Comparison

BlacklegCM 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

BlacklegCM

Features
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BlacklegCM helps you to manage blackleg disease in canola crops in Australia. BlacklegCM can be tuned to account for some of the major factors that relate to risk of yield loss due to blackleg disease in your paddocks. It allows you to compare the likely profitability of different disease management strategies including paddock selection, variety choice, seed dressing, banded fungicide and foliar fungicide. BlacklegCM takes account of costs, yield benefits, grain price, and seasonal conditions to give you best case, worst case and most likely estimates of financial return. BlacklegCM does not account for all factors that can affect blackleg disease, so information provided by this tool should not be considered to be tailored to the circumstances of any individual farm.

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

BlacklegCM4 screens
Phase Ag4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Phase Ag at fortnightly against BlacklegCM's every 5 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BlacklegCM ships an update every 5 months, Phase Ag fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
BlacklegCM versus Phase Ag: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlacklegCMPhase Ag
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDepartment of Primary Industries and Regional DevelopmentAmery Drage

In-app purchases

None

BlacklegCM

No in-app purchases

None

Phase Ag

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BlacklegCM free?
BlacklegCM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phase Ag free?
Phase Ag is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BlacklegCM or Phase Ag have ads?
Neither BlacklegCM nor Phase Ag shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BlacklegCM or Phase Ag?
BlacklegCM ships an update every 5 months, and Phase Ag fortnightly. Most recently, BlacklegCM was updated on October 11, 2026 and Phase Ag on October 21, 2026.

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