Comparison

Croptracker vs Farmer Journal

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

Head to head
About

Croptracker

This farm management application enables growers to maintain accurate records of sprays, harvests, labor, and production costs. It enhances traceability for improved food safety and integrates with a desktop web application for comprehensive farm oversight.

Highlights
  • Accurate spray and harvest records
  • Labor and production cost tracking
  • Enhanced food safety traceability
  • Integration with desktop web app
  • Access to chemical and crop treatment database
  • Generate over 70 reports
Features
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The Croptracker mobile app allows growers of fruit and vegetables to take our award winning farm-management software on the go. Croptracker helps growers keep accurate spray and harvest records, manage performance, track labour and production costs, and increase traceability to improve food safety. Croptracker’s farm management app integrates with our desktop webapp, so you can record farm data and get a big picture view of your farm at any time, from anywhere. - Keep up to date farm records, including spray and pesticide records - Generate over 70 reports, including Canada GAP and Global GAP reports - Manage employees and schedules and punch them in and out at the touch of a button - Access Croptracker's extensive database of chemicals and crop treatments - Know that you're using the #1 app for fruit and vegetable growers

About

Farmer Journal

Features
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Farmer Journal Your Personal Companion for Farm Management Why Choose Our App? User-Friendly: No technical skills required – just input data and let the app handle the rest! Save Time: Automate your record-keeping and spend more time in the field. Boost Productivity: Make data-driven decisions to optimize your farm’s performance. Unlock this features with monthly or year subscriptions. The Farmer Journal App is designed to help farmers of all types—whether small-scale or large commercial operations—manage their daily activities, track crop progress, make data-driven decisions. With its easy-to-use interface and powerful features, this app is built to streamline farm management tasks and improve productivity. Key Features: 1. Soil Cultivation: Record all daily farm activities: Plowing, Arrowing, Minumum tillage, tillage, and more. Attach notes to track field state. 2. Seeding: Record field seeding crop and variety, seed quantity and by rearing seed date, you can keep 
your crop at the right step.

3. Spraying:

Record sprayed product and quantity, this can leverage your crop health just counting the number of day’s between fungicide treatment especially on Rice. 3. Fertilization: Record fertilization of every field, keeping control the amount of Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium Magnesium and Calcium distributed in Kg/Ha. Avoid expose your crop to excess low or high of fertilizer element, just seeing the amount already distributed. 4 Time: Time can keep you crop at the right pace, just counting how many days have passed from seeding. This can help figuring out when to spray or fertilizing avoiding crop suffering.

Screenshots

Croptracker3 screens
Farmer Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Croptracker at none against Farmer Journal's 2. Croptracker also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Farmer Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Croptracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Croptracker ships an update every 9 days, Farmer Journal every 8 months. Both last shipped on September 12, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Croptracker versus Farmer Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCroptrackerFarmer Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDragonfly Information Technology Inc.Alberto Giambone

In-app purchases

None

Croptracker

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Farmer Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Farmer Journal 1 Month$1.991 Month
  • Farmer Journal 1 year$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Croptracker free?
Croptracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Farmer Journal free?
Farmer Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Croptracker or Farmer Journal have ads?
Neither Croptracker nor Farmer Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Croptracker or Farmer Journal?
Croptracker ships an update every 9 days, and Farmer Journal every 8 months. Most recently, Croptracker was updated on September 12, 2026 and Farmer Journal on September 12, 2026.

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