FieldView Cab vs Performance Beef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FieldView Cab
This farm management app provides growers with real-time field data analysis and reporting. It connects to farm equipment to display performance maps and allows for remote operation management and data sharing with advisors.
- Real-time cab monitoring
- Field data analysis tools
- Rich maps and reports
- Planter performance maps
- Yield maps
- Remote operation management
- Data sharing with advisors
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FieldView Cab for iPad and iPhone is a simple and powerful farm management app that enables growers to collect and understand field data through rich maps and reports. It combines the best in real-time cab monitoring with simple field data analysis tools into a mobile app that benefits from the portability and connectivity of the iPad. FieldView Cab connects to a FieldView Drive or Precision Planting's 20/20 monitor to display real-time maps of your planter’s performance or high definition Yield maps during harvest. Shapefile maps can be imported into FieldView Cab so that any Planting, Application, Harvest, or Imported map can be viewed side by side. When not in the planter, sprayer, or combine cab field data is stored on the iPad and iPhone to enable informed field scouting. Whether at home, the office, or in the field your maps are in a single easy to browse mobile tool. FieldView Plus users can manage their operation remotely and stay aware of what is happening from anywhere. Maps sync between all iPads and iPhones on an account and RemoteView allows a real-time connection to any planter or combine in the field. FieldView on the web provides the grower access to maps, detailed reports, machine location, timely alerts, and the ability to easily share data with trusted advisors. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery charge. Terms of Service — https://climate.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-service.html
Performance Beef
This software streamlines feedlot operations for producers by automating data entry from smart scales and tracking individual animal health treatments. It offers detailed cost accounting, on-demand reports for feed and expenses, and real-time analytics for informed decision-making. Trusted advisors can also be granted access for collaborative insights.
- Automated data entry from smart scales
- Individual animal health tracking
- Group, pen, and individual cost accounting
- On-demand reports and analytics
- Cloud-based access from any device
- Advisor access for collaboration
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Performance Beef provides a farmer friendly software solution built by and for feedlot producers. Performance Beef integrates with smart scales to automate data entry in the feed delivery process, and animal health management offers tracking individual treatments on every animal. Consideration for group-based, pen-based, and individual costs allows accurate accounting and corrections for all aspects of animal management, while on-demand reports offer analytics, describing every pound of feed delivered and every dollar spent. The majority of Bluetooth scale systems already in use on beef operations are compatible. Trusted advisors such as nutritionists can be authorized to view information, allowing them to advise the producer in important performance and financial decisions. Being a cloud-based system allows you to access this information on any device from any where in the world. Real-time closeout reports, on farm analytics, and industry benchmarking capabilities offer additional insights and help eliminate bias when making decisions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Performance Beef at 4.3 against FieldView Cab's 3.8. Performance Beef also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Performance Beef holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 171 and 65 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of FieldView Cab's written reviews are positive against 60% of Performance Beef's.
FieldView Cab ships an update every 6 weeks, Performance Beef monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FieldView Cab | Performance Beef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (171 ratings) | 4.3 (65 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 171 — better | 65 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 273 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Climate Corporation - US | Performance Livestock Analytics |
Customer experience
FieldView Cab
Performance Beef
Bugs and requests
FieldView Cab
Reported bugs
22 issues- System full of bugs
- Reoccurring server issues
- Update removed access to data
- Inaccurate acre counter
- App freezing
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- Constantly switches to field you are next to
- Rough looking maps
- Maps won't stay zoomed in
- Data and Field acres not recorded correctly
- Downforce heat map barely visible
- Can't zoom in to details on heat map
- Lag between app and field computers
- Shows make believe gaps with overlap control
- Drive sometimes has issues connecting
- Recorded data with wrong field selected
- Serious problems with version 8.3.9 (cannot create pull type applicators)
- Cannot get planting maps to cloud sync
- Drive connection indicator removed
- Lost load by load calibration
- Lost hybrid override
- Data doesn't match across multiple iPads on the same account
- Data from FieldView cab and FieldView web doesn't match
Requested features
10 requests- Advise on how to log in without an account
- Option to choose own colors for maps
- More controller options (e.g., Dicky john)
- Show different treatments on the same map
- Ability to run full cab app on phone
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- Add compatibility for dry rate controllers
- Add spray record details (weather, temp, humidity, wind speed, operator name)
- Ability to copy tank mixes for easier editing
- Bring back load by load calibration
- Bring back hybrid override
Performance Beef
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FieldView Cab
No in-app purchases
Performance Beef
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is FieldView Cab free?
Is Performance Beef free?
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