Count livestock from a photo in seconds

Higher and wider is better: a gate platform, a slope or a drone shot that keeps animals from fully hiding each other. The AI's density engine handles moderate bunching, and each counted animal gets a dot for verification.

Mark 1–3 example animals by dragging a box around them and the AI counts exactly that item, ignoring everything else in the frame. Every counted item gets a dot on the image so you can verify the total at a glance.

Yes — top-down drone shots of pasture or pens are ideal: animals rarely overlap and hundreds count in one pass. Standard JPG/PNG drone exports upload like any photo.

Yes — counting photos is free to preview; create a free account to download for everyday use. Free downloads of the marked-up image carry a small “Counted with Pixoate” badge; with Premium that same download is watermark-free. Photos are uploaded only to process and are deleted automatically afterwards; we never keep or share them.

Similar items is tuned for one type of animal bunched together — a flock of sheep or a pen of one breed — using density counting rather than trying to draw a box around each animal. Distinct objects switches to object detection so a mixed paddock of cattle and sheep, or a farmyard with several species, can be counted with each type recognised on its own. Auto picks the better engine automatically for a general herd shot.

Sensitivity (Low to High) sets how confident the AI needs to be before marking an animal. Raise it toward High for a tightly bunched herd where animals partly hide each other, so fewer are missed at the edges of the group; lower it toward Low if fence posts, feed troughs or shadows are being mistaken for extra animals. A higher vantage point or drone shot generally needs less adjustment than a ground-level photo.

Result overlay controls how the count is displayed — Dots + heatmap marks every animal and shows where the herd is densest, Dots only gives a cleaner marked photo for a market or transport record, and Heatmap only highlights concentration without individual markers. Ignore small detections raises the size threshold so distant background objects or small equipment in a drone shot aren't miscounted as animals — raise it toward Large only if that's happening.

Yes — toggle from Single photo to Bulk audit to queue photos of every pen, paddock or truck at once. Each photo is counted with your current Sensitivity setting, a grand total is produced, and every result is added automatically to the tally sheet, which suits a full daily herd check across multiple locations.

Tap Add to tally after each pen or paddock count and label the row, for example "Pen 4 — ewes", then export the tally as a CSV for your records or generate a branded PDF report for a market lot. Sign in to save the stock-take to your account and share a read-only link with a buyer or your farm team.

Use Distinct objects so cattle, sheep or poultry sharing a pasture are recognised as separate types, set Sensitivity moderately high since drone shots often shrink animals to a small pixel size, and raise Ignore small detections slightly to exclude rocks, feed bins or shadows from the count. Run the same photo once per species using marked examples, and log each pass as its own tally row for a species breakdown.

No — switching from Single photo to Bulk audit so you can queue photos of every pen, paddock or truckload at once is a Premium feature; on the free plan you count one photo at a time and add each result to the tally sheet yourself. Counting mode, Sensitivity, marking examples and single-photo counting all stay free.

Yes — the tally sheet's CSV export is free for herd records, but generating the branded PDF stock-take report and using "Copy team link" to share a saved session with a buyer or your farm team both require a Premium plan, showing an upgrade prompt on the free plan. Saving a stock-take to your account remains free, though free accounts can only keep a limited number of saved sessions.

Tap Mark example items and drag a box around 1-3 individual animals directly on the photo, then tap Done marking to lock in the examples; each box has its own Remove example control, and Clear examples clears all of them at once. Marking examples is most useful on a paddock with more than one species or breed, since it tells the counter which animal type to focus on for that pass.

Yes — Pixoate supports batch and bulk processing. Switch to Batch mode, add up to 100 photos, set your options once, and every photo is processed with the same settings before you download one tally per photo plus a grand total. Bulk processing is a Premium feature; the output uses the same quality and settings as single mode.

Yes — with bulk processing you configure the settings a single time and they apply to every item in the batch, up to 100 photos. There is no need to repeat the setup per item, and Temporary uploaded and generated files are processed securely and deleted automatically.