John Deere Connect Mobile vs FieldAlytics Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
FieldAlytics Mobile
Manage agricultural operations from your mobile device. This platform allows users to create and complete work orders, scout crops, collect soil samples, and view various data layers in real-time. It keeps your entire agricultural organization informed and connected.
- Work order management
- Crop scouting with photos
- Soil sampling and boundary collection
- Data layer viewing (yield, soil, imagery)
- Real-time organizational updates
- Compliance documentation
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FieldAlytics Mobile provides a complete agronomy operations platform from the palm of your hand. Users across an agricultural organization, including growers, can take advantage of work order, scouting, soil sampling, and data layer viewing functionality all from a mobile device. Sales agronomists can create new and view existing work orders, keeping informed of their outstanding activities at any time. Applicators can view their assigned work order jobs and complete them including all compliance documentation. Crop scouts can collect and record scouting events including photos and creating recommendations. Soil samplers are able to create and complete soil sampling events including field boundary collection. Growers can view any data layers such a yield, soil samples, and imagery for any of their fields. These activities keep the entire organization up to date in real-time. An existing FieldAlytics account is required to use this App. For login information, please contact your company's account administrator.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FieldAlytics Mobile at fortnightly against John Deere Connect Mobile's every 2 months. FieldAlytics Mobile also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 33%). John Deere Connect Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for John Deere Connect Mobile against 4.0 for FieldAlytics Mobile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 31 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of John Deere Connect Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of FieldAlytics Mobile's.
John Deere Connect Mobile ships an update every 2 months, FieldAlytics Mobile fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | John Deere Connect Mobile | FieldAlytics Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (26 ratings) | 4.0 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Deere | EFC Systems |
Customer experience
John Deere Connect Mobile
FieldAlytics Mobile
In-app purchases
John Deere Connect Mobile
No in-app purchases
FieldAlytics Mobile
No in-app purchases
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