# Seed to Spoon - Garden Planner — user reviews > 190 indexed App Store user reviews of Seed to Spoon by J&P Park Acquisitions, Inc., rated 4.79/5 from 9,163 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seed-to-spoon-garden-planner/id1312538762/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seed-to-spoon-garden-planner/id1312538762.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 7,799 · 4★ 947 · 3★ 141 · 2★ 50 · 1★ 134 ## What do users think of Seed to Spoon? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Helpful for organizing garden - 🌱 Provides planting details - 👍 Comprehensive information - 🤩 Amazing app - 💡 Useful for beginners and experts - 🌳 Tracks garden progress **Cons** - 🐛 Freezes and crashes - 🤔 Design updates made it worse - 🔒 Limited to 3 plants without subscription - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🌍 Not friendly for Canadian users - 🤷‍♀️ Glitchy and slow **Commonly reported bugs** - Constant screen refreshing - Login issues - Search feature not working - Unable to add plants **Most requested features** - Add calendar reminders - Allow custom garden layouts - Expand plant selection - Integrate with phone calendar - Add flower support - Improve search functionality ## Newest reviews (15 of 190) ### 4/5 — Pretty cool *2026-05-29, version 80020* I’ve had this app for several years and it’s very helpful. The improvements over time have been great. The only feature I wish they would implement is a notification option. One of their videos, it was stated that the feature may annoy some folks with larger gardens. Having watering and fertilizing notification options would be extremely helpful - especially for beginners. I hope the owners can take this into consideration ☺️ ### 2/5 — Need more to be useful *2026-04-16, version 80018* I use this up for my second year. It has basic functions that are useful, but it is difficult to navigate and needs more features to help manage the garden. For example, Plese have an easy way to find out where in my garden I planted a specific vegetable and what its status is. ### 3/5 — Too small *2025-11-18, version 71053* My garden area is 25x100. Doesn’t allow that size. Yes, I could maybe do several together but that seems to be too much of a work around. ### 2/5 — This looks great *2025-10-30, version 71053* But; all my plants are in pots 💔 ### 3/5 — No raised beds? *2025-08-24, version 71049* I really want to live this app, but my garden is all raised beds and there is no option for that ### 3/5 — Helpful but need improvement *2025-06-27, version 71049* I have used this app for 2-3 months, almost daily. I am happy I found it, as it helps me track what I plant and when to harvest. It is better to use this app than not. However, this app has many annoying issues: it is difficult to navigate, requires a lot of unnecessary clicks, and lacks practical but straightforward functionalities. I hope the app will be improved before I get tired and search for another one. ### 5/5 — So much info! *2025-06-24, version 71049* This is super organized and well thought out. So helpful for a complete beginner! ### 3/5 — Information is wonderful *2025-06-23, version 71049* But putting stuff into the gardens is a pain in the butt. So I quit using it. ### 5/5 — Best all-around gardening app *2025-06-07, version 71049* Best gardening app I have used. It is a very comprehensive app for planning and maintaining all of your gardens. It assists you by knowing when to plant based on your location, and what to plant together. I find it very easy to track everything from planting, fertilizing, watering and harvesting. The app contains a shop where you can buy gardening supplies if you want. It also contains a bug and plant identifier so you don’t have to have separate apps for that. I really find it has been worth the money. ### 5/5 — With a little help! *2025-05-23, version 71049* With the help provided in the Seed-to-Spoon app, I have a proverbial jungle in back yard! Not bad for someone who normally kills every plant she touches! 🫛🥬🥦🍓🌻🌱🍉🍅🫜🌶️🫑🧄🧅🥕🥒🥔 ### 4/5 — difficult to use *2025-05-21, version 71049* very difficult to add pictures and notes. your app is not user friendly at all. ### 5/5 — Back garden planter *2025-05-20, version 71049* I love this app and they help you so fast love love it thank you for helping me ### 3/5 — Information is wonderful *2025-05-10, version 71049* But putting stuff into the gardens is a pain in the butt. So I quit using it. ### 5/5 — Great for beginners *2025-05-08, version 71049* This app has been so helpful for me to learn things about the plants I want to put in my garden the past 2 years. I love how easy it is to find things like personalized planting dates, square foot garden number of plants per foot, planting companions and those to avoid, etc. There are many of the plants I need to know about on the app. Thanks 🌱🥕🥬🫜🫑🌶️ ### 2/5 — Too small *2025-04-29, version 71049* My garden is 101x50. The app supports nothing near that. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App is not great. *2026-06-03, version 80020* Dashboard made me subscribe again after starting my trial two times and ran me around in circles for 10 minutes. When I got my info, it wasn’t anything Google hadn’t already told me. ### 1/5 — Unreliable privacy settings *2026-04-22, version 80018* I rather have dead plants than to use this sus app. I deleted this app a few minutes after downloading and opening for the first time. First prompt was “allow location” which I promptly selected “Never.” Then I go to the “Account” tab on the app and clicked on “Location” where I assume I can enter in mg zip code. Lo and behold the app recognized my location already. Thought I was crazy so I went into the iPhone’s privacy settings and saw that Location services set as “Never” yet so curious how the app knew my city and zip code without user input??? ### 1/5 — Review *2026-01-20, version 71053* This is a great app! It tells me everything I need to know about gardening!!! ### 1/5 — Not completely free as stated. *2025-08-29, version 71049* The website claims this is a free app. They don’t charge because they have Amazon links. However if you want to do more than 1 garden bed you have to pay $46.99 a year. ### 1/5 — Have to pay to make a bed layout *2025-05-30, version 71049* I couldn’t even finish mapping out a bed without having to pay. ### 1/5 — Incorrectly identified plants *2025-04-13, version 71038* AI Bot incorrectly identified a lemon grass plant. Does not identify exact species. ### 1/5 — Scam *2025-03-30, version 71038* Another scammy app that wants you to pay for a yearly fee and gives you adds and doesn’t identify anything ### 1/5 — Not free *2025-03-18, version 71038* Says it’s free but it’s not ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work for REAL beds *2024-12-15, version 71012* This app may be great if you are planting a few tomatoes on the back patio but is no good if you are trying to grow a decent sized garden because it won’t allow a “garden bed” bigger than 8’x16’. ### 1/5 — Used to be a good APP *2024-11-30, version 71009* After months of tweaking the APP they finally wiped out my most recent garden and all data and photos I had collected. Going back to a notebook. Absolutely destroyed a once useful APP! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent vegetable/ plant Advisor *2026-07-21, version 80020* This App helps me identify, analyze and decide what to plant, where to plant and when to plant vegetables and flowers in my garden. ### 5/5 — Appreciation for Seed to Spoon Gardening App. *2026-06-24, version 80020* Dear Carrie and Dale Seed to Spoon Team, I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for your incredible app. As a novice gardener, I found myself overwhelmed with the prospect of starting my own garden. Despite purchasing several books, I discovered that Seed to Spoon provides comprehensive guidance that has truly empowered me to embark on this journey of growing my own food. I sincerely hope that my efforts in gardening will yield success for my family and me. Thank you for creating such a valuable resource for aspiring gardeners. Warm regards, Maria Casadevall From Orlando Fl I am retired, 61 years old. I am a wife,mom grandma. I cannot wait to start my gardening journey and using the premium App from seed to spoon . Nick name is Maria I couldn’t delete the long name below. ### 5/5 — Great Learning App! *2026-05-20, version 80020* Their App has really helped me learn a lot. At first I just done container gardening this year I’m doing both. Christene ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2026-05-05, version 80018* Great app for gardeners. Would recommend to keep track of your garden and answer questions ### 5/5 — Fun app *2026-02-18, version 8000* I’m enjoying the app just wish it had herbs because that’s my main focus Thanks for all your hard work ### 5/5 — Supreme gardening app created by down to earth relatable couple in Oklahoma. *2025-10-19, version 71053* This app along with the YouTube videos have taught me so much in just one year. I have much more to learn and appreciate the effort and vision Carrie and Dale have put into making the perfect gardening app. I especially like the YouTube lives on Tuesday. Thank you!! ### 5/5 — From Seed to Spoon *2025-09-15, version 71053* This is one of the best gardening sites. ### 5/5 — Just the best *2025-07-26, version 71049* I’ve tried a lot of garden apps. None of them come close to this. ### 5/5 — garden application *2025-07-19, version 71049* What a incredible app. I've been looking for one just like this.Tons of information, all good,very user friendly at a minimal cost. Thank-you ### 5/5 — Such great info *2025-07-18, version 71049* I go to this app frequently! I’m newly retired and enjoying a couple of raised beds. There is always the info I need; videos if I want them. Grobot has helped identify issues and plants. And the discount at Park Seed is a plus! I love this app! Keep up the great work! It has gotten better each year!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*