Comparison

Libra Harvest vs CropShield

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

Head to head
About

Libra Harvest

This app provides a comprehensive system for managing grain cart scales and harvest data. It automatically detects and records every unload, offering real-time insights into weight transactions, field tracking, and inventory management. Data can be viewed, shared, and exported for efficient farm operations.

Highlights
  • Automatic unload detection
  • Offline data collection
  • Field, truck, and destination tracking
  • Inventory management
  • Combine yield monitor calibration
  • Flexible unit display
  • Cloud data backup
Features
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Libra Harvest is a full-featured grain cart scale and harvest management system. The Libra Cart hardware connects to your grain cart's load cells and wirelessly communicates with the Libra Harvest app through Bluetooth®. It automatically detects and records every unload from your grain cart without additional sensors, providing accurate, real-time harvest data on your tablet or smartphone — no need to press any buttons or write anything down. The Libra Harvest app provides these features and more: 1. Automatic Unload Detection: Automatically saves the date, time, GPS location, and weight of every unload. 2. Record Offline: Collects and saves harvest data into the app whether or not your mobile device is connected to the Internet. 3. Track Fields, Trucks, Destinations: View totals and weight transactions for every field, truck, and destination (bins, bags, elevators, contracts). 4. Manage Inventory: Transfer amounts from one destination to another to track what has been moved or sold. 5. Calibrate the Combine’s Yield Monitor: View live weights and individually tare within Bluetooth® range to keep an eye on things or easily calibrate the yield monitor in the combine. 6. Flexible Unit Display: Display weights and totals in pounds, kilograms or bushels, and choose between light or dark mode. 7. Flexible Field Management: Create and edit field, truck, destination names and weight transactions on the fly. 8. Share and Export Data: Automatically backup your harvest data to the cloud and view it on a desktop computer. Upgrade to Harvest Pro: Unlock advanced features including multi-device syncing, team collaboration, desktop web editing, advanced reporting, farm management software integrations, and field boundary imports. Collaboration features, available with 3 or more Pro licenses, allow you to view all of your live cart weights from anywhere in the world, and manage each grain cart's settings remotely from the combine or the office. EULA: https://cloud.agrimatics.com/eula/harvest

About

CropShield

Features
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CropShield is the ordering app for CropShield Chemicals Ltd. Browse the full product catalog, place orders, and track your delivery status...all from your phone For Farm Partners: Browse the complete product catalog with categories like herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, seed treatments, and more Add products to your cart and submit orders in seconds Track your order status from received through to delivered View your full order history Simple, fast, and built for the field.

Screenshots

Libra Harvest4 screens
CropShield4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CropShield at none against Libra Harvest's 3. 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. Libra Harvest sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $129.00 per year. CropShield asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Libra Harvest versus CropShield: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLibra HarvestCropShield
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBitstrata Systems Inc.JUSTIN D SIMPKINS

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Libra Harvest

Subscriptions3
  • Plant & Harvest Pro x1$129.001 Year
  • Plant & Harvest Pro x2$259.001 Year
  • Plant & Harvest Pro x3$389.001 Year
None

CropShield

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Libra Harvest free?
Libra Harvest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CropShield free?
CropShield is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Libra Harvest or CropShield have ads?
Neither Libra Harvest nor CropShield shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Libra Harvest or CropShield?
Libra Harvest ships an update every 3 weeks, and CropShield every 3 weeks. Most recently, Libra Harvest was updated on October 16, 2026 and CropShield on September 28, 2026.

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