Ag PhD Field Guide vs MFA Agronomy Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ag PhD Field Guide
Identify common weeds and insects in your fields with detailed photos and control recommendations. Access the latest agronomy information and educational content to improve your farming practices.
- Pest identification by name
- Photos of weeds and insects
- Control recommendations
- Agronomy information
- Access to newsletters and university content
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The Ag PhD Field Guide helps you to identify problem pests out in your field. You can browse weeds and insects by name and view photos and read control recommendations. The Ag PhD Field Guide also gives you the most up-to-date agronomy information through the FMC HatchTrak newsletter and the Ag PhD University.
MFA Agronomy Guide
This digital guide provides essential agronomic information for various crop markets, including corn, soybeans, and wheat. It offers insights from professional agronomists to assist customers with their agricultural needs.
- Digital agronomy guide
- Information on corn, milo, wheat, soybeans, rice, cotton, and pasture markets
- Insights from professional agronomists
- Essential agricultural resource
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Each year, the professional agonomists at MFA Incorporated publish the MFA Agronomy Guide, a publication our customers call "essential." The guide includes offerings for corn, milo, wheat, soybeans, rice, cotton and pasture markets. This App is the MFA Agronomy Guide gone digital. We hope you like it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MFA Agronomy Guide at 3.6 against Ag PhD Field Guide's 2.5. Ag PhD Field Guide's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
MFA Agronomy Guide holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Ag PhD Field Guide ships an update every 3 months, MFA Agronomy Guide every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ag PhD Field Guide | MFA Agronomy Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (8 ratings) | 3.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ag PhD | MFA Incorporated |
Customer experience
Ag PhD Field Guide
MFA Agronomy Guide
In-app purchases
Ag PhD Field Guide
No in-app purchases
MFA Agronomy Guide
No in-app purchases
