Spray Guide vs NPKalc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spray Guide
This app helps agricultural professionals ensure crop protection products are mixed in the correct sequence for safe and effective application. It also maintains detailed spray logs compliant with Worker Protection Standards, including weather and location data.
- Recommended mixing order
- Mix sheets for accurate loading
- Comprehensive spray logs
- EPA Number & Re-entry Interval tracking
- Nozzle selection for compliance
- Favorite products for quick access
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Spray Guide, from Plant Health Technologies, is an environmental stewardship app. It helps ensure applicators are mixing crop protection products in the proper sequence for uniform and safe applications. Following the proper mixing, sequence helps prevent product incompatibilities and can save applicators time and money by avoiding product loss and sprayer clean-out problems. Spray Guide also captures product use rates and application information and conveniently maintains comprehensive, accurate Spray Logs for easy record keeping, which are compliant with Worker Protection Standards. Records can also include local weather, nozzle used and GPS field location. KEY FEATURES • Mix Guide: receive a recommended mixing order based on the products selected • Mix Sheets: capture field size, spray volume, tank size and product use rates and receive per tank and per field volume requirements for accurate loading and easy documentation and compliance. • Spray Logs: allow you to conveniently record GPS location, time spent spraying and weather details. A notes section also allows for additional record keeping • EPA Number & Re-entry Interval: allows for compliance with Worker Protection Standards Nozzle Selection: enhances records for label compliance My Favorites: select your most-used products for easy access
NPKalc
This app helps calculate fertilizer needs for various applications, supporting both granular and liquid types with flexible unit inputs. It's designed for anyone managing lawns, gardens, or larger agricultural areas.
- Granular fertilizer calculation
- Liquid fertilizer calculation
- Supports various units of measure
- Ideal for DIY lawn care
- Useful for professionals
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NPKalc is an easy to use fertilizer calculator that supports granular and liquid fertilizers with different unit of measures for input. Perfect for the DIY lawn dominator, gardener, landscape professional, golf course superintendents and farmers. Disclaimer: While we strive to provide accurate information, we do not accept responsibility for any misuse of the NPKalc app. Users are encouraged to use the app responsibly, cross check calculations and consult with experts for specific advice on fertilizer usage.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NPKalc at 4.6 against Spray Guide's 3.0. NPKalc also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 3). Spray Guide's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Spray Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NPKalc sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NPKalc holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NPKalc has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Spray Guide | NPKalc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (16 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Precision Laboratories, Inc. | Barton Cone |
Customer experience
Spray Guide
NPKalc
In-app purchases
Spray Guide
- Spray Guide Weather Integration$5.99
NPKalc
- NPKalc Pro$4.99









