Kestrel LiNK (Legacy) vs Davis Mobilize
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kestrel LiNK (Legacy)
This application connects to specific Kestrel weather meters, allowing users to view and manage data from their devices. It supports older firmware versions for the Drop and 5000 series models.
- Connects to Drop devices
- Connects to 5000 series devices
- View device data
- Manage device data
- Legacy firmware support
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Kestrel LiNK Legacy edition is compatible with Drop and 5000 series devices with the following firmware: K5 1.43 or earlier Drop 1.54 or earlier
Davis Mobilize
This agriculture app provides advanced agronomy insights and farm management tools. Visualize sensor data for weather, irrigation, and crop growth. It offers a seven-day forecast for key agricultural metrics like growing degree-days and frost likelihood.
- Custom farm views
- Sensor data browsing
- Weather tracking
- Irrigation monitoring
- Growth cycle analysis
- Seven-day forecast
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Mobilize is an agriculture focused decision-making app with some of the latest advancements in agronomy. You can easily create custom views of your farm and browse sensor data to track specific conditions related to weather, irrigation, growth cycle and more. Mobilize generates a seven-day forecast for growing degree-days, frost likelihood, evapotranspiration (ET) and rain, so that you can prepare for the future.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Davis Mobilize at 3.6 against Kestrel LiNK (Legacy)'s 2.2. Kestrel LiNK (Legacy)'s advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 5) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Davis Mobilize holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kestrel LiNK (Legacy) has 38 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of Kestrel LiNK (Legacy)'s written reviews are positive against 17% of Davis Mobilize's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Kestrel LiNK (Legacy) ships an update every 2 months, Davis Mobilize every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kestrel LiNK (Legacy) | Davis Mobilize |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (38 ratings) | 3.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nielsen-Kellerman Co. | Davis Instruments Corp. |
Customer experience
Kestrel LiNK (Legacy)
Davis Mobilize
In-app purchases
Kestrel LiNK (Legacy)
No in-app purchases
Davis Mobilize
No in-app purchases
Questions
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