Honest comparison
Excel vs KeeperLog
Spreadsheets work fine, until you have five animals, two hundred feedings, a vet asking for history and a buyer asking for proof. Here is how the two compare, honestly.
When a spreadsheet is fine
If you keep one animal, rarely look back and never need to share a record, a spreadsheet is enough. No shame in that.
When you need more
Multiple animals, visual trends, vet visits, handovers, breeder trust, rescue documentation. These are exactly the moments a dedicated system pays off.
When KeeperLog is the right call
Five moments where spreadsheets give up.
Excel stores data. KeeperLog makes it readable. Here are the concrete situations where the difference matters.
At the vet
Instead of scrolling through notes, you open the profile. Weight curve, last feeding, last shed are two taps away.
At a sale
The buyer scans the QR profile link and sees feeding history, weight trend and photos. No "trust me".
With multiple animals
Past the tenth animal, memory fails. A platform with timelines, reminders and tags keeps you ahead.
At a handover
Animal moves house, goes into care or changes keepers? The full care history goes with it. No screenshots, no gaps.
During recovery
A rescue animal is rehabilitated over weeks. The weight progression, sheds and treatments become an honest story for adopters and donors.
Built for the way you keep
Four kinds of keepers, one platform
One animal or five hundred, hobby or business: the app adapts to your day. You see what matches your work, nothing else.
Hobby keepers
1 to 30 animals. One phone. One place where everything lives.
- Scan a QR sticker at the rack and log a feeding in secondsSoon
- Per-animal patterns: shed intervals, weight curve, feeding rhythm
- Reminders pause during a shed and pick back up afterwards
Breeders
30 to 500 animals. Markets, clutches, pairings. Sale-ready records.
- Records for 30 to 500 animals in one place, each with photo, weight curve and care history
- Scan a QR with the phone and log many animals in one goSoon
- QR sale: buyer scans, confirms, signed sales contract issued automaticallySoon
Shops
200+ animals, employees, regulators. Structure that survives a busy weekend.
- Every animal in stock with its own record, care log and photo set
- Public per-animal profiles as a shop window. Prices and internal notes stay private.
- Per-animal QR code at the rack: staff scans and logs a feeding in secondsSoon
Rescues
Recovery is a story. KeeperLog gives you the receipts.
- Week-by-week weight progression, shed cycles and treatment logs
- Public progress page for adopters, donors and authorities. Internal notes stay private.
- Hand the full record forward to the new owner when the animal goes homeSoon
Ready to upgrade from a spreadsheet?
Start free. Your animals' care record deserves a real home.