Purdue Extension Corn Field Scout vs Their First Puzzles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Purdue Extension Corn Field Scout
This in-field reference app aids growers and consultants in managing corn production. It offers identification tools for pests, diseases, and weeds, along with calculators for various management recommendations and field notes.
- Pest, disease, and weed identification
- Seeding rate calculator
- Yield loss estimation
- Nutrient recommendation calculators
- Field notes section
- Herbicide injury diagnosis
- Growth stage identification
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Growers and consultants have relied on the Purdue Extension Corn & Soybean Field Guide for more than 20 years. This is the perfect in-field reference that takes the popular guide to the next level. Purdue University specialists created this comprehensive, science-based app to help you effectively manage corn production. You can check out a free preview of this app, Purdue Extension Corn Field Scout Preview, that has limited functionality. The Purdue Extension Corn Field Scout provides built-in calculators for seeding rates, estimating yield loss, limestone recommendations, nitrogen recommendations, phosphorus recommendations, and potassium recommendations. There’s even a section to add field notes. The Insects & Nematodes, Diseases, and Weeds sections will help you identify the common pests of corn and the damage they cause. You’ll also find sampling and management information. The Soils & Fertility section provides the latest nutrient recommendations and shows common signs of nutrient deficiencies. The Diagnosing Herbicide Injury section provides a tool for identifying herbicide injury and describes herbicide modes of action. And the Planting, Growth, & Development section provides information about identifying and predicting growth stages. This app includes hundreds of useful, high-quality images to help you diagnose problems and understand common issues in corn production. We also offer a companion app: The Purdue Extension Soybean Field Scout.
Their First Puzzles
This app offers a gentle and confidence-building puzzle experience for toddlers and preschoolers. It features five animal worlds with various matching and building activities, designed to be frustration-free and engaging.
- Five animal worlds
- Matching, building, and sorting activities
- No-fail design
- Wordless play
- Offline functionality
- Calm art and sound
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No fails. No ads. No catch. Just their first puzzles. Their First Puzzles is a calm, gentle puzzle app made for toddlers and young preschoolers — five little animal worlds to explore together. Your child brings creatures home to their shapes or babies to their grown-ups, builds animals piece by piece, and sorts who belongs where. Every creature they bring home makes the world come alive. There are no wrong answers. A piece that misses just drifts calmly back — no buzzers, no red X, no losing. If your child gets stuck, a gentle hand quietly shows the way. It's play that builds confidence, not frustration. WHAT YOU GET • Five animal worlds — Ocean, Forest, Desert, Savanna, and Jungle — each full of friendly creatures • Three gentle ways to play — bring creatures home to their shapes or grown-ups, build an animal, and sort who belongs where • Wordless play — nothing to read to play, so it works for any family, in any language • A no-fail design — wrong is never punished, and a helping hand appears if your child is stuck • A friendly companion who lights the way • Worlds that fill with life as your child plays • Calm art and soft sound — no flashing, no noise, no overstimulation • Works fully offline — every world is built in, so you can play with no wifi and no data (in the car, on a plane, at grandma's) • No account and no sign-in — just open it and play WHO IT'S FOR Their First Puzzles is made for toddlers and young preschoolers taking their first steps with tapping, matching, drag-and-drop, sorting, and building. It works the same whether a child plays alone or a grown-up plays along. • Parents who want a calm, gentle first puzzle for their child • Families looking for screen time they can feel good about • Grandparents, caregivers, and early educators • Anyone tired of noisy, ad-filled "free" apps 100% FREE. NO CATCH. No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. Nothing to unlock, nothing to buy — Their First Puzzles is completely free. No accounts, no sign-in, no tracking. It works fully offline, and everything your child does stays on your device. The app never collects or sends it anywhere. MADE BY A FAMILY. We're the family behind Their First Words and Their First Numbers. We built Puzzles as a gift — a calm, honest little app we'd want for our own child. Their First Puzzles is completely free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Their First Puzzles at Free against Purdue Extension Corn Field Scout's $5.99. Purdue Extension Corn Field Scout's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Their First Puzzles is free to download; Purdue Extension Corn Field Scout costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Purdue Extension Corn Field Scout against 5.0 for Their First Puzzles. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Purdue Extension Corn Field Scout ships an update monthly, Their First Puzzles every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Purdue Extension Corn Field Scout | Their First Puzzles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Purdue University | Their First Words LLC |
Customer experience
Purdue Extension Corn Field Scout
Their First Puzzles
In-app purchases
Purdue Extension Corn Field Scout
No in-app purchases
Their First Puzzles
No in-app purchases
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