Comparison

GardenMap vs Paths

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

Head to head
About

GardenMap

Map and manage your garden with intuitive drawing tools and plant organization. Explore existing gardens or create your own, capturing plant details and photos. Cloud support offers cross-device access, sharing, and automatic backups.

Highlights
  • Map gardens with drawing tools
  • Organize plants and photos
  • Explore virtual gardens
  • Cloud sync across devices
  • Share gardens with others
  • Capture plant tag information
Features
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GardenMap brings a whole new way of enjoying gardens to your iPhone, iPad, or mac*. GardenMap is free to download and use, add cloud support with a subscription plan. • Explore gardens, right down to the individual plant level • Experience being in a spring garden from the comfort of the sofa on a rainy day • Create your own garden and add your plants • Map out your garden right from your iPhone or iPad, with easy to use drawing tools, and satellite imagery as a guide • Become a garden editor (e.g. an editor of the garden created by your gardening partner) • Keep all your garden photos organised • Capture the plant tags, before they're faded in the sun or lost in the wind Cloud Garden - Cloud support for your garden (Subscription plan) • Access your garden from other devices (e.g. iPhone, iPad, mac*) • Share your garden with a co-gardener or friends, or as a 'virtual open garden' • Automatic backup of your garden GardenMap Cloud Garden is offered on a Monthly subscription with payments charged to your iTunes account at the confirmation of purchase.† See more about using the app on our support pages: https://www.gardenmap.com/help --- * only on devices with 'Apple silicon' that can run iOS apps † Payment will be automatically charged to your iTunes account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current charging period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off by the user by visiting Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when a purchase to a subscription occurs, where applicable. Terms of service: https://www.gardenmap.com/policy#terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://www.gardenmap.com/policy#privacy-policy

About

Paths

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Paths is built to help you keep the movements that matter. Across everyday life, fitness, sport, wellness, milestones, travel, adventure and experiences. Some movements leave a route. Others do not. Paths gives you one place to keep them, make them your own and return to them over time. Keep movement however it happens Record a movement directly in Paths as it happens, or add one afterwards. Import from Strava, activity files or route links, including activities that leave no route. Import one at a time or in bulk. Describe where you went, or draw the route on the map. Movement that leaves no map Not everything you do draws a line. A strength session, a yoga or pilates class, a padel match, a swim, time spent still: each one becomes a visual of its own, drawn from what the session actually measured. Log a session by hand when there is nothing to import, with the place, the people and the score. Bring your movement history with you Already have months or years of movement elsewhere? Import your Strava history, activity files or route links in bulk when you join Paths. Bring the movements you have already done into one place, rather than starting again from the day you download the app. Make every movement your own Give each movement a name, or let Paths suggest one. Add the people, photographs and places that belong with it, and choose how it is presented. Over time, individual movements become a personal record you can return to. Keep movements together Bring related movements into a Series**:** a trip, routine, season, place, person or chapter of life, while keeping each movement individual. Build an Album around the Series with photographs and details, then see its movements together in a Combined Visual. Return by place or date Explore your movements across the world map or return to them through the calendar. See the places your movement has taken you, the places you return to and how your movement memory grows over time. Gift or share what matters Gift a movement you did together, or one you want someone else to keep, with your own message. They can choose to keep it in their own Paths app. Share a movement or Series through the apps and channels you already use. Or lift the visual off its card and place it over your own photograph, with control over where it sits and how strongly it reads. Private by default No public feed. No leaderboard. No passive location tracking. Your movements remain private unless you choose to gift or share them. Paths is free to download and use during Early Access. Privacy Policy: https://www.paths.today/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.paths.today/terms Support: https://www.paths.today/contact

Screenshots

GardenMap4 screens
Paths4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Paths at none against GardenMap's 1. Paths also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. GardenMap sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Paths asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GardenMap ships an update every 5 weeks, Paths every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
GardenMap versus Paths: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGardenMapPaths
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSkyber - Smart Solutions LtdPaths Labs Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

GardenMap

Subscriptions1
  • Cloud Garden6 Months trial$2.991 Month
None

Paths

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GardenMap free?
GardenMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paths free?
Paths is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GardenMap or Paths have ads?
Neither GardenMap nor Paths shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GardenMap or Paths?
GardenMap ships an update every 5 weeks, and Paths every 5 days. Most recently, GardenMap was updated on November 2, 2026 and Paths on October 10, 2026.

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