Comparison

FarmSimple vs Phase Ag

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

Phase Ag

Features
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Your whole farm. One place. Phase brings paddocks, crop plans, inventory, weather, machinery and team records together around a map. Tap a paddock to see its plan, soil and yield data, Sightings, work and history without hunting across separate systems. PLAN AND RECORD • Build crop plans by paddock, farm or crop, with products, rates, timing, costs and notes • Compare required quantities with stock on hand • Record spraying, fertiliser, seeding, harvest and other activities • Keep recommendations and plan-versus-actual records together MANAGE INVENTORY • Track products across sheds, tanks, silos, fuel and seed locations • Review invoice, statement, spreadsheet and CSV imports before saving • Keep labels, SDS, batch history, stocktakes and movements together • Deduct matched inventory when work is completed WORK FROM THE MAP • View paddock plans, soil, yield, analysis and history • Add mapped Sightings with photos and notes • Create jobs, assign due dates and track status • Keep a read-only farm snapshot available when reception drops; editing currently needs a connection WEATHER AND FARM DATA • View forecasts, radar, rainfall and hourly spray conditions • Import and compare soil, rainfall and yield records • Create reports and export available records in CSV, XLSX and PDF formats PHASE AGENT Ask questions across your connected farm records, check quantities and prepare crop-plan or recommendation changes. Phase shows proposed changes for review; nothing is applied until you confirm. AI output may be incomplete or wrong, so check products, rates, units and affected records before confirming. CONNECTED MACHINERY Where enabled for your organisation, connect John Deere Operations Center to import farm and paddock setup. Supported connected-work features can bring completed operations, harvest summaries and available machine-hour readings into Phase for review. TEAM ACCESS Owners, managers, employees and advisers work from the same organisation record, with access controlled by roles and invitations. Phase is designed for Australian farm businesses and people authorised to work with them. An existing Phase organisation account or a valid team access code is required. Phase is a recordkeeping and decision-support tool. Always follow applicable law, chemical labels, permits, withholding periods, safety directions and current local conditions.

Screenshots

FarmSimple4 screens
Phase Ag4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Phase Ag at none against FarmSimple's 2. Phase Ag also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 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 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Phase Ag asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FarmSimple ships an update every 11 days, Phase Ag weekly. Both last shipped on October 4, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FarmSimple versus Phase Ag: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFarmSimplePhase Ag
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCroppaCo Pty LimitedAmery Drage

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FarmSimple

Subscriptions2
  • Cropping Subscription1 Month trial$14.991 Month
  • Standard Subscription1 Month trial$89.991 Month
None

Phase Ag

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FarmSimple free?
FarmSimple is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Phase Ag free?
Phase Ag is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FarmSimple or Phase Ag have ads?
Neither FarmSimple nor Phase Ag shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FarmSimple or Phase Ag?
FarmSimple ships an update every 11 days, and Phase Ag weekly. Most recently, FarmSimple was updated on October 4, 2026 and Phase Ag on October 4, 2026.

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