John Deere Connect Mobile vs Dawn FurrowTechnik
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.
Dawn FurrowTechnik
This app offers a wireless interface for agricultural planter automation, enabling full machine control and data mapping. It connects via WiFi to a telemetry controller, allowing for independent operation if the connection is lost. The system fully automates planter row units and generates extensive data layers.
- Wireless user interface
- Machine control
- Data mapping functions
- WiFi connectivity
- Automated row unit control
- Extensive data layer generation
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FurrowTechnik by Dawn provides a wireless user interface for the Reflex family of Agricultural Planter Automation products. FurrowTechnik (FT) allows for all machine control and data mapping functions to be handled inside of a single app. This app connects to the Reflex Telemetry controller by WIFI and must be connected to operate. If the WIFI connection is interrupted the planter and row unit controllers will continue to operate independently using the last settings. FT, in combination with the Reflex product line is the first system to fully automate every aspect of the planter row unit, and generates more data layers than any other planting system on the market. Multiple WiFi devices can be connected to the telemetry control unit at one time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: John Deere Connect Mobile at 33% against Dawn FurrowTechnik's 0%. John Deere Connect Mobile also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (26 vs 3). Dawn FurrowTechnik's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
John Deere Connect Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: John Deere Connect Mobile has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of John Deere Connect Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of Dawn FurrowTechnik's.
John Deere Connect Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Dawn FurrowTechnik every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | John Deere Connect Mobile | Dawn FurrowTechnik |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (26 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Deere | Dawn Equipment Company Inc. |
Customer experience
John Deere Connect Mobile
Dawn FurrowTechnik
In-app purchases
John Deere Connect Mobile
No in-app purchases
Dawn FurrowTechnik
No in-app purchases
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