Operations Center Mobile vs HMI Viewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Operations Center Mobile
Manage farm or construction equipment and operations with this powerful app. Get actionable insights for optimizing logistics and productivity, making data-driven decisions. Monitor equipment and operations in near-real-time for enhanced control.
- Machine location and performance monitoring
- Security and health diagnostic alerts
- Seeding, Application, Harvest, and Tillage data analysis
- Machine location history tracking
- Field boundary visualization
- Driving directions to machines/fields
- Remote Display Access (RDA)
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John Deere Operations Center Mobile is a powerful and easy-to-use app designed to help you manage your equipment and farm or construction operations. Powered by JDLink™ connectivity, the app provides actionable insights to help you optimize logistics and enhance productivity. Make confident, data-driven decisions while ensuring tasks are executed as planned. Whether you’re managing a farm or overseeing multiple jobsites, Operations Center Mobile delivers near-real-time monitoring of your equipment and operations. Key features include: - View machine locations, operating hours, fuel levels and performance metrics - Push notifications for machine security, custom alerts, and health diagnostics (including Diagnostic Trouble Codes, or DTCs) - Comprehensive analysis of Seeding, Application, Harvest, and Tillage data across your organization - Location history tracking for each machine - Field boundary visualization - Driving directions to machines or fields - Remote Display Access (RDA) Track and manage your operations effortlessly with Operations Center Mobile, designed to keep you in control anytime, anywhere.
HMI Viewer
This application allows end users to interact with PLC-controlled processes through custom-designed Human Machine Interfaces. Integrators can create and deploy these interfaces securely, enabling seamless control and monitoring of industrial systems.
- View-only HMI interface
- Interact with PLC-controlled processes
- Secure deployment to end-user devices
- Supports major PLC brands
- Native application performance
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HMI is the view only version of our HMI system (HMI and HMI Editor). With the HMI Editor app integrators create efficient, advanced, highly responsive "Human Machine Interfaces" and deploy securely to end users's devices who are able to run projects specifically designed for them. As an end user you can download your projects with a single tap of your finger and interact with your Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) controlled processes as you never did before. The HMI Editor and HMI apps are fully native and support all major Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) brands.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Operations Center Mobile at Free against HMI Viewer's $0.99. Operations Center Mobile also leads on ratings volume (6.2K vs 4) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). HMI Viewer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Operations Center Mobile is free to download; HMI Viewer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HMI Viewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Operations Center Mobile has 6.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Operations Center Mobile ships an update every 11 days, HMI Viewer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Operations Center Mobile | HMI Viewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (6.2K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6.2K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 241 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Deere | Greg Maendel |
Customer experience
Operations Center Mobile
HMI Viewer
Bugs and requests
Operations Center Mobile
Reported bugs
5 issues- Incompatible with latest iOS updates
- Fails to load new data and coverage maps
- Crashes every 40-50 seconds
- Loses equipment and field data
- Repeatedly asks for usage data permission
Requested features
6 requests- Allow customization of HID module display
- Integrate with financial statements
- Add wind, temperature, and weather data tracking
- Enable marking and managing of field obstacles
- Improve map coverage and visibility
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- Provide more detailed field-level data and analytics
HMI Viewer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Operations Center Mobile
No in-app purchases
HMI Viewer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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