RAUCH vs AP Machinebouw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RAUCH
This app provides interactive spreading charts for fertilizer spreaders, offering precise settings for over 3,000 materials. It helps calculate dosage and distribution based on spreader type and configuration, even for older machines. Features include fertilizer identification, calibration calculators, and wind measurement tools.
- Interactive spreading charts
- 3,000+ fertilizer settings
- Machine profile creation
- Digital fertilizer identification (DiS)
- Calibration test calculator
- WindMeter and Hitch control
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The RAUCH-App (formerly "Fertilizer Chart") is an interactive spreading chart for current and older RAUCH-Fertilizer-Spreaders series which can also be used without internet connection. In the RAUCH App you can find specific settings for dosage and distribution for more than 3,000 different types of fertilizers, slug pellets and small seeds. These settings will be calculated depending on the type of spreader and configuration. This App works for machines without electronic control as well. Further more, you have the possibility to create the machine profiles for your spreader, working width and spreading discs which can be used for searching fertilizer settings in a very efficient way. Depending on the kind of spreading and type of spreading material, the Fertilizer App displays values for Normal or Late-top Dressing. There will be a warning in case the settings are incorrect. If possible you get a recommendation for alternative spreading discs. All setting values are seen as recommendation that can be checked with a calibration test and the use of a practice test set and be corrected if necessary. Often used spreading settings are stored as favorite in a simple way and can be recalled any time, be sorted as desired or fine settings as driving speed and application are adapted to your requirements. Furthermore the Fertilizer Chart App includes the digital fertilizer identification system DiS. in a true-to scale photo catalogue for 7 fertilizer groups almost all mineral, granulated fertilizers can be identified. After identification you will find in the correspondent charts the precise setting for the RAUCH fertilizer spreader. The fertilizer identification system is particularly used for fertilizers of unknown origin. Other new features such as the calibration test calculator, Fertilizer frizes, the WindMeter, and the Hitch control tool round off the toolbox.
AP Machinebouw
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AP Machinebouw app provides real-time machine monitoring, location history and alarms. Discover the platform that improves the performance and productivity of your machinery. Set your own alerts and receive automated information about the daily work of your vehicles, machines and implements.
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Verdict
RAUCH and AP Machinebouw are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RAUCH ships an update every 3 months, AP Machinebouw every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RAUCH | AP Machinebouw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RAUCH Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH | Agroplanning Agricultura Inteligente, S.L. |
In-app purchases
RAUCH
No in-app purchases
AP Machinebouw
No in-app purchases









