Homestead dashboard
See what needs attention today: overdue work, upcoming reminders, field logs, and the records you use most.
Features
A whole-homestead app, not another single-purpose tracker.
Homestead Keeper brings garden, animals, property, inventory, chores, calendar, and reports together in one local-first Apple app.
What it tracks
Eight core areas, one app.
Homestead Keeper is built around the practical mix of work that comes with running a homestead or small property.
Places and items
Name your homestead, add real places, and attach records to the animals, beds, tools, systems, and spaces you manage.
Field Log
Capture egg counts, feed, watering, treatments, inspections, harvests, repairs, inventory changes, and notes while the work is fresh.
Reminders
Create one-time, recurring, and seasonal reminders for chores, animal care, maintenance, planting, and inspection work.
Production tracking
Track eggs, harvests, honey, weights, yields, and other practical outputs over time.
Garden bed layouts
Map garden beds and crop placement by season so you know what is planted where.
Photos and documents
Attach useful reference materials such as photos, receipts, manuals, labels, and notes when supported by your app version.
Reports and exports
Review summaries, logbooks, upcoming seasonal work, inventory reports, production history, and handoff information.
Built for Apple devices
Local-first records on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Homestead Keeper is designed around your Apple devices, not a web account you need to manage.
- No Homestead Keeper login
- Records live on your Apple devices
- Optional iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Screenshots
A look at the real app.
Click any screenshot to expand it. These show bed layouts, calendar views, garden timelines, inventory, and more.
Explore by area
Feature pages
Each area has its own page covering the records, reminders, and reports behind it.
Animal records
Profiles, groups, daily care, medical records, breeding, pedigree, production, and weights.
Garden recordsBed layouts, crop placement, planting records, harvests, and garden season reports.
Equipment maintenanceService history, repairs, fuel, parts, manuals, warranties, and maintenance reminders.
Inventory and suppliesFeed, seeds, medicine, fuel, filters, low stock, expirations, and storage locations.
Food preservationCanning batches, freezer and dehydrated food, ferments, and root cellar storage.
Beekeeping recordsHive inspections, queen notes, feeding, treatments, splits, swarms, and honey harvests.
Reminders and choresOne-time, recurring, and seasonal work with overdue alerts and calendar views.
Reports and exportsHomestead, cost, production, inventory, maintenance, and handoff summaries with PDF/CSV export.
QR codes and labelsOpen the right record from the field by scanning a label on a coop, pump, gate, or hive.
Guides
Deciding what to record
If you are still working out which records are worth keeping, start here rather than with the feature list.
How to build a homestead record-keeping system
A ten-step setup guide for places, animals, gardens, inventory, reminders, and reports.
What records should you keep for chickens?The six chicken record types worth keeping, and how much detail each one needs.
How to keep equipment maintenance recordsWhat to log for each machine, and how to set service intervals you will follow.
All guidesPractical guides to homestead record keeping.
All tracked areas
The full range of records and workflows Homestead Keeper is designed to cover, including less-common areas like forestry, emergency prep, off-grid systems, and Food & Pantry.
Garden Beds & Crops
Plan beds and plots, map crop placement, track planting dates, pest notes, watering, harvests, and seasonal garden records.
Animals
Care reminders, health notes, egg counts, breeding, pedigree, production, weights, photos, and records for chickens, goats, rabbits, cattle, guardian animals, and more.
Calendar
See overdue work, day/week/month views, harvest windows, animal care, planting dates, service reminders, and seasonal chores in one place.
Equipment & Workshop
Log repairs, maintenance, fuel, parts, manuals, service history, warranty notes, and tool records.
Property, Fences & Water
Keep records for gates, fences, wells, pumps, irrigation, buildings, roads, storm damage, and property repairs.
Inventory
Track feed, medicine, seeds, fuel, filters, bedding, pantry goods, canning supplies, spare parts, and emergency supplies.
Food & Pantry
Track canned goods, freezer food, dehydrated food, fermented batches, pantry items, root cellar storage, and stored harvests.
Orchard
Track fruit trees, berries, vines, pruning, sprays, harvests, seasonal timing, and long-term perennial care.
Bees & Hives
Record hive inspections, queen notes, feeding, treatments, splits, swarms, honey harvests, and equipment.
Off-grid Systems
Track solar, batteries, generators, propane, water storage, backup power, filters, and seasonal checks.
Forestry
Track tree work, fire mitigation, wood lots, brush clearing, storm cleanup, and property access tasks.
Emergency Prep
Track stored water, food, first aid, generator readiness, batteries, documents, and expiration dates.
Places
Organize work by coops, barns, gardens, sheds, pastures, apiaries, pump houses, pantries, and other real locations.
Reports & Exports
Review homestead summaries, cost summaries, logbooks, animal care, production, inventory, maintenance, and handoff reports.
Garden beds, crops, and seeds
- Visual bed and plot layouts
- Seasonal crop placement
- Crops and varieties
- Seed starts and planting dates
- Harvest logs and yields
- Planting schedules and seasonal timing
Animals
- Animal profiles and groups
- Care reminders
- Health notes
- Breeding and pedigree
- Production records
- Weights, photos, and documents
Calendar and reminders
- Day, week, and month views
- Overdue work
- Recurring chores
- Seasonal tasks
- Animal care follow-ups
- Maintenance and harvest windows
Equipment and maintenance
- Repairs
- Service reminders
- Parts and filters
- Fuel notes
- Manuals and warranties
- Maintenance history
Property systems
- Places
- Fences and gates
- Wells and pumps
- Irrigation and water systems
- Buildings and storage
- Storm damage and repairs
Food & Pantry
- Canned goods
- Frozen food
- Dehydrated food
- Fermented batches
- Pantry items
- Root cellar storage
Inventory
- Feed and hay
- Medicine and vaccines
- Seeds and soil inputs
- Fuel and filters
- Pantry and preservation supplies
- Thresholds and expiration dates
Orchard
- Fruit trees and berries
- Pruning and spray notes
- Fertilizing reminders
- Harvest history
- Seasonal care
- Long-term perennial records
Bees
- Hive inspections
- Queen notes
- Feeding and treatments
- Splits and swarms
- Honey harvests
- Hive equipment records
Off-grid systems
- Solar and batteries
- Generators
- Propane
- Water storage
- Backup power
- Seasonal checks
Reports and exports
- Homestead summary
- Cost summary
- Logbook
- Animal care history
- Inventory report
- Property handoff report
Apple device support
- iPhone
- iPad
- Mac
- No Homestead Keeper login
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
- Offline-friendly workflows
Homestead Keeper
Want the simple version?
Start with Home, Places, Garden, Animals, Inventory, Calendar, and Reports — then grow into the deeper areas as your homestead records mature.