Comparison

HerdBoss vs RouteHero

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

RouteHero

Features
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RouteHero is the fastest way for crane game and bulk vending operators to run their route. Whether you have three machines or three hundred, RouteHero replaces the notebook, the shoebox of receipts, and the guesswork. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Track every location on your route • Add machines with real-world types: cash games, token vending machines, and token-fed games • Set per-machine "fee off top" so each machine's split is accurate every time • Collect cash and count tokens at each stop • Every location automatically splits 50/50 after fees, so there's no math on-site • Print, email, text, or save receipts as PDF — right from the iOS share sheet • Auto-schedule collections on 30, 45, 60, or 90 day cycles • See overdue stops on your home screen the moment they hit WHY OPERATORS LOVE IT • Zero configuration — install and go • Everything saves locally to your device (no accounts, no cloud, no login) • Works completely offline • Receipts look professional and are easy to hand off BUILT FOR THE ROUTE Designed by an operator, for operators. If you spend your Saturdays clearing crane games, counting tokens, or dropping cash to a bar owner, this app was built with you in mind. Coming in future updates: • Optional multi-user/team plans with subscription • Cloud backup + sync • Advanced reporting Questions or feedback? Email support@routehero.app

Screenshots

HerdBoss4 screens
RouteHero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RouteHero at none against HerdBoss's 11. RouteHero also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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. RouteHero asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HerdBoss ships an update every 2 weeks, RouteHero daily. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HerdBoss versus RouteHero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHerdBossRouteHero
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (58 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings58 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHerd Boss LLCMitchell Estes

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

RouteHero

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HerdBoss free?
HerdBoss is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RouteHero free?
RouteHero is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HerdBoss or RouteHero have ads?
Neither HerdBoss nor RouteHero shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HerdBoss or RouteHero?
HerdBoss ships an update every 2 weeks, and RouteHero daily. Most recently, HerdBoss was updated on October 11, 2026 and RouteHero on October 15, 2026.

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