Comparison

BVG Mobile App vs Grain Guide

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

Head to head
About

BVG Mobile App

Features
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BVG Commodities (Pty) Ltd (“BVG”) is a company of brokers specialising in trading agricultural and financial futures and options through the Derivatives Division of the JSE Ltd (previously known as the South African Futures Exchange, or SAFEX). The BVG App, allow clients to view Commodities prices, their account information, like Clearing, Positions, Breakdown and their daily transactions. BVG also shows real-time the daily index movement. The APP is built to give clients a quick and easy overview of the markets, their account movements, precipitation and daily market reports. All this functionality is now available on the app.

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Grain Guide

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GRAIN GUIDE helps farmers and agribusinesses access trusted insights from the SA GrainGuide archive. Ask questions about crops, soil, diseases, and best practices—and get clear answers with source links, anytime.

Screenshots

BVG Mobile App4 screens
Grain Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

BVG Mobile App and Grain Guide 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BVG Mobile App ships an update every 3 months, Grain Guide every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BVG Mobile App versus Grain Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBVG Mobile AppGrain Guide
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB56 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAgribase Commodities PTY LtdFARMSPACE

In-app purchases

None

BVG Mobile App

No in-app purchases

None

Grain Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BVG Mobile App free?
BVG Mobile App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grain Guide free?
Grain Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BVG Mobile App or Grain Guide have ads?
Neither BVG Mobile App nor Grain Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BVG Mobile App or Grain Guide?
BVG Mobile App ships an update every 3 months, and Grain Guide every 4 months. Most recently, BVG Mobile App was updated on October 4, 2026 and Grain Guide on October 6, 2026.

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