Homestead records for Apple devices
Homestead management app for tasks, animals, gardens, inventory, and maintenance.
Homestead Keeper helps you track chores, animals, chicken flocks, garden beds, crops, equipment maintenance, inventory, Food & Pantry, reminders, calendar work, reports, and property records without a Homestead Keeper account.
No account required. Local-first. Works across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with optional iCloud sync.
Video walkthroughs
See Homestead Keeper in action.
Start with these featured walkthroughs, then visit the tutorial library for every video.
Start here
Homestead Keeper walkthrough
A complete overview of the app and how its tools work together.
Organize work
Checklists how-to
Learn how to use checklists to organize repeatable work and keep homestead tasks on track.
Garden
Garden layout overview
See how to plan beds and keep garden layouts organized in Homestead Keeper.
Why it is different
Everything you manage on your homestead, in one place.
Homestead Keeper combines local-first records, Apple-device sync, garden planning, calendar reminders, production tracking, and reports for the mixed work that happens around a homestead or rural property.
No account required
Use Homestead Keeper without creating a Homestead Keeper web account or managing a separate web dashboard.
Local-first records
Your working homestead records live on your Apple devices, with exports and backups under your control.
iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Keep iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Mac mini, and other Macs up to date through Apple iCloud when enabled.
Garden bed layouts
Plan raised beds, plots, rows, and crop placement by season, then connect layouts to planting and harvest records.
Small-property record keeping
Bring animals, garden, orchard, bees, equipment, property, off-grid, inventory, Food & Pantry, places, and reports together.
Calendar built for chores
See harvest windows, animal care, maintenance, warranties, planting dates, overdue work, and seasonal reminders.
Who it is for
Built for the way small homesteads are managed
Homestead Keeper is designed for people who manage animals, gardens, equipment, property systems, food storage, and seasonal work without needing complicated farm business software.
Backyard homesteadsHobby farmsChicken keepersGardenersOrchard ownersRural homeownersOff-grid propertiesSmall acreage properties
Use cases
Find the record keeping you came here for.
Start with a focused use case, then follow the related features and workflows into the full app.
Homestead management
Homestead Keeper helps bring the daily pieces of a homestead together: animal care, garden beds, orchard work, equipment maintenance, pantry inventory, property places, reminders, reports, and exports.
Task trackerHomestead Keeper keeps daily chores, overdue reminders, seasonal jobs, maintenance tasks, and inventory alerts visible beside the records they belong to.
MaintenanceHomestead Keeper helps rural property owners keep maintenance reminders, repairs, service logs, warranties, costs, documents, and property history connected to the equipment, buildings, and systems they belong to.
Egg trackerHomestead Keeper helps chicken keepers track egg counts and flock history while keeping feed inventory, coop maintenance, care reminders, health notes, and reports connected to the rest of the homestead.
Harvest trackerHomestead Keeper connects garden bed layouts, planting records, harvest totals, crop notes, reminders, timelines, and reports so each season becomes easier to review.
Inventory and pantryHomestead Keeper helps track the supplies that matter around a homestead: feed, medicine, seeds, fuel, filters, pantry goods, canning supplies, emergency prep, and spare parts.
Workflow previews
See how the app helps with real homestead work.
These demo screens show how daily chores, maps, garden planning, and reports fit together. Click any screenshot to inspect it full size.
Garden bed layouts
Plan what goes where before the season gets busy.
Map garden beds, plots, rows, and crop placement by season. Keep planting dates, harvest records, treatments, notes, and crop history tied back to the garden records you actually use.
See garden featuresProduct tour
See the app before you install it.
Every screenshot opens larger in the browser so you can inspect the layout, records, reports, and calendar views.
Feature map
Records grouped around the work you actually do.
Start with the areas you use today, then add more as your homestead or property records mature.
Animals
- Chickens Care reminders, egg counts, health notes, and flock records.
- Livestock Profiles, care, breeding, weights, production, and history.
- Bees Hive inspections, queen notes, feeding, treatments, and honey harvests.
Growing
- Garden Planting records, crop notes, care, pest notes, and harvest history.
- Orchard Fruit trees, berries, pruning, sprays, seasonal care, and yields.
- Garden bed layouts Visual bed plans connected to crops, seasons, and planting logs.
Property
- Equipment Repairs, service reminders, parts, fuel, manuals, and warranties.
- Buildings Barns, coops, sheds, gates, fences, wells, pumps, and storage areas.
- Off-grid Solar, batteries, generators, propane, water storage, and backup systems.
- Forestry Tree work, fire mitigation, storm cleanup, and woodlot records.
Home
- Inventory Feed, medicine, seeds, filters, fuel, tools, parts, and low-stock alerts.
- Food & Pantry Canned goods, freezer food, preserved harvests, and storage notes.
- Emergency Prep Stored water, first aid, supplies, documents, and expiration dates.
Planning
- Calendar Daily, weekly, monthly, recurring, and seasonal work in one place.
- Reports Summaries for health, production, cost, inventory, maintenance, and warranties.
- Places & Map Organize records by real locations and view them spatially.
Comparison
Homestead records without farm software complexity
Homestead Keeper is designed for homestead and small-property record keeping. It is not trying to replace specialized farm business, payroll, tax, or enterprise production systems.
| Need | Homestead Keeper | Typical farm software |
|---|---|---|
| Overall focus | Whole-homestead and small-property records | Often livestock, production, or farm-business focused |
| Primary experience | iPhone, iPad, and Mac app | Many are browser-first dashboards |
| Account model | No Homestead Keeper account required; local-first with optional iCloud sync | Often account-required cloud systems |
| Growing records | Garden and orchard layouts alongside planting and harvest history | Often record lists or production logs |
| Property organization | Places and map organization for real buildings, beds, coops, systems, and storage areas | Often flatter item or asset lists |
| Pricing shape | Free tier plus monthly, yearly, or one-time lifetime unlock options | Many are subscription-only tools |
Calendar
Seasonal work, care reminders, and overdue tasks in one view.
Use day, week, and month views to see planting dates, harvest windows, animal care, equipment service, warranties, inspections, recurring chores, and overdue work across the whole homestead.
Optional Apple Calendar export keeps important homestead dates visible alongside the rest of your day.
See reminders and calendarInventory and Food & Pantry
Know what you have, where it is, and what needs attention.
Track feed, seeds, animal health supplies, fuel, filters, pantry goods, expiration dates, low stock, and stored harvests across your homestead.
See inventory featuresReports
Turn everyday records into useful summaries.
Review health, costs, production, inventory, maintenance, warranties, and handoff information without rebuilding the story from scattered notes.
Daily workflow
From morning chores to end-of-day notes.
Use it as a Field Log, calendar, inventory tracker, production record, and handoff history without turning your homestead into a spreadsheet project.
- Check today’s chores, overdue reminders, and upcoming seasonal work.
- Log eggs, feed, watering, harvests, repairs, inspections, or pantry activity from Field Log actions.
- Open garden bed layouts to see what is planted where this season.
- Update animal care, production, inventory, equipment service, or property notes.
- Review day, week, and month calendar views across the whole homestead.
- Export reports, backups, QR labels, and CSV data with Pro when you need records outside the app.
Pricing
Try it free. Upgrade when your records grow.
Free includes up to 20 total items. Pro unlocks unlimited items plus exports, backups, QR labels, and advanced tools.
Free
$0
For trying Homestead Keeper with real records.
- Up to 20 total items
- Calendar and reminders
- Field Log entries
- Cedar Ridge demo homestead
- Data stored on your Apple devices
Pro
$2.99/mo · $19.99/yr · $39.99 lifetime
Unlock the full toolkit for a whole homestead, backyard farm, or rural property.
- Unlimited items
- PDF and CSV exports
- Backup export and restore/import
- QR label printing/export
- Documents and advanced recurring schedules where supported
All paid plans
Same unlock
Monthly, yearly, and lifetime all unlock the same Pro features.
- No feature differences by paid plan
- Existing data stays safe if a subscription lapses
- View your records even if you return to Free
- Restore Purchases supported
- Lifetime unlock does not expire
App Store
Download Homestead Keeper on the App Store.
Available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac with local-first records and optional iCloud sync across your Apple devices.
Homestead Keeper
Spend less time organizing records and more time managing the work.
Track the animals, beds, equipment, supplies, chores, maintenance, places, calendar work, and reports that keep your homestead or rural property running.