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Looks like entries for Latin names and common names are automatic in FreeHerp.
The folders give you enough flexibility that you could use either common or Latin names in categorizing your animals, too. If you wanted, you could categorize them by the type of food they eat, the cage they're in, gender, anything...it's really flexible.
In the vivarium section, you could easily add the substrate under "notes" when you enter a viv.
I'm sure cleaning schedules will be added to the paid versions later, too...considering how much FreeHerp gives away, can you imagine what goodies will be in the paid versions? I've heard some of what's going into it, and it's really quite staggering.
FreeHerp is clearly designed to let people check out the program, and to provide tracking software for people with small collections who aren't breeding or who are doing only a very little breeding (it does allow limited breeding tracking). I think a lot of people with tiny collections wouldn't bother to buy software...this way they can still have something very nice and easy to use without having to do that. It's definitely not designed for folks with larger collections--because it's expected those folks will be able and willing to pay for really nice software that does absolutely everything they need. As for HerpMaster...well, the guy's business practices are enough to make ANYONE wince, but if he wants to offer his standard software for free, I guess people should take advantage of that and check it out. I don't think there's any way that program will compete with ProHerp, but I guess it might with FreeHerp...but then, as someone pointed out, it may be too unneccesarily complicated for the folks FreeHerp is aimed at. Folks with larger collections who really don't want to pay for software at all might be interested in HerpMaster.
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