Comparison

TELUS Agronomy vs Arc™ farm intelligence

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TELUS Agronomy

This app provides crop advisors, consultants, and growers with precision agronomy and compliance tools. It offers seamless, real-time data syncing and offline capabilities for field-based productivity. Manage grower, farm, and field records, map boundaries, and record scouting observations with photo and note attachments.

Highlights
  • Create and manage grower, farm, and field records
  • Boundary mapping with GPS integration
  • Offline editing capabilities
  • Geo-referenced scouting observations
  • Soil and plant sample collection
  • In-season imagery and map overlays
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TELUS Agronomy is the powerful, new mobile companion to the next generation TELUS Agronomy web application that provides crop advisors, consultants and growers with an innovative suite of precision agronomy and compliance tools. Seamless, real-time data syncing and full offline capabilities allow field-based users to remain informed and productive at all times. NOTE • Use of this app requires an Agrian user account with advanced access. • Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. MOBILE DATA MANAGEMENT • Create and manage grower, farm, field and planting records and boundary maps • Full editing capabilities while disconnected in the field • Boundary mapping with external GPS integration and auto-smoothing capabilities • Quick and accurate manual mapping with polygon, circle and split drawing tools • Multiple map background imagery providers (Apple, Google, Bing, etc.) CLOUD SYNC • Real-time background cloud sync automatically keeps everyone updated • Data synced from the device in real-time as records are created while connected • Data generated while offline is queued and sent automatically once a connection is detected • Two-way sync keeps all mobile devices in sync within minutes of any change • Robust permissions model prevents syncing and viewing of unauthorized data FIELD SCOUTING • Create geo-referenced scouting observations and attach photos and notes • Record pest observations for disease, insects and weeds • Record additional observations for nutrient deficiencies, soil moisture, crop damage and more • Share observations via text message directly from the field • Synchronize observations in real time with your co-workers or customers FIELD SAMPLING • Offline GPS-enabled soil and plant sample collection • Grid, zone, target and freeform sampling modes for point and composite samples • Sample using targets generated from field imagery, logged data (planting, harvest, EM, etc.), soil samples and more • Request lab recommendations for your sampling job • Share sample information sheet directly from the field via text message, email and more IMAGERY / MAP OVERLAYS • Access in-season imagery from multiple providers for your fields • Easily view available image dates and switch between layers with a single tap • View map overlays for planting, application, harvest records and more when scouting or sampling fields • Utilize location information along with imagery and map overlays for powerful guided scouting • Access in-season imagery and map layers to validate sample event locations

About

Arc™ farm intelligence

This platform helps growers and advisors predict pest pressure with accuracy using machine learning. It offers customized alerts, daily updated summaries, and data visualizations to manage crop protection effectively. Connect with agronomists for expert advice.

Highlights
  • Insect pest pressure forecasting
  • Customized alerts
  • Personalized dashboard
  • Daily growing degree day models
  • Data visualization (graphs, heat maps)
  • Two-way communication with agronomists
Features
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FMC’s Precision Agriculture solutions are designed to ensure the right crop protection products are applied exactly where and when they're needed to increase sustainability, optimize yield quality and quantity, and improve efficiencies. Arc™ farm intelligence, an exclusive precision agriculture platform, enables growers and advisors to predict pest pressure more accurately – before it becomes a problem. Engineered with open APIs, Arc™ farm intelligence can easily be plugged into growers’ existing digital ecosystems. And through the power of machine learning, this innovative platform offers a suite of powerful features you need to predict and address emerging pest pressures, including: • Insect Pest pressure forecasting with customized alerts through a mobile app that indicates when and where action is needed in a field • A personalized dashboard with customized summaries and growing degree day models, updated daily to help you understand trends and threshold changes • Reliable data and high-quality graphics, including graphs and heat maps that display insect pressure across crops and regions most important to you • Two-way communication with FMC agronomists

Screenshots

TELUS Agronomy4 screens
Arc™ farm intelligence4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Arc™ farm intelligence at 5.0 against TELUS Agronomy's 4.3. TELUS Agronomy's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arc™ farm intelligence holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TELUS Agronomy versus Arc™ farm intelligence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTELUS AgronomyArc™ farm intelligence
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAgrian Inc.FMC Corporation

Customer experience

TELUS Agronomy

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Arc™ farm intelligence

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TELUS Agronomy

No in-app purchases

None

Arc™ farm intelligence

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TELUS Agronomy free?
TELUS Agronomy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arc™ farm intelligence free?
Arc™ farm intelligence is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TELUS Agronomy or Arc™ farm intelligence?
Arc™ farm intelligence is rated higher. TELUS Agronomy averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Arc™ farm intelligence averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do TELUS Agronomy or Arc™ farm intelligence have ads?
Neither TELUS Agronomy nor Arc™ farm intelligence shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TELUS Agronomy or Arc™ farm intelligence?
TELUS Agronomy ships an update every 3 weeks, and Arc™ farm intelligence every 3 weeks. Most recently, TELUS Agronomy was updated on October 24, 2026 and Arc™ farm intelligence on October 24, 2026.

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