TurfPro Mobile vs Tempus DC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TurfPro Mobile
Transform your device into a turf condition monitoring system. Track soil moisture, salinity, and temperature in real-time, receive critical alerts, and upload data for in-depth analysis. Collaborate with others for standardized measurements across properties.
- Real-time turf condition display
- Soil moisture, salinity, temperature logging
- Critical condition alerts
- Data upload to cloud
- Shared data and configurations
- Multi-user property management
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POGO TurfPro Mobile turns your smartphone or tablet into a data acquisition and logging system that collects, displays and logs turf conditions measured by the a Bluetooth-connected POGO Pro+, Pro, Mini or Lite. • The app displays real-time analytics and assessments of turf/soil moisture, salinity and temperature. This allows for timely reaction to conditions that could lead to costly problems. • Critical alerts advise you of conditions measured that require immediate attention while you are on the course. • Easily upload data to POGO TurfPro Cloud and unleash unprecedented insight and analysis • Data and configurations are shared with all other users, allowing a property to be split between multiple people, yet ensuring standardized measurement.
Tempus DC
This app allows users to easily manage and program battery-powered irrigation controllers via Bluetooth. It offers features like checking battery status, setting security passwords, and programming irrigation schedules with multiple start times and water budgets. Users can also manually operate or pause their controllers.
- Manage up to 200 controllers
- Check controller battery status
- Set security passwords
- Program irrigation schedules
- Manual irrigation operation
- Pause irrigation
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***Toro Tempus. Italian product of the year 2019*** The Tempus irrigation controller was elected Italian product of the year 2019 for the gardening category. With Tempus controllers, Toro is changing the residential irrigation! Tempus DC is the free App to manage your Tempus DC battery-powered controllers easily and quickly. Thanks to the powerful Bluetooth of Tempus DC, you will control your Tempus DC within 15 meters. Download the App now and follow the instructions. Connect your Tempus DC to the App and learn how to program it in 2 clicks. The Tempus DC App allows you to: • Manage up to 200 controllers simultaneously • Check the battery status for each controller • Add a security password for each controller • Set the location of the controller • Recover programming data from your controller Tempus DC can manage your controller with just a click: • Programming Access the Programs section, select one of the 4 programs available and select for each one: - Days of the week you want to irrigate - Irrigation start time (up to three times per program) - Irrigation duration for each station - Water budget (from 0% to 200%) • Manual operation Access the manual section, select the station or all stations, select the duration of the irrigation program and then start the irrigation. • Pause the controller Access the ON/OFF section, select OFF, choose how many days you want to stop the irrigation and press Send. Compatible with the following Toro controller models - TEMPUS DC with LCD and 1 station (TEMP-1-DC-L) - TEMPUS DC with LCD and 2 stations (TEMP-2-DC-L) - TEMPUS DC with LCD and 4 stations (TEMP-4-DC-L) - TEMPUS DC with LCD and 6 stations (TEMP-6-DC-L) - TEMPUS DC with 1 station (TEMP-1-DC) - TEMPUS DC with 2 stations (TEMP-2-DC) - TEMPUS DC with 4 stations (TEMP-4-DC) - TEMPUS DC with 6 stations (TEMP-6-DC) Compatibility Compatible with iOS 9.0 operating systems and upper versions and with Bluetooth Smart 4.0 and upper versions For more information https://www.tempus.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TurfPro Mobile at 5.0 against Tempus DC's 1.0. TurfPro Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TurfPro Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
TurfPro Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Tempus DC every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TurfPro Mobile | Tempus DC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stevens Water Monitoring Systems, Inc. | The Toro Company |
Customer experience
TurfPro Mobile
Tempus DC
In-app purchases
TurfPro Mobile
No in-app purchases
Tempus DC
No in-app purchases
