Comparison

FieldX Sampling vs FarmQA

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

Head to head
About

FieldX Sampling

This app helps agricultural professionals collect soil samples in the field. It allows users to create and manage sampling points, navigate to locations, and log journal entries. The app supports offline use and integrates with desktop software for data management.

Highlights
  • Create and update sampling journal entries
  • Add, move, and delete sampling points
  • Navigate to sampling points with direction and distance
  • Mark sampling points as completed
  • Add new sampling points at GPS location
  • Work online or offline
  • Import/Export points from FieldX Office
Features
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FieldX Sampling™ is an in-field mobile app for soil sampling on agricultural fields. The app includes tools to create and update sampling journal entries, including the ability to add, move, and delete sampling points. FieldX Sampling capabilities: • Display field borders and sample points/zones. • Mark sampling points as completed and advance to next point with one tap. • Create new sampling journal entries. • Add new sampling points at GPS location. • Move sampling points to current GPS location. • Navigate to sample points with a tool to indicate direction and distance to a point from GPS location. • Upload changes to sampling journal entries. Additional benefits: • Work online or offline. • Get turn-by-turn directions to the field. • Set up sample grid in FieldX Office/VRT and navigate to the sample points in FieldX Sampling. • Import and Export points from FieldX Office/VRT to a SHP file, • Work with any lab you choose for soil testing. FieldX Sampling is part of the FieldX Platform, which is an agricultural software system that is used across the United States and Canada. FieldX currently supports grid sampling, zone sampling and composite soil sampling.

About

FarmQA

This digital agronomy assistant streamlines crop and field scouting, offering treatment recommendations, chemical prescriptions, and imagery analysis. It simplifies soil sample tracking and provides detailed field analytics, helping users make data-driven decisions for crop management.

Highlights
  • Digital crop and field scouting
  • Crop treatment recommendations
  • Chemical prescription management
  • Imagery analysis and soil tracking
  • Field analytics and reporting
  • Offline data entry and cloud sync
Features
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FarmQA is your digital agronomy assistant for crop and field scouting, crop treatment recommendations, chemical prescriptions, imagery analysis, soil sample tracking, and field analytics. Advice: FarmQA Advice streamlines agronomists' work, enabling swift, digital crop treatment recommendations for your growers. Transition from paper to digital reports, sent via SMS or email. Customize product recommendations and track vital details effortlessly. FarmQA enables you to customize recommended products and effortlessly import lists from Excel. Track active ingredients, mode of action, specify rainfast, REI, and PEI values, and access product labels with ease. Scouting: FarmQA's flexible mobile scouting simplifies crop monitoring for a wide range of crops, from row crops to specialty varieties like grass seed, hops, and grapes. Easily customize scouting templates, adapt to in-season changes, and ensure precise, timely field assessments with turn-by-turn navigation and color-coded maps. Capture and communicate issues through photos and maps, view reports instantly, and make data-driven treatment decisions with ease. Your data remains secure in the FarmQA cloud, with controlled access. Analytics: Easily access imported imagery through the FarmQA, whether online or offline. Explore a range of imagery types, from NDVI images and soil maps to past season's yields and more, allowing you to pinpoint specific issues within each field during scouting. Task management: Effortlessly manage field scouting, soil sampling, and chemical application assignments within your organization using FarmQA task management. Ensure seamless integration with your existing workflow, preventing any missed work. Paired with soil sample tracking, this tool empowers you to provide top-tier support for your growers. Features: - Easily send scouting reports to agronomists and growers right from the field - Easily capture crop treatment recommendations and chemical prescriptions - Track completion of recommendations and prescriptions with growers - Track mode-of-action groups applied to each crop and field - Define tank mixes for later use - EPA chemical import - Define customized scouting forms specific to crops or fields or season - Document findings with photographs and map annotations - Gain efficiency in the field with mobile-optimized data entry - See distances to nearby fields, turn-by-turn navigation aids seasonal or temporary staff - Draw or drive field boundaries or import shapefiles specific to your fields - Automatically merge scouting reports from multiple scouts into one report - Send professional reports right from the field - Work offline and upload the data later to the cloud - Direct scouting using high-resolution imagery overlays - Use the device of choice and be productive immediately - Drop sampling points for consistent soil sampling year-to-year - Easily access soil lab results from the field - Track and manage all of your agronomy related tasks - Manage your in-field soil sampling Designed for: - Agronomy service providers - Specialty crop advisors - Crop consultants - Soil science consultants - Growers - Input retailers - Rural cooperatives - Agri-service companies of all kinds

Screenshots

FieldX Sampling4 screens
FarmQA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FarmQA at 4.7 against FieldX Sampling's 4.0. FarmQA also leads on ratings volume (28 vs 5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FarmQA holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FarmQA has 28 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of FieldX Sampling's written reviews are positive against 94% of FarmQA's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FieldX Sampling ships an update every 8 days, FarmQA every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FieldX Sampling versus FarmQA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFieldX SamplingFarmQA
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings)4.7 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better93.8% of reviews
Number of ratings528 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFieldX Inc.FarmQA

Customer experience

FieldX Sampling

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FarmQA

All ratings27 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%

In-app purchases

None

FieldX Sampling

No in-app purchases

None

FarmQA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FieldX Sampling free?
FieldX Sampling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FarmQA free?
FarmQA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FieldX Sampling or FarmQA?
FarmQA is rated higher. FieldX Sampling averages 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while FarmQA averages 4.7 from 28 ratings.
Do FieldX Sampling or FarmQA have ads?
Neither FieldX Sampling nor FarmQA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FieldX Sampling or FarmQA?
FieldX Sampling ships an update every 8 days, and FarmQA every 10 days. Most recently, FieldX Sampling was updated on November 1, 2026 and FarmQA on November 2, 2026.

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