John Deere Connect Mobile vs SOILMAP InCab App
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.
SOILMAP InCab App
This business application provides applicators with job management and navigation tools directly on their device. It eliminates paperwork by offering essential details like product information, totals, crops, and more. Custom applicators can also view their fields for spraying and spreading tasks.
- Comprehensive job management
- Navigation tools
- Eliminates paperwork
- Product and crop details
- Field viewing for spraying/spreading
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The free SOILMAP In-Cab app offers applicators comprehensive job management and navigation tools. This user-friendly app eliminates the need for paperwork while providing essential information, including product details, totals, crops, GMOs, bee hive, organic locations and much more. With custom applicators you now can also access the app and see your fields for spraying/spreading.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SOILMAP InCab App at 100% against John Deere Connect Mobile's 33%. SOILMAP InCab App also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). John Deere Connect Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). 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.
SOILMAP InCab App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. 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 100% of SOILMAP InCab App's.
John Deere Connect Mobile ships an update every 2 months, SOILMAP InCab App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | John Deere Connect Mobile | SOILMAP InCab App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 3 |
| 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 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Deere | NEW Cooperative, Inc. |
Customer experience
John Deere Connect Mobile
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In-app purchases
John Deere Connect Mobile
No in-app purchases
SOILMAP InCab App
No in-app purchases
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