To bring some clarity for no-tillers, No-Till Farmer surveyed readers about what mobile apps they use in their operations. According to the recent poll, there are plenty of growers who’ve jumped on the farming-app bandwagon, but others are still mulling the idea or flatly refusing to do so.

We have compiled a list of the most mentioned apps in the survey along with a very brief description of their functions. They are broken up by category and are by no means an exhaustive list of available ag apps, but rather a representation of the most popular ones mentioned by survey respondents.

2015 App Survey Results

Non-Ag Utility Apps: 

• Mapquest — Provides live maps, GPS, voice navigation, and live traffic updates.

• CamScanner — A mobile document scanning and sharing app. Allows user to scan, store, sync and collaborate on various contents across smartphones, tablets and computers.

• Dropbox —Lets users bring all their photos, documents and videos anywhere and share them easily with their mobile devices. Can access any file you save to app from all your computers, mobile devices and the web.

• Find My Lost Phone!— Lets uses GPS navigational technology to locate or track lost or stolen phones. 

• Twitter — Provides users with a smart phone or tablet friendly interface of Twitter’s website for a mobile device.

• Facebook — Provides users with a smart phone or tablet friendly interface of Facebook’s website for a mobile device.   

• Evernote — Allows users to…