Soil Explorer vs FBC Luling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Soil Explorer
Discover detailed soil property and landscape maps for U.S. states and global soil distributions. Understand how map features relate to real-world observations. This educational tool uses data from USDA and USGS to illustrate complex soil-landscape relationships.
- Detailed soil property maps
- Landscape visualizations
- Global soil distribution maps
- Field observation correlation
- USDA NRCS data integration
- USGS data integration
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Explore detailed maps of soil properties and landscapes for various U.S. states, as well as small-scale maps of soil distributions for the world. Examine the details for a specific area, but also see the overview for a large area. Learn how features shown on the maps correspond to what you observe in the field. Soil Explorer utilizes detailed soil survey data from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and data and maps from the U. S. Geological Survey and other sources to produce informative, highly engaging maps. These maps are designed to show the complex interrelationships between soil properties and the landscapes in which soils occur.
FBC Luling
Stay connected with your church community through this app. Access past messages, receive important updates via push notifications, and share content easily. Download messages for offline listening and engagement.
- Watch or listen to past messages
- Stay up to date with push notifications
- Share messages via Facebook or email
- Download messages for offline listening
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This app will help you stay connected with the day-to-day life of our church. With this app you can: watch or listen to past messages; stay up to date with push notifications; share your favorite messages via Facebook, or email; and download messages for offline listening. Mobile app version: 6.19.3
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FBC Luling at 5.0 against Soil Explorer's 4.1. FBC Luling also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). Soil Explorer's advantage is ratings volume (9 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.
FBC Luling holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Soil Explorer has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Soil Explorer ships an update every 11 months, FBC Luling every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Soil Explorer | FBC Luling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.7 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Purdue University | First Baptist Church (Luling) |
In-app purchases
Soil Explorer
No in-app purchases
FBC Luling
No in-app purchases
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