Comparison

Tend Smart Farm vs nxtAcre Farm

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

Head to head
About

Tend Smart Farm

Features
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Tend Smart Farm: Operations in your pocket Tend Smart Farm is the free mobile companion for farms using Tend—built for diversified, commercial-scale growers who need clear workflows in the field and the barn. Plan and execute work from one place with your team, while your data stays aligned with the rest of your Tend account. Built for how you actually work The app is built around task management, farm maps, QR code scanning, and offline mode sync. Crews can move quickly on-site, and managers can trust that updates are captured and shared when connectivity is available. Work offline when needed, then sync to review status and keep operations moving. What you can do with Tend Smart Farm • Task management — Create, assign, and complete work with the detail you need in the field. • Farm map — See locations and production context on the map to support planning and execution. • Print & Scan — Scan QR codes to track work across tasks, plantings, equipment, and harvests. Print labels and tags with QR codes for harvests, planting tags, seed lots, and other on-farm items. • Plantings — Access and work with planting information alongside your operations. • Field walk — Capture structured observations and follow-ups from the field. • Notes — Keep comments and context where the team can find them. • Labor & activity — Track time and activity tied to tasks so you have a clearer picture of who did what and when. • Push updates — Get notified about important changes so assignments and priorities stay current. • Equipment, lots & containers — Open and work with key operational records (equipment, lots, serialized containers, harvest yield, and more) as your role and farm setup allow. Designed for farmers, refined with real operations Tend is developed with input from working farms and shaped by the realities of seasons, crews, and compliance—so the mobile experience stays practical, not theoretical. Sign in with your Tend account to get started. Learn more at tend.com.

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nxtAcre Farm

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nxtAcre Farm is the one app for everyone who works on your farm or ranch. Owners, managers, hired hands, drivers, bookkeepers and barn staff all sign in to the same app, and each person sees only the parts of the farm their job covers. ONE APP, A MODE FOR EACH JOB The app is split into modes. Each mode has its own tabs, so the person clocking in never scrolls past the books, and the bookkeeper never digs through feed charts. Switch modes with one tap. The app opens where you left off. • Farm: weather and alerts, equipment and maintenance, inventory with low-stock flags and QR label scanning, tasks, your team, safety incidents and inspections, cameras and sensors. • Fields: scout reports with photos, pest and disease identification from a photo, field tasks, harvests, soil samples, prescriptions, AB-lines and a spray-window forecast. • Livestock: scan an ear tag to pull up an animal, log treatments and breeding, run a weigh session, feed rations, and record sales or losses. • Equine: the barn board, horses, lessons, boarding, feed and meds. • Money and Sales: snap receipts, add expenses, track bills, check profit and loss, and create and text invoices to customers. • Dispatch: deliveries, pickups, drivers and schedules, with a live map of your trucks. • Documents: scan paper into PDFs, file it, and sign documents. • My Work: clock in and out, see your tasks and schedule, request time off, and view your pay stubs. • Driver: today's stops, customers with gate codes, directions, and proof of delivery with a photo or signature. Which modes you see comes from your role on the farm, the parts of the operation you've turned on, and your farm's setup. Someone with only one job sees only that one. WORKS WHERE THE SIGNAL DOESN'T Out in the back pasture or down in the shop, the app keeps working. It shows what you last opened and saves your changes on the phone, then syncs them when you're back in range. IN THE TRUCK WITH CARPLAY See your customers with gate codes, the closest ones as you drive, today's deliveries and a map of your stops on your truck's screen. Tap for directions or a call, or ask Siri to find a customer. FASTER WAYS IN • Search the whole farm from any mode. • Press and hold the app icon for shortcuts like Time clock and Scan an item. • Add My Shift and Today widgets to your Home Screen or Lock Screen. • Say "Clock in with nxtAcre Farm" or "Open Livestock in nxtAcre Farm". • Add Time Clock and Shift controls to Control Center. MORE THAN ONE FARM Belong to several farms? Switch between them in a tap. Each farm's records stay separate. SECURE BY DEFAULT Sign in with Face ID, Touch ID or a passkey. Money and Sales ask for Face ID again when you open them. nxtAcre Farm works with your nxtAcre account. Farm owners set up the farm and invite their team on the nxtAcre website, and everyone signs in to the app with that same account.

Screenshots

Tend Smart Farm3 screens
nxtAcre Farm4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tend Smart Farm and nxtAcre Farm are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tend Smart Farm ships an update weekly, nxtAcre Farm every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tend Smart Farm versus nxtAcre Farm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTend Smart FarmnxtAcre Farm
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpiraledgeBlake Pritchett

In-app purchases

None

Tend Smart Farm

No in-app purchases

None

nxtAcre Farm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tend Smart Farm free?
Tend Smart Farm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is nxtAcre Farm free?
nxtAcre Farm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tend Smart Farm or nxtAcre Farm have ads?
Neither Tend Smart Farm nor nxtAcre Farm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tend Smart Farm or nxtAcre Farm?
Tend Smart Farm ships an update weekly, and nxtAcre Farm every 9 days. Most recently, Tend Smart Farm was updated on October 31, 2026 and nxtAcre Farm on October 31, 2026.

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