Running a small homestead sounds romantic until you are standing in the feed shed at 7am trying to remember when you last wormed the goats, whether the tomatoes in bed three need water today, and where you wrote down the vet’s number. Most homesteaders patch together a system from sticky notes, group texts, and sheer memory. It works, until it really doesn’t.
Tendaro is a daily companion app built specifically for small farms and homesteads. It pulls together animal health records, egg and milk production logs, garden bed management, crop guides, tasks, inventory tracking, and a vet finder into one place. Available now on the web and Android, with iOS coming soon, it is free to start.
The app was built by Justin Prate, who runs Rooted in Love Farm in Southern California with his family. He got tired of important details living in his head or scattered across quick notes. So he built the tool he actually needed. That origin story matters because it shows how the product is shaped.
Key Features of Tendaro
Animal Management and Health Records
Every animal gets its own profile. You can log vet visits, vaccinations, weight changes, and health notes, and set alerts when care is due. Tendaro covers 45+ species with built-in care guides that include feeding advice, housing requirements, and seasonal reminders. That is a genuinely useful reference when you are raising something new.
Egg and Milk Production Tracking
Log daily egg counts per flock with a single tap. The app shows a 14-day production chart and surfaces weekly totals right on the Today screen. Milk yields work the same way, tracked per animal group so you always know how your dairy animals are performing at a glance.
Garden Beds, Seed Trays, and Crop Guides
Map every bed and tray, record what is planted and when, and get zone-aware planting reminders tied to your ZIP code. Watering schedules can be set per bed with push notification reminders. The crop guide library covers 270+ crops, including companion planting tips and days-to-maturity references.
Inventory Management and Low-Stock Alerts
Track feed, bedding, medical supplies, tools, fuel, and pest control across 7+ categories. When something runs low, an alert surfaces automatically on the Today screen. No more discovering you are out of layer feed after the store has closed.
Tasks, Team Collaboration, and Vet Finder
Assign tasks to family members or farm helpers, set due dates, and mark recurring chores to auto-schedule. The vet finder lets you search by ZIP code and filter for mobile vets or species expertise. These are small features on paper, but they remove real friction on a busy farm day.
A Tuesday Morning at Rooted in Love Farm
Sarah, a part-time teacher who keeps 18 layer chickens and runs four raised beds alongside her husband on their half-acre property in Central Texas, used to track everything in a notes app and a whiteboard calendar. It was fine until her husband was traveling and she had no idea which beds were due for watering or whether the chicken feed bag was nearly empty.
At 6:45am on a Tuesday, she opened Tendaro’s Today screen before heading outside. The daily briefing flagged that Bed 2 needed water, that she had a low-stock alert on oyster shell supplement, and that a recurring task for coop cleaning was due. She tapped through the egg logger after collecting eggs, recorded 11 for the morning, and saw the 14-day chart trending slightly down. She made a note to check for a molt.
Before Tendaro, that entire mental load would have lived in her head or simply been forgotten. That morning, she finished chores by 7:30am with nothing missed. Her husband could check the app from his phone and see the same information. The 87% task completion rate that Tendaro’s early users hit across 393 tasks in testing is not surprising once you see how the app surfaces what actually needs attention right now.
How Tendaro Fits Into Your Daily Routine
Step 1: Set Up Your Farm Profile
Create your farm, add your animals by species and group, and map your garden beds. The setup is quick. You do not need to enter everything at once. Add animals and beds as you go.
Step 2: Start Your Day on the Today Screen
The daily briefing surfaces overdue tasks, low inventory alerts, watering reminders, and production summaries. Everything urgent is visible in one scroll. No hunting through separate apps.
Step 3: Log as You Work
Tap to log egg counts after checking the coop. Record a harvest after pulling from the garden. Mark tasks complete. The app is designed for quick interactions, not lengthy data entry sessions.
Step 4: Review and Plan
Production charts, health records, and harvest logs build up over time. You can look back at trends, check when an animal last had a vet visit, or see which crop beds are consistently underperforming.
Who Should Try Tendaro
If you have backyard chickens, a kitchen garden, a few goats, or any combination of living things that need regular care and attention, Tendaro is worth a serious look. It is free to start on the web and on Android. iOS is coming soon. Head to tendaro.app to create an account and see the Today screen for yourself. The people who will get the most from it are the ones who already know that scattered notes are not working.
