Comparison

Livestocked vs eShepherd

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

Head to head
About

Livestocked

This app helps farmers manage their livestock and crops efficiently. It offers intuitive interfaces for tracking herds, flocks, crops, and financials, allowing for management from anywhere. The system supports multiple animal species and breeds, simplifying farm operations.

Highlights
  • Livestock record keeping
  • Crop record keeping
  • Financial management
  • Multi-species herd management
  • Semen & embryo inventory
  • Mobile farm management
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Manage your farm, drive profit with Livestocked Farm Manager! Livestocked is farm management done right...if it's a herd, flock, crop or litter, Livestocked can handle it from the office or out in the field. With a business first approach to crop record keeping, livestock record keeping, and farm management we understand you'd prefer be out in the pasture and not in front of the computer. Our intuitive mobile interfaces help you manage your crops, herd or flock, semen & embryo inventory, sales and financials from your desk or out in the pasture! Enjoy multi-species and multi-breed herd and flock management through our mixed enterprise solution. Manage your cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, alpacas, Llamas and horses through one easy to use app. Tags: Farm Management, Livestock Management, Herd Management, Flock Management, Livestock Manager, Herd Manager, Calf Book, Goat Book, Sheep Book, cattle record keeping, goat record keeping, sheep record keeping.

About

eShepherd

This app allows farmers to view their farm map, including animal locations, paddocks, and watering points. It enables scanning animals and neckbands to create associations and upload session data. Receive critical alerts like "Animal is still/down" or "Animal outside VP" via push notifications.

Highlights
  • Farm map with asset visualization
  • Real-time animal location tracking
  • Virtual and physical paddock management
  • Animal scanning and association
  • Session data upload
  • Critical event push notifications
Features
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View assets on your farm map: • Your current location • Animals shown with mob colour • Active and inactive virtual paddocks • Physical paddocks & watering points Perform key jobs out in the paddock: • Connect your scanning device and scan animals and neckbands to create associations within a session • Upload sessions to populate your account with tracked animals • Turn on/off virtual paddocks Receive Push Notifications so that you are informed of critical events, such as: • “Animal is still/down” - possibly a sick animal • “Animal outside VP” - escapees!

Screenshots

Livestocked4 screens
eShepherd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: eShepherd at 5.0 against Livestocked's 3.9. eShepherd also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Livestocked's advantage is ratings volume (116 vs 7) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

eShepherd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Livestocked has 116 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Livestocked's written reviews are positive against 100% of eShepherd's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Livestocked ships an update every 4 days, eShepherd every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Livestocked versus eShepherd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLivestockedeShepherd
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (116 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings116 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSITEMESH LLCGallagher eShepherd Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Livestocked

All ratings116 ratings
Positive71.6%
Neutral12.1%
Negative16.4%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive66.3%
Neutral15.0%
Negative18.8%

eShepherd

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Livestocked

No in-app purchases

None

eShepherd

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Livestocked free?
Livestocked is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is eShepherd free?
eShepherd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Livestocked or eShepherd?
eShepherd is rated higher. Livestocked averages 3.9 out of 5 from 116 ratings, while eShepherd averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Livestocked or eShepherd have ads?
Neither Livestocked nor eShepherd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Livestocked or eShepherd?
Livestocked ships an update every 4 days, and eShepherd every 10 days. Most recently, Livestocked was updated on September 23, 2026 and eShepherd on September 24, 2026.

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