Comparison

Bushel vs VG Commodities

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bushel

This app helps farmers manage their farm's profitability by organizing field data, rainfall, and imagery. It offers financial tools like a business account for payments and integrates with other farm management platforms for seamless data syncing and sharing.

Highlights
  • Field maps and satellite imagery
  • Rainfall data tracking
  • Crop marketing and land agreements
  • Business account for payments
  • Cost of production insights
  • Integration with John Deere and Climate FieldView
  • Digital record sharing for sustainability
Features
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The Bushel App (formerly Bushel Farm) helps farmers track, manage, and understand their farm’s profitability - all in one place. Replace scattered notes and spreadsheets with organized field maps, rainfall data, satellite imagery, crop marketing, land agreements, and more. With tight margins, knowing your position matters. You also deserve money that works as hard as you do. The wallet feature lets farmers open a Bushel Business Account (an interest-bearing bank account) offered by The Bancorp Bank, N.A., Member FDIC, to send and receive payments, and link existing bank accounts to easily transfer funds. Funds in a Bushel Business Account are FDIC insured up to $5 million through sweep program banks.* The Bushel App turns records into insights like cost of production, grain position, and field or crop-level profit and loss-making it easier to plan and share with partners you trust. Sync with John Deere Operations Center and Climate FieldView to cut down on manual entry. Share field records digitally for sustainability programs. Bushel’s data permission controls are built into the platform to ensure data privacy and sharing only when properly authorized by Bushel App users. Terms of Use (EULA): https://pages.bushelpowered.com/hubfs/Bushel-Terms-of-Use.pdf Privacy Notice: https://www.bushelpowered.com/privacy-notice

About

VG Commodities

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Real-time harvest information for growers, by VG Commodities. The VG Commodities app is an essential mobile solution that connects your operation to your grain facility, providing real-time, actionable information to help you manage and grow your business. To get the most out of our app and stay updated with our communications, we recommend choosing to allow notifications. With a robust toolset that's constantly evolving to meet the demands of the modern grower, your VG Commodities app is built with powerful features to help you save time and maximize profits, including: eSign: Sign contracts from your mobile device Cash Bids: View a location's cash bids in real-time Offers: View your filled, working, canceled, or rejected offers Futures: See Grains, Feed, Livestock, and Ethanol futures listed in order of your preference Scale Tickets: Easily access and filter scale tickets Contracts: See contract balances, including locked-in basis/futures prices Commodity Balances: View your commodity inventories Invoices: Validate purchases and track expenses with real-time access to transaction information Settlements: See information on your payments, when and where you need it Payments: Fast, secure, and simple digital payments The VG Commodities app is free, secure, and developed by the industry-leading Bushel platform.

Screenshots

Bushel4 screens
VG Commodities4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VG Commodities at none against Bushel's 8. Bushel's advantage is chart position (#169 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bushel sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $8.49 per month. VG Commodities asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bushel ships an update every 2 months, VG Commodities every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Bushel versus VG Commodities: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBushelVG Commodities
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews29.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#169 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBushel Farm, Inc.VAN GILDER COMMODITIES LLC

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Bushel

Subscriptions8
  • Rain & Heat History Add-On$8.491 Month
  • Bushel Farm$19.991 Month
  • Basic Imagery Add-On$29.991 Month
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  • Activities Add-On$29.991 Month
  • Marketing Add-On$29.991 Month
  • Essentials$59.991 Month
  • Basic Rainfall$74.991 Year
  • Enterprise$199.991 Month
None

VG Commodities

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bushel free?
Bushel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VG Commodities free?
VG Commodities is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bushel or VG Commodities have ads?
Neither Bushel nor VG Commodities shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bushel or VG Commodities?
Bushel ships an update every 2 months, and VG Commodities every 3 months. Most recently, Bushel was updated on October 11, 2026 and VG Commodities on September 15, 2026.

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