FarmSimple vs Phoenix Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FarmSimple
Record, monitor, and track all farm activities, including jobs, spray logs, planting, harvesting, and inventory. Manage timesheets and farm assets with a complete history. Offers offline and online synchronization for seamless data access.
- Job assignment and tracking
- Detailed spray log recording
- Activity logging (planting, harvest, etc.)
- Inventory management (grain, fuel, chemicals)
- Timesheet management with approval
- Offline and online synchronization
- Asset history tracking
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FarmSimple is the easy way to record, monitor and track all of your farm activities. Current features include: • Jobs - Assign jobs to users; allocate to equipment, paddock, livestock. • Spray Logs - Record all relevant details for spraying. Includes a load calculator and remote lookup of weather stations. • Planting, Spreading, Harvest, Paddock Maintenance, Irrigation, Grazing, Vet Treatments - Record details of these activities. Includes remote lookup of weather stations. • Inventory Management - Track ingoing and outgoing Grain, Fuel, Chemicals, Fertilisers and Water. Enter grain contract details to track fulfilment. Assign fuel to an activity. • Timesheets - Manage timesheets for all of your operators - with full submit and approval capabilities. Note: Only access to the Jobs feature is provided without a subscription. To access all features, you must subscribe. Users • Up to 10 users per account. Contact us to add more. • Three levels of user access - owner, administrator, and standard users. General • Fast access to emergency contacts and farm summary information - including a live farm activity feed. • Manage all of your farm assets - each have a complete history available to you 24/7. • Export a PDF of any task to email or an AirPrint® compatible printer. • FarmSimple can be used in both offline and online environments, and automatically synchronises when online so that you always have the latest farm data available on all devices. More features to be rolled-out as we evolve FarmSimple into the complete farm management package! Try FarmSimple free for 1 month - if you find FarmSimple useful, do nothing and your membership will automatically continue for as long as you are subscribed. Terms of use: http://www.croppaco.com/farm-simple-terms-of-use Privacy policy: http://www.croppaco.com/farm-simple-privacy-policy
Phoenix Live
Manage agricultural operations from the field with this mobile extension. It offers offline capabilities with auto-sync for seamless data management, even without coverage. The app covers financial, payroll, budgeting, livestock, cropping, GIS mapping, and weather.
- Offline capability with auto-sync
- Financial management
- Livestock and cropping production tracking
- GIS mapping
- Weather forecasting
- Modular design for integrated solutions
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The Phoenix Live mobile app is an extension to the Phoenix Live suite of agricultural products. This mobile app takes you out of the office, on the go. And even if that takes you beyond mobile coverage, offline capability with auto sync has you covered. Phoenix Live is a tailored suite of agricultural specific applications spanning Financial, Payroll, Budgeting, Livestock and Cropping production, GIS Mapping and Weather. Modular by design so that you can build your end-to-end integrated solution your way. For the dedicated Payroll app, please download the Employment Hero Work app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Phoenix Live at none against FarmSimple's 2. Phoenix Live also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). FarmSimple's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. FarmSimple sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Phoenix Live asks for nothing beyond the download.
FarmSimple ships an update every 9 days, Phoenix Live every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | FarmSimple | Phoenix Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CroppaCo Pty Limited | AGDATA Holdings Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
FarmSimple
Phoenix Live
In-app purchases
FarmSimple
- Cropping Subscription1 Month trial$14.991 Month
- Standard Subscription1 Month trial$89.991 Month
Phoenix Live
No in-app purchases







