Guide Mobile for iPhone vs Merchant Ag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guide Mobile for iPhone
Access comprehensive crop protection product information from major manufacturers. Features include customized searches, automatic label change notifications, and detailed data on PHI, REI, RUP, WPS, Hazmat, PPE, and DOT.
- Manufacturer product information
- Customized search profiles
- Automatic label change notifications
- 50-state coverage
- PHI, REI, RUP, WPS, Hazmat, PPE, DOT data
- Full label and SDS access
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GUIDE provides instant access to CDMS’ comprehensive crop protection product information featuring: ● The industries’ most significant manufacturers ● Customized Search Profile ● Automatic Notification of Label Changes ● Complete 50 state coverage including 24(c)’s ● Supplemental and Section 18 Labels ● Tiled information for PHI, REI and RUP ● Easy to find WPS, Hazmat, PPE and DOT information ● Thousands of specific crop, pest and rate combinations ● Full Label and SDS Access
Merchant Ag
This app serves as a mobile platform for agricultural retailer employees using a specific ERP system. It offers customer engagement tools, product information, management alerts, and order placement capabilities, all managed by a system administrator. Access requires an active user profile and internet connection.
- Customer engagement tools
- Product information access
- Management alerts
- Order placement
- Inventory operations
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The Merchant Ag app is the mobile platform for the employees of agricultural retailers that utilize Merchant Ag as their ERP platform. The feature set visible is managed by your system administrator and can include a variety of customer engagement tools, product information, management alerts, order placement and inventory operations. This app requires that you have an active Merchant Ag user profile and an active internet connection. Please contact your system administrator for credentials to connect to your companies Merchant Ag system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Merchant Ag at 3.6 against Guide Mobile for iPhone's 2.6. Merchant Ag also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Merchant Ag holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 14 respectively.
Guide Mobile for iPhone ships an update every 6 months, Merchant Ag every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guide Mobile for iPhone | Merchant Ag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 3.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 8.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crop Data Management Systems, Inc. | EFC Systems |
Customer experience
Guide Mobile for iPhone
Merchant Ag
In-app purchases
Guide Mobile for iPhone
No in-app purchases
Merchant Ag
No in-app purchases
Questions
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