Herdwatch is a cattle, sheep and pasture records app that works offline. Read features, quote-based pricing, free trial details and who it suits best.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Herdwatch is a cloud-based livestock management app built around three solutions: Cattle, Sheep and Pasture. It is designed to replace notebooks, whiteboards and spreadsheets with a single digital record of every animal, treatment, breeding event and sale on a ranch.
The company is based in Houston, Texas, and says it has spent ten years building software for livestock producers. It reports more than 20,000 producers on the platform, though some pages cite 22,000. The cattle product is positioned for U.S. cow-calf operations, and the company also runs UK and Ireland sites.
Herdwatch states that the producer controls all data entered and that nothing is shared without explicit consent.
Users sign up, set up their herd and begin recording. Animals can be uploaded by the user, or the support team can import records from spreadsheets, other software or a photo of a calving book. The company says this upload is free.
Records are captured on a phone, tablet or computer running iOS, Android or Windows. The app works offline, so entries made at the chute, pen or pasture sync automatically when the device is back in service. Several users and devices can be added to one account.
The Reports section then turns the recorded data into summaries of calving, breeding results, weight gain trends and sales history, which can also be exported to breed associations.
The cattle solution centers on a digital calving book for births, sires, dams and birth weights, plus health records for pulls, treatments and medicine inventory. Breeding tools track heats, breeding dates, repeats and pregnancy results, and weight tracking includes average daily gain.
Herd management covers individual or group handling, weaning weights, feed purchases, pasture moves and sales. The app connects with Bluetooth EID readers and scale heads to speed up processing.
Pasture by Herdwatch adds ranch mapping, fertilizer tracking and task creation. Sheep by Herdwatch covers lambing, weights, health, breeding performance, sales and purchases.
Herdwatch is a cloud-based livestock management app with Cattle, Sheep and Pasture solutions. It records calving, breeding, treatments, weights, sales and pasture tasks from a phone, tablet or computer.
Herdwatch does not list fixed prices. Its PRO, PRO+ and Innovator plans are billed yearly and priced by farm type and herd size, through a short quote form. A 6-month offer is shown at $49, though a button on the page says $79.
Yes. Herdwatch offers a free subscription that includes a digital calving book. It also offers a free trial with access to the full app, described as 30 days on the cattle page.
Yes. The app works without a connection and syncs when the device regains service. It runs on iOS, Android and Windows devices.
Yes. You can upload animals yourself or send records to the support team, including spreadsheets or a photo of a calving book. The team enters them for you at no extra cost.
Yes. The app integrates with Bluetooth EID readers and scale heads. No other third-party integrations are named on the site.
Herdwatch states it can be used on both small and large operations. Large farms are directed to enterprise pricing.
Herdwatch says the producer controls all data entered into the platform and that it will never share data without explicit consent.