Herdcount now speaks American English on the US App Store. The app itself is unchanged from version 1.5.

Counts big flocks properly. Herdcount now looks over a photo section by section as well as all at once. A flock spread across a paddock used to lose its far-off animals because they were too small to make out. Now they're found: on one test photo of a large flock, the count went from 14 to 173. Close-up photos count the same as before. "Last time" on every count. Count the same flock again and Herdcount shows what you counted last time and the difference (2 fewer, or the same as before), so you can see at a glance whether they're all there. It remembers what you called each flock, too. Dark cattle are no longer missed. Also in this update: • Scan mode tells you when the camera has stopped, for example when a call comes in, instead of showing a frozen picture. • If a count can't be saved, the app says so and keeps it on screen. Tapping Save twice no longer files it twice. • Counts save faster and take up a fraction of the space, and large photos are handled more reliably.

Small fixes to scan mode. Panning back over a stretch you have already counted now feels different in the hand from counting it — a firmer buzz as each animal comes back off the tally, so you can tell you are undoing without watching the number. Also: the line no longer flickers at the edge of the screen while the camera wakes up, the screen title is readable again in daylight, and leaving scan mode is tidier under the hood.

Better mob counting. Scan mode now holds on to each animal far more reliably as it moves. Markers stay on the animal instead of drifting to the one beside it, animals standing shoulder to shoulder are told apart properly, and the running count is steadier for it — most noticeably on a slow pan across a paddock. The strip either side of the line is now shaded, so you can see where a crossing is still being decided.

Bug fixes. Steadier tracking in scan mode: the markers now sit calmly on each animal instead of twitching, and the count holds together better on a mob moving at pace.

NEW: SCAN MODE. Stop counting from a photo — count from the gate. Prop your phone on the rail and let the mob walk through. Herdcount counts each animal as it crosses the line on screen. No photo. No clicker. No losing your place at 140 and starting again. Out in the paddock instead? Hold it up and pan slowly across the field. Same thing — every animal counted once as it passes. IT CORRECTS ITSELF Pan back to double-check and the count unwinds instead of doubling. A ewe that balks at the gate and turns around comes straight back off the tally. Count the way you actually move, not the way software wishes you would. ALSO NEW: PEOPLE Count a crowd, a queue, a shearing shed, or a school trip through a gate. Same scan, same line. Herdcount counts people without identifying them — no faces stored, no video recorded, nothing uploaded. Still offline. Still no account. Still one payment, forever.

Small tidy-up release: shared count summaries now show the date the same way everywhere, plus a few under-the-hood improvements to keep counting quick and reliable. If Herdcount saves you time on the farm, a rating helps other smallholders find it.

NEW: The Flock Log • Browse every count you've ever saved, not just the last few • Each count keeps its photo, with every animal marked • Fix a label or add notes after saving • A simple chart shows your numbers over time • Export still works — one tap from the Flock Log Also in this update: tapping an empty patch of field now tells you nothing was found (instead of counting everything in sight), plus nicer feedback when a count finishes.

Enhanced image selection from Library