Tractor GPS vs TIMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tractor GPS
This navigation tool helps farmers drive straighter passes, track coverage, and measure field sizes using a smartphone or tablet. It offers AB line guidance, coverage mapping, and field measurement features without requiring extra hardware or accounts.
- AB line guidance
- Coverage mapping
- Field measurement
- Import/export field data
- Equipment profiles
- Job records
- Dual-device support
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Drive straighter passes, see exactly what you have covered, and know the real size of every field — using just your iPhone or iPad. Tractor GPS turns the device in your cab into a guidance and record-keeping tool for tractors, sprayers, seeders and harvesters. No extra hardware. No account to create. AB LINE GUIDANCE • Tap A at the start of your first pass and B at the end — the app draws parallel guide lines spaced to your implement's working width • A live readout shows how far you are off the line, with an arrow telling you which way to steer • Guidance snaps to whichever pass you are nearest, and you can nudge one pass left or right • Guide lines fit automatically to a selected field boundary COVERAGE MAPPING • Worked ground is painted behind the machine as a band the width of your implement • See at a glance what is done and what is left • Pause between passes and continue when you are ready • Clear the painted path and start a pass clean whenever you need LIVE IN THE CAB • Speed, covered area, elapsed time, distance and working width at a glance • Applied spray volume when your equipment has spraying turned on • Pick a field before you start and get a progress bar, remaining area and an estimated time to finish FIELD MEASUREMENT • Draw a boundary on the satellite map point by point, with undo • Walk or drive the perimeter and let GPS build the shape • Create a circular center-pivot field from a center point and a radius • Every field stores area, perimeter, name, description and color IMPORT AND EXPORT • Import existing boundaries from KML, KMZ, GPX, GeoJSON and Shapefile — hundreds of parcels at once • Export a field as PDF, GPX, KML, KMZ, GeoJSON or zipped Shapefile • Export a finished job as PDF, GPX, KML, GeoJSON or zipped Shapefile • Hand records to an agronomist or a co-op, load them into farm software, or keep them for paperwork EQUIPMENT PROFILES • Save each implement with its working width and left or right offset from the device • Offset correction puts the painted coverage where the implement actually runs, not where the device sits • Set a spraying rate per area or per minute and get applied volume and average rate for the job JOB RECORDS • Every finished session is saved with worked area, duration, average speed, work rate, distance and spray volume • Organize jobs into folders, add notes, and link a job to a field • Reopen a job later and keep adding to it — a field split across two days stays one record TWO SCREENS, ONE GPS • Mount your iPhone where it sees the sky and relay its position over the local network to an iPad for a bigger in-cab display • Ideal for a Wi-Fi-only iPad, which has no GPS of its own • Fields, jobs and equipment sync across your own devices through iCloud — no server, no sign-up BUILT FOR THE CAB • Normal, satellite and hybrid maps, in 2D or tilted 3D • Light and dark themes • Optional compass, keep-screen-on, and a choice of markers including an animated 3D tractor • Metric and imperial units, set independently for area, distance, speed and spray volume • Available in 41 languages Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
TIMS
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TIMS app is used to report Wildlife, Road Status, Damage Feature, and Road Condition events. The information collected by the Travel-IQ Traveler Information Management System (TIMS) can then be disseminated to the public via the DriveNC web portal and/or IVR phone-in system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TIMS at none against Tractor GPS's 10. TIMS also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Tractor GPS's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Tractor GPS sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. TIMS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tractor GPS ships an update weekly, TIMS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tractor GPS | TIMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (398 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 398 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yaroslav Babenko | IBI Group |
In-app purchases
Tractor GPS
- Tractor GPS$9.991 Month
- Tractor GPS$14.991 Month
- Tractor GPS$19.991 Month
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- Tractor GPS7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Tractor GPS$49.991 Year
- Tractor GPS$79.991 Year
- Tractor GPS$29.99
- Tractor GPS$39.99
- Tractor GPS$49.99
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- Tractor GPS$89.99
TIMS
No in-app purchases
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