Best apps like DIY Gardening Tips

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4.2 avg rating

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Updated September 2026

DIY Gardening Tips

Kiril Petrov

Whether you want more options like DIY Gardening Tips or a completely different take on the same concept, our curated list of 10+ similar apps has you covered. Updated for 2026 with the latest ratings and comparisons.

Top Alternatives to DIY Gardening Tips

#1

Veggie Garden Planner by Bento Software

Vegetable Patch Planning Aid

Editor's Choice

🌟 Lifestyle

4.3😐(3.9K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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Plan your vegetable garden with ease. Discover compatible plants, get sowing and harvesting times, and avoid problematic crop rotations. Visually arrange your patch with planting distances and neighbor information.

What We Love

👍 Easy to use
💡 Helpful companion planting information
🚀 Visually appealing layout
🚀 Great planning tool for beginners
👍 User-friendly interface

Room to Improve

🔒 Limited vegetable/herb selection
🔒 Inability to change growing zones
🐛 Bugs with restoring purchases
🔒 Overly complicated with in-app purchases
🔒 Lack of customization options
🔒 Planner feature not very useful

#2

Gardens Illustrated Magazine by Our Media Limited

Garden Design & Inspiration

Strong Contender

🌟 Lifestyle

4.7😐(86 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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Explore the world's best gardens, plants, and designers with stunning photography and expert writing. Discover unique insights and inspiration for discerning gardeners, with options to purchase single issues or subscribe.

What We Love

✨ Inspiring articles and photography
👍 Easy to navigate sections
📚 Great content and horticultural information
🖼️ Beautifully presented magazine
💡 Useful tips and advice
📱 Handy for travel
🌟 High quality content
❤️ Superb horticultural content
✨ Inspirational photography
📖 Wonderful articles
🖼️ Sensational photographs
👍 Easy app to use
🌟 Delight to read
👍 Great magazine
🤩 Inspiring garden designs
📚 Informative content
📸 Skilled photography
✨ Inspiring magazine
📸 Lovely pictures
👍 Good app
🤩 Dreamy magazine
📸 Beautifully photographed
📖 Thoughtful content and layouts
📖 Well written articles
👍 Top class magazine
📸 Beautiful photography
🌟 Must read for inspiration
🤩 Wonderful articles to hand
👍 Easy to navigate
✨ Lovely photographs
📖 Well designed magazine
👍 Good quality

Room to Improve

🐛 App crashes frequently
🐛 App freezes often
🐛 App locks up
🐛 Issues downloading content
🐛 Downloaded issues become unavailable
🐛 Have to re-download purchased issues
🐛 Subscription issues
🐛 Login problems
🐛 Annoying pop-ups for back issues
🐛 App doesn't work with latest OS
🐛 Slow download times
🐛 Horizontal viewing gone
🐛 App makes magazine look like a website/blog
🐛 Text typeset separately from images
🐛 Scroll down like a blog
🐛 Requires signing in every time
🐛 Lost bookmarks and folders
🐛 Purchase system issues
🐛 Continuous subscription charges
🐛 Unable to cancel subscription
🐛 App doesn't load issues
🐛 Blank issues after purchase
🐛 Poor customer service
🐛 Mispricing of collections
🐛 App doesn't recognize iTunes subscriptions
🐛 App crashes on subscription heading
🐛 Not accessible as previous digital form
🐛 Can't get it in landscape
🐛 Small viewing on iPhone
🐛 Too much advertising
🐛 Digital copy costs extra
🐛 Copy more or less vapid

#3

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine by Immediate Media Company Limited

Gardening & Plant Advice

Worth Considering

🌟 Lifestyle

4.8😞(235 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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Access Britain's best-selling gardening magazine digitally. Get expert advice, monthly checklists, plant guides, and inspiration for your garden, patio, or backyard. Features stunning plant photography and problem-solving tips from renowned horticulturalists.

What We Love

📚 High-quality, informative gardening content
📸 Beautiful, vibrant photography and illustrations
🌍 Accessible globally for international subscribers
📖 Well-written articles by expert contributors
🎯 Useful practical tips and seasonal advice
📱 Digital format convenient for travel
🔖 Ability to bookmark and flag articles
📺 Great companion to the TV show
💚 Biodiversity and wildlife-focused content
⭐ Excellent value for gardening knowledge

Room to Improve

🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
⏱️ Extremely slow loading times
🔓 Subscription not recognized after login
📥 Painfully slow download speeds
🔄 Constant need to re-login repeatedly
❌ Cannot access paid content despite subscription
🚫 Secret Garden feature inaccessible
📱 Poor optimization for mobile devices
🔌 High battery consumption
⚪ Dark mode text visibility issues
🎨 Jittery/laggy page scrolling
💳 Unexpected billing and refund issues
📧 Excessive subscription reminder emails
🔗 Broken support links and pages
🖼️ Advertisements freeze the app
📉 Reduced content in favor of ads
🔐 Lost access to back issues after updates
🎁 Digital subscribers miss free gifts/seeds
💔 Print subscribers cannot access app
🌐 Misleading free app claims

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Planter: Garden Planner

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