Comparison

Climate FieldView™ vs eSample Zone

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

Head to head
About

Climate FieldView™

This integrated digital agriculture tool offers farmers a connected suite of resources to gain a deeper understanding of their fields. It helps optimize yields, maximize efficiency, and reduce risk by enabling data-driven decisions throughout the year.

Highlights
  • Integrated digital agriculture tools
  • Comprehensive field data collection
  • Monitor agronomic decision impact
  • Manage field variability
  • Customized fertility and seeding plans
  • Data-driven decision making
Currently charting
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Climate FieldView is an integrated digital agriculture tool that provides farmers with a comprehensive, connected suite of digital tools, providing farmers a deeper understanding of their fields so they can make more informed operating decisions to optimize yields, maximize efficiency and reduce risk. Use Climate FieldView™ year round to make data driven decisions to maximize your return on every acre. We’re your data partner to: Seamlessly collect and store critical field data. Monitor and measure the impact of your agronomic decisions on crop performance. Manage your field variability by building customized fertility and seeding plans for each of your fields to optimize yield and maximize profit. Terms of Service — https://climate.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-service.html Follow us on Twitter/X: @climatecorp

About

eSample Zone

Streamline soil sampling for zone-managed fields. This tool helps soil samplers and agronomists save time in the field and office, making zone-based soil sampling as efficient as possible.

Highlights
  • Zone-managed field soil sampling
  • Fast and accurate soil sampling
  • Time-saving for samplers and agronomists
  • Integration with FarmCommand platform
  • Efficient field and office workflow
Features
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eSample Zone provides FarmCommand users with a fast and accurate tool to soil sampling zone managed fields. This tool is designed to save the soil sampler and agronomist time in the field and office, to enable soil sampling by zone to be done as efficiently as possible. eSample Zone app is designed to work with the FarmCommand platform to complete soil sampling jobs for zone managed fields.

Screenshots

Climate FieldView™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: eSample Zone at none against Climate FieldView™'s 14. eSample Zone also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). Climate FieldView™'s advantage is chart position (#87 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Climate FieldView™ sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $249.00 per year. eSample Zone asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Climate FieldView™ ships an update every 2 months, eSample Zone every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Climate FieldView™ versus eSample Zone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClimate FieldView™eSample Zone
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#87 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size264 MB35 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperThe Climate CorporationFarmers Edge Inc.

Customer experience

Climate FieldView™

Written reviews45 reviews
Positive42.2%
Neutral6.7%
Negative51.1%

eSample Zone

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Climate FieldView™

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Cannot sign on
  • Forgot password not sending emails
  • Latest update lost fields on map
  • App acts like it's opening but doesn't
  • License agreement error 'null' table insert
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  • App will not launch
  • Nothing seems to work
  • Defining fields does not work
  • Cannot find your location
  • Glitchy with repeated fields
  • Messy refresh
  • Field workability is terribly inaccurate
  • Not confident in rainfall until app is completely closed and restarted

Requested features

6 requests
  • Mac version of the app
  • User configurable rainfall calculator (e.g., 72-hour rainfall)
  • Show acres in each field when pulling up map
  • Ability to delete a field map
  • Make app work on iPhone for navigation
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  • Improvements to field organization for easier finding

eSample Zone

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Climate FieldView™

Subscriptions2
  • FieldView Prime2 variants$249.001 Year
  • FieldView Plus2 variants$649.001 Year
One-time6
  • FieldView Prime3 variants$129.99
  • FieldView Prime2 variants$139.99
  • FieldView Prime2 variants$149.99
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  • FieldView Prime$599.99
  • FieldView Plus$649.00
  • FieldView Plus$999.99
None

eSample Zone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Climate FieldView™ free?
Climate FieldView™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is eSample Zone free?
eSample Zone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Climate FieldView™ or eSample Zone have ads?
Neither Climate FieldView™ nor eSample Zone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Climate FieldView™ or eSample Zone?
Climate FieldView™ ships an update every 2 months, and eSample Zone every 3 weeks. Most recently, Climate FieldView™ was updated on October 11, 2026 and eSample Zone on October 5, 2026.

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