Onside vs AgriSmart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Onside
This app simplifies rural operations and safety management. It allows users to digitally check-in, navigate properties with digital maps, see who is on-site, and record risks and incidents. It's designed for farmers, contractors, and visitors to streamline daily tasks.
- Digital check-in/check-out
- Property navigation with digital maps
- On-site personnel visibility
- Health and safety information acknowledgement
- Risk and incident recording
- Task management
- Offline functionality
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Onside: The rural app that simplifies your workday Onside makes the daily management of safety and operations easy and mobile, so that you can get on with your work, and get home safe at the end of the day With Onside, you can: -Digitally check-in: You can check in from anywhere on a property with your Onside app -Navigate the property: The Onside app puts the digital map in your pocket, so that you can always take a look at where you are in relation to risks, your tasks, and other property landmarks like facilities, first aid kit, etc. -Know who's on-site: See who else is there, and what job they're doing so that you know if high risk work is happening near you -Acknowledge health and safety information: review new property risks and rules when you check-in -Record risks and incidents: Quickly and conveniently record any risks or incidents via the app to help the property in keeping everyone safer -Manage tasks efficiently: Find tasks assigned to you on the map, and create other tasks on the go Onside is built for simplicity and convenience. Whether you’re a farmer, contractor, or visitor, you can get on with your tasks without getting held up by paperwork and red tape Key Features: -Easy to use -Offline functionality for remote areas with no phone reception -Tap-and-go access for fast check-ins and check-outs Download Onside today and experience the difference a mobile solution can make to simplify your rural workday
AgriSmart
Manage timesheets, payroll, and HR for your agricultural business. Schedule staff, track farm tasks, and maintain health and safety records with this comprehensive tool.
- Offline timesheet entry with automatic sync
- Built-in payroll system
- Staff roster builder
- Farm task scheduling
- HR record management
- Health and Safety system
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Timesheets and Payroll * Supports true offline timesheet entry feature, with ability to add/edit/delete timesheet entries in the offline mode, with automatic sync when online. * Ability to Add comments to every timesheet entry. * Easily select activity codes * Timesheet entries flow seamlessly into the built-in payroll system. * Cloud based Payday Filing compliant . * File employer information with a couple of clicks, no need to download any files * Ability to create Jobs and record time to those jobs with specific activities. * Record time via your phone, tablet or computer. * Pay employees on an hourly rate and or piece rates. You can have a combination of both types of payments in the same pay period. * Ability to change hourly rates on the fly on specific jobs for the same day. This allows you to choose to pay a higher hourly rate during the peak harvest period to maximise orchard returns * Agrismart automatically calculates any minimum hourly rate top ups if an employee is being paid on a piece rate and falls below the minimum hourly rate. * Agrismart automatically calculates any paid breaks when paid on a piece rate based on the hours worked. * All payslips can be emailed in bulk. Rosters * Build your staff rosters for the entire season in minutes….best roster builder in the industry! * Easily adjust to accommodate staff leave * Drag and drop relief staff on to the roster calendar * Staff pick up their Roster on smart phones * Only Roster builder that measures total number of annual leave days based on your farm roster Farm Tasks * Schedule the teams tasks from who is bringing the cows in to complex procedures * Easy to use drag and drop function * Staff pick up their tasks on smart phones Human Resources Management * Keep all your employment records together * Define all skills required by your full-time employees * Record the skill levels of all your staff, so you can assign tasks to the right people * Send messages to your team from within AgriSmart, with a log of all messages automatically saved for future reference * Assign tasks from your mobile device * Set up alerts so you never miss those crucial milestones * A robust Health & Safety system that is easy to use Health and Safety * Ability to record Risks * All employees can be easily inducted of all the risks specific to an orchard , before they go on a particular block. * Contractors can be inducted via email before they come to the property. * All Incidents can be recorded easily. * All emergency procedures can be defined for each property and employees can access that form their phones. * There is a hazardous substances register and an equipment register which keeps a history of all the maintenance work done. * A powerful message system allows you to send messages to remind employees of Health and Safety matter to either an individual, all or selected number of employees. * A skills register allows you to record the required skills for all your orchards, thereby allowing you to assign tasks to the right people and where appropriate also improving the skill levels of employees that are lacking in certain skills. * A powerful team member timelines report, keeps a record of all risks identified and acknowledged by employees, any incidents they were involved in and messages that they have received in relation to the H&S on the orchard are all logged automatically, so in the unfortunate event of a serious incident, you will be able to easily prove that the as an employer you have done all you can to keep your workers safe. * The courts are reinforcing that PCBU’s can not simply implement a H&S plan and for that to remain static. PCBU’s must constantly send reminders and monitor the risks in the workplace.Agrismart has powerful reminder and monitoring features in place !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Onside at every 5 days against AgriSmart's every 6 weeks. Onside also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 33%). AgriSmart's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Onside ships an update every 5 days, AgriSmart every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Onside | AgriSmart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 385 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OnSide | AgriSmart Limited |
Customer experience
Onside
AgriSmart
In-app purchases
Onside
No in-app purchases
AgriSmart
No in-app purchases








