Comparison

Safe Ag Systems™ vs MEX Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Safe Ag Systems™

Streamline farm health and safety management with comprehensive tools for policies, inductions, emergency response, and worker well-being. Ensure compliance and operational efficiency with digital checklists, task management, and inventory tracking.

Highlights
  • Customizable health and safety policies
  • Worker and contractor inductions
  • Emergency response planning
  • Worker health action plans
  • Digital safety checklists
  • Task management and assignment
  • Inventory and maintenance tracking
Features
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We know agriculture work can be dangerous. From legislative compliance, to managing the maintenance of your farm machinery – Safe Ag Systems™ takes the guess work out of health and safety. Allowing you to get on doing what you do best, farming. Features include: Policies Health and safety policies specific to agriculture. Choose from our customisable templates or recreate your own to use on-farm. Finally, policies that are agri-friendly! Available via desktop and app. Inductions and Onboarding Ensure everyone on property is aware of your safety protocols. Send safety inductions to workers, contractors and visitors using the Safe Ag Systems™ App. Attach policies, key emergency information, identified hazards and more. Emergency Management In a time critical situation, access your emergency response plan, evacuation procedure and directions for emergency services via the Safe Ag Systems™ App. Workers can trigger an emergency or fire alert at the touch of a button. Fitness to Work Asthma, back injuries and allergies can impact the health and safety of your workforce. Create and store health action plans for individuals so they are readily available. Keep worker health details up to date so your team can tailor help in an emergency. Who’s At Work Working in remote area, or perhaps on your own? Allow workers to mark when they have arrived at work or left for the day. With a digital map on-hand, know who’s at work and where - available through the Safe Ag Systems™ App. Connect with Contractors Regulatory compliance extends beyond your own businesses. When engaging another, easily connect, send them an induction and equip them on site with your safety information. Safety Checklists Provide clear instructions with checklists or Safe Work Procedures. Digital checklists are easily edited and accessible, making checks simpler. Workers can simply access checklists via the Safe Ag Systems™ App or by scanning a QR code. Tasks on the go Whether it's the repair in the shearing shed or the purchasing a first aid kit, allow the Safe Ag Systems™ Task Manager to do all the hard work. Assign tasks, set due dates and priority levels. Available via desktop and app. Inventory Management Machinery, tools, chemicals and structures should be as much a part of your Safety Management System as your workers. Track and manage your inventory with informative overviews. Ensure your equipment is in working order with scheduled maintenance reminders, registration expiry alerts and more. Training Register Keeping on top of worker qualifications, tickets, licences and certificates has never been easier. Maintain a complete record for every worker and don't miss a licence expiry date ever again! Safe Ag Systems™ Worker Records tracks expiry dates and sends a reminder when training is due. Near Miss and Incident Reporting Use a systematic approach to complete near miss and incident reports. Be guided through the process of capturing essential information, add a location, photos and list witnesses. Effortlessly kick off a report with the Safe Ag Systems™ App. Safety Inspections Not sure where to start or how to prompt the 'continual improvement' process? Safety Inspections asks all the hard questions for you. Hazards identified during a safety inspection can easily be followed up by creating a task to rectify the hazard. Location Mapping Map your location and define property boundaries. Provide your team with on-demand access to a digital farm map. Your workers can add and locate hazards, structures, powerlines, dams and more.

About

MEX Mobile

Streamline maintenance operations with a mobile CMMS designed for efficiency. Manage work orders, assets, and inventory paperlessly, even without a network connection. Sync data seamlessly when back online.

Highlights
  • Asset Register management
  • Work Order management in the field
  • Maintenance history access
  • Offline data syncing
  • Barcode and NFC scanning
  • Document and drawing management
  • Customizable fields and security
Features
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MEX is Australia’s #1 CMMS designed by maintenance engineers to streamline maintenance practices, reduce downtime and increase profits. Used across a variety of industries, in countries all over the world. MEX gives you a tool that not only manages your whole maintenance operation, it gives you the ability to make informed decisions around working with expensive equipment. Coupled with the MEX Mobile app, MEX takes away all the hassles and shortcomings associated with archaic paper-based systems. Creating an entirely paperless maintenance environment that lets you concentrate on doing the job at hand. No Network! No Problems! Simply Sync & Go! You don’t need you to be on a network in order to get the job done. With a brand-new Sync and Go functionality, download the data you need onto your device and go about your business. Set the syncing options to be automatic or manual and when you are back within network range, all data is updated. The MEX Mobile App is so easy to navigate through and the details forms give you more information than ever before. Barcoding has never been easier, with the ability to Scan and Locate Assets and Catalogue items added to all listings. Going a step further, NFC reading capabilities make the app more robust than ever before. Coupled with a new Document Management option for Work Orders and Drawings, download the files you need to take to your job site. Features of the MEX Mobile App: • Asset Register - One central location to create and store all your asset information including: details, work orders, history, readings, etc. • Work Orders – Manage your work in the field, access and edit Work Orders, add images and documents, log trade times, add purchase orders, issue parts through barcode scanning • History – Access the full maintenance history of all work carried out on your assets • Readings – Instantly enter new readings and also process existing readings • Drawings – Access to view, add and delete Drawings and Documents • Reports & KPI’s – Generate reports or view Dashboard KPI’s at the tap of a button. All System reports can now be generated on the fly, even when you are out of network range • Requests – Submit job requests from the palm of your hand. Users can also edit, approve, cancel and create new Work Orders from Requests • Stores* - The MEX Mobile app gives users access to MEX Stores. Giving you the ability to take control of your Inventory Management while on the run • Offline Functionality – Your Maintenance shouldn’t be limited to how far your internet reaches. The MEX App handles all different connections and scenarios, it will download the data that you need to your device and sync the data when it has a connection • Customisation – Tailor the app to suit your needs through our God Mode administration interface, made available on the MEX App. Change Names, Add Custom Fields and enforce Mandatory Security If you’re already a MEX customer the App is free to download and whilst in operation consumes a MEX User License. If you’re not a customer you can have full access to the MEX Mobile App trial with our pre-loaded data. *The Stores Module is an additional purchase to MEX, it has been incorporated into the demo version of the app to allow you to explore its functionality and benefits.

Screenshots

Safe Ag Systems™4 screens
MEX Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Safe Ag Systems™ at 67% against MEX Mobile's 0%. MEX Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (11.2 vs 13.1). On price, update cadence, 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

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

Safe Ag Systems™ ships an update every 3 weeks, MEX Mobile monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Safe Ag Systems™ versus MEX Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSafe Ag Systems™MEX Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.111.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size206 MB259 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSafe Ag Systems™Maintenance Experts Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Safe Ag Systems™

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

MEX Mobile

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Safe Ag Systems™

No in-app purchases

None

MEX Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Safe Ag Systems™ free?
Safe Ag Systems™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MEX Mobile free?
MEX Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Safe Ag Systems™ or MEX Mobile have ads?
Neither Safe Ag Systems™ nor MEX Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Safe Ag Systems™ or MEX Mobile?
Safe Ag Systems™ ships an update every 3 weeks, and MEX Mobile monthly. Most recently, Safe Ag Systems™ was updated on September 30, 2026 and MEX Mobile on October 2, 2026.

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