Best Livestock Farm Management Apps - 2025 comparison

Published on
October 7, 2024

As livestock farm management software gains traction among New Zealand farmers, a growing number of tailored solutions are entering the market. With your operation’s success on the line, selecting the right tool for managing mobs, pasture, payroll, and more can be tough. Here’s a breakdown to help you narrow your search.

Total Farm & Livestock Management

Below is an overview of the most comprehensive livestock-focused farm apps currently serving New Zealand’s farming community.

Mobble 

Key advantages:

  • Designed specifically by farmers for farmers in NZ and engineered to be simple, flexible, and practical.
  • Easy to use across experience levels; great team communication tools and offline functionality to support real-world farm conditions.
  • Built-in compliance tools, mapping, grazing data (automatic days grazed and days rested), rainfall tracking, inventory and reporting tools all in one app. Works online and offline - no reception? No problems.
  • Integration with AgWorld for cropping.

Key features:
Mob and paddock management, farm mapping, task assignment (geolocated), inventory of treatments/feed, compliance tools, rainfall recording, property chat, offline capability, cropping records, report exports, and investor/advisor integrations via Mobble Connect. 

Price:
Zero set up fees. Starts from around  $33 NZD/month, with tiered plans up to Enterprise scale available with unlimited users and farms. Enjoy a free 21-day trial. 

Agriwebb

Key advantages: 

  • Feature-heavy, structured livestock management software 
  • Comprehensive range of additional calculations and reporting
  • Option to choose either mob based or individual management

Key features: animal insights reports, biosecurity plans, inventory reports, water monitoring, calendar, feed on offer and remaining grazing days calculations. 

Farm IQ

Key advantages:

A mature NZ-based cloud platform crafted for mixed/large-scale farming context. Delivers mapping, livestock records, traceability, feed budgets, pasture wedges, chemical, and health‑safety compliance features. Pro version includes full individual animal tracking, audit ready data.

Key features: 

Livestock and paddock management, pasture monitoring, chemical tracking, compliance workflows (with SafeVisit integration), audit analytics.

Resolution App

Key advantages:

A simple, farmer-built NZ app that’s intuitive, works offline, and prioritises task logging and mapping. Being NZ-developed, it aligns well with local workflows.

Key features: 

Offline mapping, task/event logs, clean UI for daily use.

Trev (Dairy Focus)

Key advantages:

Born from a large dairy operation in NZ, Trev is finely tuned to dairy requirements with strong integration with Fonterra and financial tools like Figured.

Key features: 

Livestock, feed, land, and team task management; dairy‑specific exports to Farm Dairy Records and financial/reporting links.

Maiagrazing

Key advantages: 

  • In-depth grazing management software 
  • Strong focus on grazing planning and feed budgeting
  • Personalised support to build your grazing plan

Key features: grazing charts, seasonal forecasting, feed budget, scenario planning, extensive reporting. 

Software for Mixed Farmers

Mobble also offers cropping support and integrates with Agworld for those running both cropping and livestock. 

Payroll and Pasture Planning

PaySauce (Payroll)

  • Built to handle NZ‑specific payroll needs like seasonal hours and allowances, with IRD compliance and integration into systems like Figured/Xero.

Pasture.io

  • Offers real-time pasture insights in NZ by combining satellite data with local weather to inform grazing decisions, nutrition, and paddock history.

Other Agri Apps in NZ

  • Ballance  – Nutrient planning and fertiliser recommendations, soil test analysis, and remote ordering.

  • HawkEyeFarm (Ravensdown) – Fertiliser management app, with a precision-focused HawkEye Pro pilot in NZ across sheep/beef, dairy, and arable sectors.

  • OnSide – Field reporting and compliance app commonly used by contractors and property managers; further details available on request.

Compliance and Record-Keeping

Consistency is key to compliance. Farmers using Mobble report usage is intuitive and second nature, greatly easing audit pressure. Regular use of Mobble decreases the compliance burden.

Agriwebb also has excellent compliance capabilities and reporting, while Maia can meet your compliance needs with careful use but really specialises in pasture management.

How to choose farm management software

  • Clarify your primary goals upfront: grazing efficiency, dairy-specific needs, whole-farm records, payroll, fertiliser or pasture decisions?

  • Run road tests - Mobble offers a free 21‑day trial with no commitment and guidance from a dedicated Farm Success Manager for supported plans.

  • Ask for local case studies or NZ peer feedback, like this one with Henry Hindmarsh. Solutions like Mobble, Farm IQ, and Trev are well rooted in NZ farming realities.

Want to see Mobble in action? Sign up here for our free monthly webinar and demonstration. 

Mobble offers a 21 day free trial without any payment obligations. We’re in touch with all our trialers to get to know you and your goals, and help get you set up. We’re straight-shooters, so don’t hesitate to ask us exactly how Mobble will simplify your farm record keeping and connect your team. \

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