Comparison

Veggie Garden Planner vs Elfsys Grow Cloud

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

Elfsys Grow Cloud

Manage and scale your indoor growing setups with this app. Control all your devices from a single virtual space, automate schedules, and customize growing parameters for various plants. It offers a cost-effective way to automate your gardening needs.

Highlights
  • Device management in one virtual space
  • Automated growing schedules
  • Customizable growing templates
  • Plant attribute tagging
  • Growth stage adaptation
  • Wi-Fi smart technology integration
Features
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For every indoor-growing setup, Elfsys Grow Cloud is there to help you manage and scale. Control all your devices in one place Elfsys Grow Cloud maps all your devices into one virtual space for push-button control. Set up new systems in minutes. All you need is a Wi-Fi power strip. Run fully automated schedules to keep your plants happy. Automation at a fraction of the cost Elfsys runs on Wi-Fi smart technology, using plugs that cost $40 each. Simple yet powerful, automate any growing devices. Customize growing for every planting need From fresh herbs to gourmet tomatoes, Elfsys Grow Cloud keeps tailored growing templates at your fingertip. Name your plants and tag their attributes. Define growth stages for auto-adaptation of growing configurations.

Screenshots

Veggie Garden Planner4 screens
Elfsys Grow Cloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Veggie Garden Planner at 4.3 against Elfsys Grow Cloud's 2.7. Veggie Garden Planner also leads on ratings volume (3.9K vs 3). Elfsys Grow Cloud's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Veggie Garden Planner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Elfsys Grow Cloud asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Veggie Garden Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Veggie Garden Planner has 3.9K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Veggie Garden Planner ships an update every 3 months, Elfsys Grow Cloud monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Veggie Garden Planner versus Elfsys Grow Cloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeggie Garden PlannerElfsys Grow Cloud
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3.9K ratings) — better2.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews42.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.9K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBento SoftwareElfsys LLC

Customer experience

Veggie Garden Planner

All ratings3,874 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.2%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews289 reviews
Positive42.2%
Neutral17.0%
Negative40.8%

Elfsys Grow Cloud

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

Elfsys Grow Cloud

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

Elfsys Grow Cloud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Veggie Garden Planner free?
Veggie Garden Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elfsys Grow Cloud free?
Elfsys Grow Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Veggie Garden Planner or Elfsys Grow Cloud?
Veggie Garden Planner is rated higher. Veggie Garden Planner averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while Elfsys Grow Cloud averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Veggie Garden Planner or Elfsys Grow Cloud have ads?
Neither Veggie Garden Planner nor Elfsys Grow Cloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Veggie Garden Planner or Elfsys Grow Cloud?
Veggie Garden Planner ships an update every 3 months, and Elfsys Grow Cloud monthly. Most recently, Veggie Garden Planner was updated on October 29, 2026 and Elfsys Grow Cloud on October 24, 2026.

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