Farming Notes vs Precision Planting SmartScout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Farming Notes
Record farm operations, track fertilization and spraying details, and manage general farm information. This app helps farmers save time and money by keeping their operations under control.
- Record farm operations
- Track fertilization details
- Log spraying activities
- Manage general farm notes
- Control farm inputs
- Monitor crop health
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Keep your farm under notes. Record farm operation, save time and money keep your farm under control. Save note of general things and specific farm operation like: Fertilization: Record fertilization element like Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium. Tanking care of your crop controlling the fertilizer input. Spraying: Record type and quantity sprayed keeping crop free of weed competition.
Precision Planting SmartScout
This app uses your camera feed and a neural network to analyze plant emergence and spacing. It helps you document planting and emergence health, providing scores and financial impact insights.
- Vision-based plant emergence analysis
- Neural network for inference
- ARKit for spacing measurement
- Planting and emergence health documentation
- Scoring and financial impact assessment
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Precision Planting SmartScout (Pat. Pend) takes your camera video feed and infers plant emergence using a trained neural network model. ARKit is then used to determine spacing between plants. The app helps a user capture a story about planting and emergence health, including scoring and financial impact.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Precision Planting SmartScout at Free against Farming Notes's $4.99. Precision Planting SmartScout also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On 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
Precision Planting SmartScout is free to download; Farming Notes costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Farming Notes ships an update every 2 months, Precision Planting SmartScout weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Farming Notes | Precision Planting SmartScout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 345 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alberto Giambone | Precision Planting, LLC |
Customer experience
Farming Notes
Precision Planting SmartScout
In-app purchases
Farming Notes
No in-app purchases
Precision Planting SmartScout
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Farming Notes free?
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Do Farming Notes or Precision Planting SmartScout have ads?
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