Cattle Manager

Cattle Manager Free App

Rated 3.68/5 (158) —  Free Android application by Apps for Good UK

About Cattle Manager

Do away with the mountain of paperwork that comes with looking after a herd. Cattle Manager lets you read and add information about each of your cows on your mobile as you go around the farm.

The app was created by John, Keiran and Ryan, students at Wick High School in Caithness, Scotland. John, comes from a long line of farmers and helps with his family’s herd. The team know that the last thing farmers want is to be wasting time and energy on paperwork so they have come up with an idea for an app that solves this problem.

FEATURES

- Add and view information about each cow in your herd when you’re on the move
- Get alerts ahead of important dates e.g. when injections are due
- Upload the tag numbers for your herd
- Everything stored on your mobile phone - no expensive equipment needed

Cattle Manager was developed as part of the Apps for Good programme and won the “Power to do More - getting the most from your time ” category sponsored by Dell at the Apps for Good Awards 2013, the national app competition for young people across the UK. As an Apps for Good Award winner, the team worked with development agency Novoda to have their app prototype built professionally and publicly launched, with the support of Apps for Good and Dell.

Apps for Good is an education movement where young people learn to create apps that change the world. Apps for Good partners with educators across the UK to deliver its course to young people 10-18 years of age.

Please write a review and let us know how the app works on your farm!

GET IN TOUCH

Mail: Cattle.manager1@gmail.com
Twitter: @cattlemanager

Apps for Good is an open-source education movement that aims to build the next generation of problem solvers and makers. Find out more at www.appsforgood.org

How to Download / Install

Download and install Cattle Manager version 1.1.2 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Not rated
Android package: com.catman, download Cattle Manager.apk

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App History & Updates

More downloads  Cattle Manager reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
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More downloads  Cattle Manager reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads

What are users saying about Cattle Manager

V70%
by V####:

The breed name uses Brahman as the hint text in the form. When I click on it and choose to proceed to the next field it should have defaulted to that breed. Instead it was left blank and is a required field before proceeding. It inconvenienced me

X70%
by X####:

I wish you could have a notes tab next to injections for other costs to the animal and other info for show stock. Also I would like to be able to put down the dam and the sire without needing them in your data base. This becomes a problem when I go to put down the information for a bred cow I just purchased Because the dam and sire aren't in my herd.

X70%
by X####:

I love this app! Very user friendly. My only suggestion is to make it possible to add other details under each animal. I like to put down where my cattle came from, purchase date, and purchase price. There wouldnt have to be a heading for each, just add a description box. Thank you! You all are the first to even begin to have a great app for farmers!

P70%
by P####:

I love the app, my only issue is after downloading the app on a different device, I am unable to import the .csv file exported from this app on my other device. I need a solution.

Z70%
by Z####:

If i could sort into herds & add photos & notes it would be great for me .

C70%
by C####:

Really handy, wish it would file my tag #s in numerical order. Constantly having to scroll is my only complaint.

M70%
by M####:

If I edit an animal it changes the date of birth to the current date. Shouldn't change it. Could be better but it's not to bad, does the job

C70%
by C####:

I would like to be able to add vacations to all cattle without having to enter each head for same information. Also be able to put estimated breeding and calving dates. Other than that its pretty handy

C70%
by C####:

It's a great idea but crashes very often, only let's you enter very limited data, and is nearly impossible to move the information onto a workable spreadsheet so you can do something with it.

C70%
by C####:

Layout and setup are great, it seems to crash often.

N70%
by N####:

Can you make this app for Apple products

V70%
by V####:

Very nice app would like to add things like when they are sold and if you have a dead calf to enter the details. And if you could add a photo of the cattle to its name then it will be great.

N70%
by N####:

When you edit an animal it changes the birthday to the day it was edited. Also would be nice to be able to add status of animal (open/sold/dead), comments or pictures to a specific animal. Otherwise I love it.

C70%
by C####:

Please add the ability to take a picture of each cow

C70%
by C####:

I dont see where you can delete out any that you put in.

C70%
by C####:

The birth dates are not registering correctly when you put them in it show a completely different date. You have to go back into the particular cow or steer in order to load dam and sire. Too many problem to load all the info and it not be working correctly.

E70%
by E####:

Would be great to add a picture to the record.

S70%
by S####:

Great start on the app. Would love to see a description box and a way to upload pictures of animals.

D70%
by D####:

I need to put a photo of the animal next to the data of it. Can you please help.

S70%
by S####:

Need more information

U70%
by U####:

App is handed, but the birth dates keep resetting so makes it very frustrating.

S70%
by S####:

Please add the ability to attach a pic of cow to file and track illnesses and cycle/due date. Very user friendly and helpful on the farm

S70%
by S####:

Useless if you vaccinate each cow/calf separately it would work but who does that would be nice to have a place to put weather or not a cow had a calf or any production data for that matter

U70%
by U####:

I love this app now if I could have one just like this for my poultry :) think u guys could possibly make a poultry version of this:)

S70%
by S####:

Crap

Q70%
by Q####:

You can only add Sire & Dam if you already have them recorded in your herd. What if the Sire is an AI. You cant add it unless you have saved the information previously. Other than that its a handy tool. How do you delete an animal?

N70%
by N####:

Great app. When you edit animal birthdate resets. Need comments section added. And ability to attach image would be awesome

N70%
by N####:

Excellent. Can you add "note" to each animal and link it to the export data sheet.

N70%
by N####:

Would rate higher but couple of things bug me: 1) the calf birth date is messed up. Shows day first instead of month like on any other normal date. 2) wish the calf age would automatically adjust do when you reopen the app that the age of the calf would change and tell you how many month hs old it is without having to actually look at its birth date.

N70%
by N####:

It OK keep in order for yourself and wish put picture on it.

N70%
by N####:

do not see any use for this app, not enough features to warrent the use.

T70%
by T####:

Great app helpful, but maby you can update the app so it can show each cow's breeding time and when the cow will deliver its calf.

C70%
by C####:

Such a bad app, what does eqr tag mean, not user friendly

K70%
by K####:

Add a field to put weights. Injections doesn't show if exported. Other than that, a great app

F70%
by F####:

Really like it, helps keeping vaccination records much easier!

K70%
by K####:

Worked perfectly for the first few days, but it has now refused to accept new cattle.

K70%
by K####:

Best game ever love the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But can you update it a bit

N70%
by N####:

I like this app and find it very helpful. Is there any way that once I input the birth day that it remains the same. If I go back into this cow's set up, it changes the birth date back to today and I have to go back into my papers to locate it again.

N70%
by N####:

great app, but can you add another field like weight

S70%
by S####:

I love this app! Very user friendly. My only suggestion is to make it possible to add other details under each animal. I like to put down where my cattle came from, purchase date, and purchase price. There wouldnt have to be a heading for each, just add a description box. Thank you! You all are the first to even begin to have a great app for farmers!


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