Climate FieldView™ vs John Deere Connect Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Integrated digital agriculture tools
- Comprehensive field data collection
- Monitor agronomic decision impact
- Manage field variability
- Customized fertility and seeding plans
- Data-driven decision making
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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
John Deere Connect Mobile
This application connects to agricultural machinery via WiFi to document and display operational data. It helps monitor quality, productivity, and agronomic information for planting, spraying, and harvesting. The app works with compatible John Deere displays and requires no additional hardware on newer machines.
- Monitor operational data
- Optimize machine performance
- Document planting data
- Track spraying data
- Record harvesting data
- Connects via WiFi
- Works with John Deere displays
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John Deere Connect Mobile is a mobile application downloaded onto an iPad to monitor, optimize, and ensure high quality operations; and the best job possible. The Connect Mobile app connects to the machine through a WiFi network to document and display quality, productivity, and agronomic data about the operation. The app works in conjunction with either the GreenStar™ 3 2630, Generation 4 4600 & 4640 CommandCenter™ displays, & Generation 5 displays. The John Deere Connect Mobile app can be used for planting, spraying, and harvesting operations; and requires no additional hardware with MY18 and newer Connect Mobile ready machines. Other equipment can be fitted with Connect Mobile with an additional field kit. Contact your dealer for details. Planting data attributes documented and displayed: • Actual Population • Target Population • Singulation • Seed Spacing CV • Gauge Wheel Margin • Ground Contact • Applied Down Force • Ride Quality • Variety • Ground Speed • FurrowVision™ Spraying Data attributes documented and displayed: • Actual Rate • Rate Deviation • Pressure • Ground Speed • Estimated Droplet Size • Target Rate • Flow Rate • Tank Volume • Productivity • Fuel Rate Harvest Data attributes documented and displayed • Ground speed • Moisture • Dry Yield • Wet Yield • Relative Grain Loss • Fan Speed • Rotor Speed • Threshing Speed • Chaffer Opening • Sieve Opening • Average Dry Yield • Average Wet Yield • Average Moisture NOTE: Unless the iPad is connected to a Wi-Fi network, data transfer between the iPad and John Deere Operations Center may incur cellular network charges, for which the customer is responsible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: John Deere Connect Mobile at 4.0 against Climate FieldView™'s 3.4. John Deere Connect Mobile also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 14). Climate FieldView™'s advantage is chart position (#121 vs unranked) and ratings volume (169 vs 25). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Climate FieldView™ sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $249.00 per year. John Deere Connect Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
John Deere Connect Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Climate FieldView™ has 169 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Climate FieldView™'s written reviews are positive against 33% of John Deere Connect Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Climate FieldView™ | John Deere Connect Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (169 ratings) | 4.0 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.2% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 169 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #121 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 259 MB | 202 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Climate Corporation | John Deere |
Customer experience
Climate FieldView™
John Deere Connect Mobile
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
John Deere Connect Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Climate FieldView™
- FieldView Prime2 variants$249.001 Year
- FieldView Plus2 variants$649.001 Year
- 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
John Deere Connect Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Climate FieldView™ free?
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Which has better reviews, Climate FieldView™ or John Deere Connect Mobile?
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