Comparison

FarmQA vs eSample Grid

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

Head to head
About

FarmQA

This digital agronomy assistant streamlines crop and field scouting, offering treatment recommendations, chemical prescriptions, and imagery analysis. It simplifies soil sample tracking and provides detailed field analytics, helping users make data-driven decisions for crop management.

Highlights
  • Digital crop and field scouting
  • Crop treatment recommendations
  • Chemical prescription management
  • Imagery analysis and soil tracking
  • Field analytics and reporting
  • Offline data entry and cloud sync
Features
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FarmQA is your digital agronomy assistant for crop and field scouting, crop treatment recommendations, chemical prescriptions, imagery analysis, soil sample tracking, and field analytics. Advice: FarmQA Advice streamlines agronomists' work, enabling swift, digital crop treatment recommendations for your growers. Transition from paper to digital reports, sent via SMS or email. Customize product recommendations and track vital details effortlessly. FarmQA enables you to customize recommended products and effortlessly import lists from Excel. Track active ingredients, mode of action, specify rainfast, REI, and PEI values, and access product labels with ease. Scouting: FarmQA's flexible mobile scouting simplifies crop monitoring for a wide range of crops, from row crops to specialty varieties like grass seed, hops, and grapes. Easily customize scouting templates, adapt to in-season changes, and ensure precise, timely field assessments with turn-by-turn navigation and color-coded maps. Capture and communicate issues through photos and maps, view reports instantly, and make data-driven treatment decisions with ease. Your data remains secure in the FarmQA cloud, with controlled access. Analytics: Easily access imported imagery through the FarmQA, whether online or offline. Explore a range of imagery types, from NDVI images and soil maps to past season's yields and more, allowing you to pinpoint specific issues within each field during scouting. Task management: Effortlessly manage field scouting, soil sampling, and chemical application assignments within your organization using FarmQA task management. Ensure seamless integration with your existing workflow, preventing any missed work. Paired with soil sample tracking, this tool empowers you to provide top-tier support for your growers. Features: - Easily send scouting reports to agronomists and growers right from the field - Easily capture crop treatment recommendations and chemical prescriptions - Track completion of recommendations and prescriptions with growers - Track mode-of-action groups applied to each crop and field - Define tank mixes for later use - EPA chemical import - Define customized scouting forms specific to crops or fields or season - Document findings with photographs and map annotations - Gain efficiency in the field with mobile-optimized data entry - See distances to nearby fields, turn-by-turn navigation aids seasonal or temporary staff - Draw or drive field boundaries or import shapefiles specific to your fields - Automatically merge scouting reports from multiple scouts into one report - Send professional reports right from the field - Work offline and upload the data later to the cloud - Direct scouting using high-resolution imagery overlays - Use the device of choice and be productive immediately - Drop sampling points for consistent soil sampling year-to-year - Easily access soil lab results from the field - Track and manage all of your agronomy related tasks - Manage your in-field soil sampling Designed for: - Agronomy service providers - Specialty crop advisors - Crop consultants - Soil science consultants - Growers - Input retailers - Rural cooperatives - Agri-service companies of all kinds

About

eSample Grid

Features
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eSample Grid is an easy-to-use app for in-field navigation to georeferenced sampling points to conduct grid-based soil sampling and sample submission. Features: -Job list - allows the user to see all assigned jobs/fields and search by customer or proximity to current location -Customizable map view - displays all data for your job -Sampling progress chart - shows how many samples are required and how many have been taken

Screenshots

FarmQA4 screens
eSample Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FarmQA at every 10 days against eSample Grid's monthly. eSample Grid's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FarmQA ships an update every 10 days, eSample Grid monthly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FarmQA versus eSample Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFarmQAeSample Grid
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFarmQAFarmers Edge Inc.

In-app purchases

None

FarmQA

No in-app purchases

None

eSample Grid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FarmQA free?
FarmQA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is eSample Grid free?
eSample Grid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FarmQA or eSample Grid have ads?
Neither FarmQA nor eSample Grid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FarmQA or eSample Grid?
FarmQA ships an update every 10 days, and eSample Grid monthly. Most recently, FarmQA was updated on November 2, 2026 and eSample Grid on November 2, 2026.

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