Comparison

HerdBoss vs Goat Due Date Calculator

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Goat Due Date Calculator

This tool helps goat owners quickly calculate important dates for their herd, including kidding due dates, heat cycles, and vaccination schedules. It offers standard calculations based on breed and an advanced tab for custom needs, with the option to save dates directly to your device calendar.

Highlights
  • Calculate kidding due dates
  • Determine next heat cycle
  • Calculate blood test and ultrasound dates
  • Schedule vaccinations
  • CIDR protocol timing
  • Custom date calculations
  • Save dates to device calendar
Features
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Simple but useful tool to quickly determine due dates of your goat herd. Add the due date to your device calendar with a quick and easy button press. Simply select the breeding date and breed standard and see the day, month, and year your kids should arrive. Tap the "Save to Calendar" button to open your device calendar event creation prompt. Due dates are calculated using the American Goat Society terms of 150 days for standard breed size and 145 days for miniature breeds. Use the "Advanced" tab to calculate a number of the most common dates all in one place. You are also able to customize to best fit your kidding needs.   Advanced tab includes: *Next Heat *Blood Test for Pregnancy *UltraSound *Vacccinations *CIDR Protocol *Custom Calculation App icon image uses content with approval from: http://www.art4youspace.net/

Screenshots

HerdBoss4 screens
Goat Due Date Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Goat Due Date Calculator at 4.9 against HerdBoss's 4.2. Goat Due Date Calculator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. HerdBoss sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Goat Due Date Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Goat Due Date Calculator holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 48 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of HerdBoss's written reviews are positive against 100% of Goat Due Date Calculator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HerdBoss ships an update fortnightly, Goat Due Date Calculator every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HerdBoss versus Goat Due Date Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHerdBossGoat Due Date Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (59 ratings)4.9 (48 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings59 — better48
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHerd Boss LLCMichael Froseth Jr

Customer experience

HerdBoss

All ratings59 ratings
Positive81.4%
Neutral3.4%
Negative15.3%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

Goat Due Date Calculator

All ratings48 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

HerdBoss

Subscriptions11
  • 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
None

Goat Due Date Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HerdBoss free?
HerdBoss is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Goat Due Date Calculator free?
Goat Due Date Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HerdBoss or Goat Due Date Calculator?
Goat Due Date Calculator is rated higher. HerdBoss averages 4.2 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while Goat Due Date Calculator averages 4.9 from 48 ratings.
Do HerdBoss or Goat Due Date Calculator have ads?
Neither HerdBoss nor Goat Due Date Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HerdBoss or Goat Due Date Calculator?
HerdBoss ships an update fortnightly, and Goat Due Date Calculator every 2 weeks. Most recently, HerdBoss was updated on November 1, 2026 and Goat Due Date Calculator on October 29, 2026.

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