Agworld for iPhone vs eShepherd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Agworld for iPhone
This app streamlines farm management by enabling seamless collaboration between growers, consultants, and staff. It offers tools for planning, data capture, mapping, and communication to boost efficiency and profitability. Access and manage farm data from anywhere, even offline.
- Collaborative farming platform
- Planning and budgeting tools
- Data capture and management
- Farm mapping and insights
- Label and SDS library
- Offline access
- Work order management
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The world’s leading collaborative farming solution that enables growers, crop consultants, farm staff, precision specialists and operation managers to truly work as one. Agworld’s planning and budgeting capabilities, data capture tools, farm maps, label and SDS library and communication tools improve your workflow and increase your production efficiency and profitability. Agworld’s iPhone app is the most convenient way to access, capture, manage and share your farm data from anywhere. The online / offline app allows you to get things done while in the field, even without an internet connection. The app automatically syncs all your information to your secure account once you are back in range. For consultants and advisors: - Record your observations and recommendations quickly using an app that is designed to be used in the field. - Get an overview of your grower’s information, activities, yield and sampling result layers for truly powerful in-field decision making. - Built-in rate checking system and offline access to the latest product labels and SDS when you need it. - Write your common recommendations once using templates and share them with your new staff or existing colleagues for fast and accurate rec-writing. - End-to-end work order management workflow from Precision to Application - Transfer variable rate controller files from your iPhone to your machines using Sandisk iXpand Lightning / USB drive. - Map your client’s fields by driving around a boundary and get turn by turn GPS directions to the location of your jobs. For growers: - View your interactive farm maps, yield and sampling results created by your Agworld advisors with just a few taps. - Discover field insights by comparing yield data, total cost to date, the number of jobs due and your planned/actual gross margin across all your fields, right on the maps page. - Map your fields by driving around its boundary. - Receive recommendations and work orders from your consultant in real time. - See your to-do, done and draft jobs for a quick way to stay on top of your tasks. - Use the handy library to look up product labels and SDS. - Accurately calculate your tank mix using the built in calculator. - Convert individual fields into actuals from multiple field recommendations. - Filter multiple job stages such as recommendations and work orders, at the same time.
eShepherd
This app allows farmers to view their farm map, including animal locations, paddocks, and watering points. It enables scanning animals and neckbands to create associations and upload session data. Receive critical alerts like "Animal is still/down" or "Animal outside VP" via push notifications.
- Farm map with asset visualization
- Real-time animal location tracking
- Virtual and physical paddock management
- Animal scanning and association
- Session data upload
- Critical event push notifications
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View assets on your farm map: • Your current location • Animals shown with mob colour • Active and inactive virtual paddocks • Physical paddocks & watering points Perform key jobs out in the paddock: • Connect your scanning device and scan animals and neckbands to create associations within a session • Upload sessions to populate your account with tracked animals • Turn on/off virtual paddocks Receive Push Notifications so that you are informed of critical events, such as: • “Animal is still/down” - possibly a sick animal • “Animal outside VP” - escapees!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: eShepherd at 100% against Agworld for iPhone's 25%. eShepherd also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Agworld for iPhone's advantage is ratings volume (215 vs 7). On price, update cadence, 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.
eShepherd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Agworld for iPhone has 215 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Agworld for iPhone's written reviews are positive against 100% of eShepherd's.
Agworld for iPhone ships an update fortnightly, eShepherd every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Agworld for iPhone | eShepherd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (215 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 215 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Agworld Pty Ltd | Gallagher eShepherd Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Agworld for iPhone
eShepherd
In-app purchases
Agworld for iPhone
No in-app purchases
eShepherd
No in-app purchases
Questions
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