Comparison

FieldNET vs AquaFlow Drip Design

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

Head to head
About

FieldNET

This platform offers advanced tools for agricultural operations, providing remote monitoring, control, and detailed analytics for irrigation equipment. It features enhanced mapping, intelligent reporting, and real-time data visualization to optimize water management and identify potential issues.

Highlights
  • Intuitive platform interface
  • Enhanced mapping and visualization
  • Intelligent reporting and analytics
  • Remote monitoring and control
  • Field-specific data visualization
  • Real-time equipment status
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FieldNET™ by Lindsay® is pleased to announce the next evolution of our platform: FieldNET NextGen! Key Benefits: • Intuitive, responsive, and unified platform interface and experience • Enhanced mapping and visualization • Intelligent reporting and analytics • Remote monitoring and control Enhanced Mapping and Visualization: • View the entire operation instantly. • Tap or click equipment to pan to the device and operate the controls at your fingertips. • Easily filter for equipment names, groups, and type. Expanded List View: • Quickly scan through the status of all equipment in an organization by expanding the list view. Field View: • Review all FieldNET Advisor™ Fields in an operation. • Soil moisture status and weather in each field summarized in the list view. • Tap each field to view a wealth of data: current weather, pivot status, soil moisture, and recent imagery! • View current satellite imagery across an operation from Sentinel-2. Swipe across all images captured over the season to track trends and issues. Remote Monitoring and Control: • See all the equipment displayed in a map-centric view to easily control irrigation application and identify issues. • Pan across an operation and adjust equipment with a few taps. Intelligent Reporting and Analytics: • Analyze water pressure maps to find fields that need irrigation or identify potential areas with issues. • Create irrigation overview reports to track water application at the field, group, and organization levels. • Generate PDFs and export CSVs for FieldNET Advisor™, as-applied irrigation and more! Alerts and Alert History: • Notifications work in the same way that users have come to rely on within the FieldNET app! • Tapping an alert will navigate a user to the equipment dashboard.

About

AquaFlow Drip Design

Features
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AquaFlow provides designers with the information they need to design a micro-irrigation system for optimum performance. In addition, AquaFlow provides system operators with the information necessary to operate the system, efficiently applying the desired amount of water and nutrients to the crop. AquaFlow will also aid designers in the design of a complete Aqua-Traxx, FlowControl and Neptune drip systems. In addition, the AquaFlow program will also calculate the flushing velocities and chemical travel time of the lateral. The program also allows for the sizing of submains and mainlines. The AquaFlow program includes both metric and U.S. measurement units in the graphic screens for pressure profile and flow profile curves. Metric units are given in kPa and meters. U.S. units are given in psi and feet. To use the app, you must have an existing AquaFlow account.

Screenshots

FieldNET4 screens
AquaFlow Drip Design4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FieldNET at none against AquaFlow Drip Design's shown. FieldNET also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). AquaFlow Drip Design's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

FieldNET ships an update fortnightly, AquaFlow Drip Design every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FieldNET versus AquaFlow Drip Design: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFieldNETAquaFlow Drip Design
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (50 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings50 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLindsay Irrigation Solutions LLCThe Toro Company

In-app purchases

None

FieldNET

No in-app purchases

None

AquaFlow Drip Design

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FieldNET free?
FieldNET is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AquaFlow Drip Design free?
AquaFlow Drip Design is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FieldNET or AquaFlow Drip Design have ads?
AquaFlow Drip Design shows ads; FieldNET does not.
Which is updated more often, FieldNET or AquaFlow Drip Design?
FieldNET ships an update fortnightly, and AquaFlow Drip Design every 5 weeks. Most recently, FieldNET was updated on September 23, 2026 and AquaFlow Drip Design on September 16, 2026.

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