, EquiTrace ensures the entire team stays informed and accountable for a horse's well-being. Key App Uses: • Daily health checks and comprehensive medical record-keeping. • Scheduling and recording of treatments. • Efficient communication across the entire horse care team. • Enhanced biosecurity through monitoring horse temperature and health. • Supervise treatment and care of horses at other locations. • Movement records on and off premises. App Features: • Horse-side data entry for comprehensive records. • Track mares throughout the reproduction cycle. • Schedule and record treatments for multiple horses. • Schedule and record procedures, such as farriery and the dentist • Import documents/photos and save to individual horse files. • Scan the microchip to identify the horse. • Secure recording of scans, including time, location, and person. • Encrypted storage of notes and location data, accessible only by authorized users. • Data export to any spreadsheet program. • User-specific authorization levels for data access and export. • Multi-farm authorization for a single user. • Quick horse search without prior scanning. • Integrates with Horse Farm Management Software. Subscription Details: Basic and Premium Subscriptions: A subscription is necessary for data storage and sharing with authorized users on the same farm. One person per farm subscribes, authorizing others and granting access. The premium subscription offers advanced features like scheduling and recording treatments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EquiTrace Pro at 4.5 against HerdBoss's 4.2. HerdBoss's advantage is ratings volume (58 vs 10). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. HerdBoss sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and EquiTrace Pro sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
EquiTrace Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HerdBoss has 58 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HerdBoss ships an update every 2 weeks, EquiTrace Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HerdBoss | EquiTrace Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (58 ratings) | 4.5 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Herd Boss LLC | Equitrace Ltd |
Customer experience
HerdBoss
EquiTrace Pro
In-app purchases
HerdBoss
- HerdBoss$5.991 Month
- HB + 1 GB Photos/Docs$6.991 Month
- HB + 2 GB Photos/Docs$7.991 Month
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- HB + 7 GB Photos/Docs$12.991 Month
- HB + 8 GB Photos/Docs$13.991 Month
- HB + 9 GB Photos/Docs$14.991 Month
- HerdBoss$59.991 Year
- HB + 1 GB Photos/Docs$71.991 Year
- HB + 2 GB Photos/Docs$83.991 Year
- HB + 3 GB Photos/Docs$95.991 Year
- HB + 5 GB Photos/Docs$119.991 Year
EquiTrace Pro
- Subscription A: 1-5 horses1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Subscription B: 6-15 horses1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Premium A: 1-5 horses1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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- Premium B: 6-15 horses1 Month trial$19.991 Month
- Subscription C: 16-50 horses1 Month trial$34.991 Month
- Premium C: 16-50 horses1 Month trial$69.991 Month
- Subscription C: 51-100 horses1 Month trial$74.991 Month
- Premium D: 51-100 horses1 Month trial$149.991 Month
- Subscription F: 151-200 horses1 Month trial$174.991 Month
- Subscription G: Unlimited1 Month trial$249.991 Month
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