# GrowNotes: Garden Journal — Track Plants w/ Notes & Photos

> Digital garden journal for tracking plant care, progress, and tips. (iPhone/iPad app by Puzzaholics LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grownotes-garden-journal/id6479220212 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Puzzaholics LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1867804818)
- Category: Lifestyle, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 15 App Store ratings · 14 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 23 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2024-08-07
- Data updated: 2026-08-12
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grownotes-garden-journal/id6479220212/reviews.md

## What is GrowNotes?

With GrowNotes you can:
- Log journal entries for individual plants.
- Create tasks and get reminders to complete them
- Categorize entries into specific plant care categories.
- Attach an image to the entry to keep visual records of your plants.
- See a timeline view of entries across all your plants to identify key moments in your garden care routine.
- Create plant groups to keep your plants organized.
- Get AI generated growing tips for your plants

I made this app as a simple way to monitor my garden. I wanted to not only be able to take notes and log images, but be able to look back on previous months and years at specific plant care events. For example, I made an entry of when I sowed my cucumber seeds (which was perfect timing), and will be looking back at that entry next year to try and replicate it. Gardening is an ongoing learning process and GrowNotes is designed to make that process easier.

Terms of Use (EULA):
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Privacy Policy
https://www.grow-notes.com/privacy-policy

## Key features

- Log journal entries with photos
- Create plant care tasks and reminders
- Categorize entries by plant care
- Organize plants into groups
- Timeline view of garden events
- AI-generated growing tips

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| GrowNotes Pro Monthly | $2.99 | per month |
| GrowNotes Pro | $29.99 | per year |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 14)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grownotes-garden-journal/id6479220212/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Best Garden Helper!

*2026-06-09*

I love this app, it allows me to keep an easy journal with updates for my garden and even organizes my planters. I do wish you could add other users to see their garden updates- I’d love to use this with my friends who also keep track of their planting with the app.

### 5/5 — Exactly What I Need

*2026-04-12*

You’d think it wouldn’t be hard to find a simple way to document your gardening to look back on year after year and see what works and what doesn’t… but everything is geared towards garden planning or plant ID or crazy AI systems. This is exactly what I need… a garden *journal* so next year when I wonder when my hellebores are going to bloom I can look back to this year, and when I’m wondering where the heck my bleeding hearts went, I can remind myself that they go dormant mid summer. Thank you, dev, for creating this lovely, not overcomplicated tool and I look forward to using it for years to come.

### 2/5 — Boooo, AI

*2026-03-19*

This app seems like it has promise, and I like the design, but the basic version is too limited. I would love to upgrade to pro and unlock multi-plant entries (which honestly seems like a pretty baseline feature), but I am so deeply tired of AI being shoved into every single thing, often without any ability to opt out. I don’t want ✨AI growing tips✨ I just want a place to keep track of my own plants, with my own brain & hands. Ditch all the AI and I’d absolutely subscribe.

**Developer response:** Thanks for taking the time to share this, I appreciate your feedback.

Just to clarify, AI isn’t a core part of the app - it’s a few small, optional features. GrowNotes is primarily designed as a no-frills, simple way to track and care for your plants. The free version gives you unlimited plants and unlimited entries for those plants.

If you have any questions or more feedback feel free to reach out: nick@grow-notes.com

### 5/5 — Growing Plants, Flowers, Vegetables? You need this app!!

*2026-03-12*

I grow all my flowers from seed each year. I would be in trouble without this amazing app to keep everything straight…who I bought from, how and when to sow, companion planting, notes, also has AI imbedded for quick guides AND the Pro version is worth every penny with a task reminder, the ability to upload or take your own photos and so much more!  Get organized today with Grow Notes you will love it.

### 5/5 — Love this app

*2026-02-17*

I had been using the app and loving it then due to a glitch lost everything. I contacted the app and Nick was able to restore my data. He was very patient with my lack of technical skills. Now I’m back to journaling in time for Spring!😊

**Developer response:** I'm SO happy you love the app, and I am truly SO sorry about your data disappearing.

We are experiencing issues with Sign In with Apple and some accounts have been disconnected from their data. Don’t worry though - your data is easily restored. Please reach out to me via the contact form at grow-notes.com and I'll help you reconnect your data.

### 4/5 — Lost data

*2026-01-10*

I love this app but somehow I lost all my entries. Is there any way to recover them?

**Developer response:** I'm SO happy you love the app, and I am truly SO sorry about your data disappearing.

We are experiencing issues with Sign In with Apple and some accounts have been disconnected from their data. Don’t worry though - your data is easily restored. Please reach out to me via the contact form at grow-notes.com and I'll help you reconnect your data.

### 5/5 — Love this App

*2025-06-30*

I had downloaded a lot of apps on gardening journals but found most were too involved. This app is just right. I can upload images of each plant and categorized them such as fruits, vegetables, succulents, etc….. There are two features that I found extremely useful. One, that I can write an entry for each plant to record the growth or any problem that I have with it plus upload updated photos. And secondly, under plant care, there’s an AI feature which automatically comes up with information on how to care for that particular plant. I no longer have to search on how to care. No more in trying the find the info for a plant when it’s so easy to locate.

### 5/5 — Great App

*2025-06-08*

I have tried several different garden journals and stopped using them because I couldn’t edit entries and I just procrastinated due to other issues!  This app is great!  It downloaded in seconds and I made my first entry in just minutes!  I can also edit easily.  Now, the hard part will be transferring all the photos and data from those other apps!  😁

### 3/5 — With some fixes this will be the best so far

*2025-03-26*

This app continuously crashes out on me. I really like a lot of the features but I do wish it would auto populate things like plant names and suggest groups. I also wish I could add more than one photo at a time and I wish that it would note the week number and the info about the plant such a where and when it was bought or started and its planting location

**Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback and great ideas for features! I’m very sorry the app is crashing on you. If you reach out to nick@grow-notes.com with a description of your issue, I can get to work on fixing it right away!

### 5/5 — Perfectly simple!

*2025-03-23*

Just what I’ve been looking for! Makes it easier to keep track of all your plants needs! Simple and well designed.. all though I do wish you could set alerts especially for watering..

## Frequently asked questions about GrowNotes

### What is GrowNotes used for?

GrowNotes is a digital garden journal designed to help users log entries for individual plants, track progress with photos, and set reminders for plant care tasks. It aims to make gardening a more manageable and educational experience.

### Does GrowNotes have ads?

Yes, GrowNotes contains advertisements. This allows the app to be offered for free to users, with optional in-app purchases available.

### What kind of tips does GrowNotes offer?

GrowNotes provides AI-generated growing tips tailored to your specific plants. This feature helps users learn and adapt their gardening strategies based on intelligent recommendations.

### How does GrowNotes help organize plants?

GrowNotes allows you to create plant groups, making it easy to keep your various plants organized. You can then log journal entries and tasks specific to each plant or group.

### Can I see my garden's history with GrowNotes?

Yes, GrowNotes features a timeline view that displays entries across all your plants. This allows you to review key moments in your garden care routine from previous months and years.

### What devices does GrowNotes support?

GrowNotes is currently supported on iPhone devices. The app was last updated on March 12, 2026, with version 1.2.2.

### What is the age rating for GrowNotes?

GrowNotes has an age rating of 4+. This indicates it is suitable for young children and general audiences.

### How often is GrowNotes updated?

GrowNotes was last updated on March 12, 2026, with version 1.2.2. The release date was August 7, 2024, suggesting a relatively recent update cycle.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.0 — 2026-08-06

- New and improved entry card design with image carousel
- Entries notes are now confined to 3 lines before being cut off. Tap them to expand.
- Bug fixed in image viewer causing scroll while zooming
- Image loading times greatly improved
- Image compression improved (stored images are reduced in size to improve loading times and give size reasonable for viewing on iPhone)
- Entry notes now supports hyperlinks (must start with www or https://)
- Added image cropping (for individual selected images (multiple image selection does not support crop at this time)

### 1.2.10 — 2026-08-06

Bug fixes (including a bug where entry images occasionally wouldn't load)
Routine maintenance & stability improvements

### 1.2.9 — 2026-07-01

-Bug fixes to prevent certain app hangs while saving plants/entries
-New task filter for sorting and filtering tasks

### 1.2.8 — 2026-06-14

-Bug fixes
-Improved guest account flows

### 1.2.7 — 2026-05-25

Bug fixes:

Fixed bug when opening images from the entry form where it would open in a blank screen.
Setting the cover image from within entry images has also been fixed.

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