Comparison

Veggie Garden Planner vs Picking List

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Veggie Garden Planner

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.

Highlights
  • Plant compatibility information
  • Sowing and harvest time overviews
  • Crop rotation warnings
  • Visual patch arrangement
  • Planting distance guidance
Features
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The Veggie Garden Planner provides you with clearly arranged information that you need to quickly compose your vegetable garden patch. Before purchase we provide a free download so you can see for yourself what value the app provides. Choose vegetables that harmonise well together. You will find information regarding good/bad neighbor plants for each vegetable. For your chosen garden composition you get tabular overviews to quickly determine sowing/harvest times, and which interactions exist between vegetables. As a purchasable bonus feature, you can visually arrange your vegetable patch with our Patch Plan Editor - with vital information regarding planting distance & good/bad neighbors at your fingertips. You will also be warned of problematic crop rotations, e.g. if you place two plants with strong soil depletion at two consecutive seasons! Note regarding the climate zone: The seedtimes and harvesttimes are adjusted to hardiness zones USDA 7-8 (e.g. Atlanta, Seattle or Central Europe). Please adapt accordingly. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Picking List

Features
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Description:- This is a simple to use app that doesn't use the internet for selecting items from a list before shopping or packing a suitcase and then as the items are selected they are marked as ‘Picked’. The app comes with various templates for food shopping, packing for a holiday or possibly even a cruise. These templates can be customised by adding, editing or deleting items and then saved. The app can be closed at any time and when reopened, continue using as before. It works on either an iPhone, iPad or 5th generation iPod and because doesn't require the Internet its completely private. Basic method of use:- 1/ Open app and select one of the templates. 2/ By tapping an item in the ‘Master List’, its colour changes. 3/ When ready to pack a suitcase, shopping or even loading a vehicle, open the ‘Picked’ tab. 4/ As each item is ‘placed’ in a suitcase or shopping trolley, touch the item in the list and it goes Orange, signifying it’s been ‘Picked’. 5/ If you change your mind click it again and it will go green, indicating it hasn’t been picked. Short Cuts:- Tab ‘Master List’ 1/ Short Touch item description, this reverses selection. 2/ Long touch an item and the editing window appears. 3/ Long touch in empty area below items and the option to Add an item appears. 4/ If you want to edit any of the details of an item do a long touch and a window appears allowing you to change Description, Quantity or Type / State of item. Note the minimum number of letters in a description is 4. 5/ The Shake function is to create a “Quick List”. The List can be quickly added just by shaking iPhone and either typing or using ‘Speech to Text’ into description box. The normal Selected style and a quantity of 1 but these can be edited at a later date if you decide to keep the list. A/ Unselected = White. B/ Selected = Green. C/ Standard = Brown. D/ Female = Pink. E/ Male = Blue. F/ Kids = Yellow. Tab ‘Picked’ 1/ Touch item description, this changes selection to Orange, signifying it’s been ‘Picked’. 2/ If you decide not to pick / pack an item, touch description again and this changes it back to ‘Selected’ (Green). Menu (top left) Here you have the options to Add, Edit, Delete or Insert an item or Subtitle. When you add an item the list is displayed with green ‘+’ symbols and is always placed under the item you select. If you delete an item the very top cell doesn’t have a red ‘-‘ symbol because this shouldn’t be deleted as its used in the Save list found in settings. You can edit this first title cell but not change its position. Edit (top right) When selected you can change the order of the items by grabbing one and dragging to a new place in the list. To end click Done. If you have any suggestions or would like a new template added please email me :- supportcaduk@icloud.com Compatibility:- Picking List is Universal & compatible with all iPad’s & iPhone’s from iPhone 4S to latest iPhone or any Apple Silicon devices. Requires iOS 12.0 or later on the iPad or iPod and iPhone or macOS.

Screenshots

Veggie Garden Planner4 screens
Picking List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Veggie Garden Planner at Free against Picking List's $0.99. Veggie Garden Planner also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). Picking List's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Veggie Garden Planner is free to download; Picking List costs $0.99 up front. Veggie Garden Planner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Picking List asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Veggie Garden Planner ships an update every 3 months, Picking List every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Veggie Garden Planner versus Picking List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeggie Garden PlannerPicking List
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.3 (3.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBento SoftwareAndrew Herring

Bugs and requests

Veggie Garden Planner

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Restore purchase feature not working
  • Planner feature not functioning properly
  • Layout and text issues when zooming/scrolling
  • Crashes and glitches reported

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more vegetable and herb varieties
  • Allow users to set their own growing zone
  • Improve garden layout and planning tools
  • Sync data across devices
  • Add more companion planting information
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  • Provide planting/harvesting times for different regions

Picking List

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Veggie Garden Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Enhanced Product Subscription1 Year trial$1.991 Year
  • Unlimited Use Subscription$3.491 Year
One-time3
  • Unlock All Veggie Varieties$1.99
  • Unlock Patch Plan Editor$1.99
  • Unlock Everything$3.99
None

Picking List

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Veggie Garden Planner free?
Veggie Garden Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Picking List free?
Picking List costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Veggie Garden Planner or Picking List have ads?
Neither Veggie Garden Planner nor Picking List shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Veggie Garden Planner or Picking List?
Veggie Garden Planner ships an update every 3 months, and Picking List every 8 months. Most recently, Veggie Garden Planner was updated on October 24, 2026 and Picking List on October 20, 2026.

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