Comparison

FarmSimple vs Purplegrain

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Purplegrain

Features
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Keep your farm records close to the work. Purple Grain brings your property map, paddocks, mobs, tasks and records together on iPhone, iPad and the web. Built for Australian growers and the contractors they work with. SEE YOUR PROPERTY IN ONE PLACE Draw property and paddock boundaries over satellite imagery. Group paddocks into blocks, see where your mobs are, and open the details straight from the map. Switch layers and measure distances as you plan the next job. KEEP TRACK OF PADDOCKS AND MOBS Keep paddock and livestock details with the property they belong to. Record mob movements and find the tasks and records connected to each paddock or mob. FROM JOB TO RECORD Add a task, break it into sub-tasks, attach photos and mark work done. Record treatments, husbandry, sprays, fertiliser, sowing and field work with the details you enter, including products, rates, batches and withholding periods where relevant. Type your notes or use dictation when you would rather talk. GET YOUR RECORDS READY TO SHARE Export records for one property or across your properties over a chosen date range. Download spreadsheets and photos together in a zip. Review missing details before exporting so you can return to the records and fill the gaps. WORK WITH YOUR TEAM Keep personal and business accounts organised, invite team members and share links to properties, paddocks, mobs and tasks using the available sharing settings. FIND AND WORK WITH CONTRACTORS Find contractors by service and location, save useful contacts and explore their services. Contractors can manage tasks, clients and their own service listings. One account for your phone, tablet and purplegrain.com.

Screenshots

FarmSimple4 screens
Purplegrain3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Purplegrain at none against FarmSimple's 1. Purplegrain also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. FarmSimple sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $89.99 per month. Purplegrain asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FarmSimple ships an update every 9 days, Purplegrain fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FarmSimple versus Purplegrain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFarmSimplePurplegrain
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCroppaCo Pty Limitedjoshua Wilkosz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FarmSimple

Subscriptions1
  • Standard Subscription1 Month trial$89.991 Month
None

Purplegrain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FarmSimple free?
FarmSimple is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Purplegrain free?
Purplegrain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FarmSimple or Purplegrain have ads?
Neither FarmSimple nor Purplegrain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FarmSimple or Purplegrain?
FarmSimple ships an update every 9 days, and Purplegrain fortnightly. Most recently, FarmSimple was updated on November 6, 2026 and Purplegrain on November 12, 2026.

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