Lettuce Grow vs PlantWave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lettuce Grow
This app simplifies growing food at home with personalized plant care reminders and harvest tracking. It guides users through setting up and managing their growing systems, offering resources and direct access to shop for supplies.
- Manage growing systems
- Personalized plant care alerts
- Track plants from seedling to harvest
- Access assembly instructions and tips
- Shop for seedlings and nutrients
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Growing food at home, made simple. The Lettuce Grow app is your companion for healthier, fresher living. Whether you’re just getting started with your Farmstand or Counterstand, or you’re a seasoned grower, our app makes it easier than ever to grow and enjoy your own food at home. What you can do with Lettuce Grow: Set up and manage your growing systems Add new Farmstands and Counterstands, connect Smart Timers, and keep everything running smoothly with easy step-by-step setup. Stay on top of plant care Get personalized alerts and reminders for maintenance so your garden thrives without the guesswork. Track your plants from seedling to harvest See all your plants in one place. Know what’s still growing, what’s ready to harvest, and when it’s time to refresh your stand. Update plant status as you go. Explore helpful resources Access assembly instructions, FAQs, and expert tips. Discover delicious recipes made to inspire you with what you grow. Shop with ease Browse and order seedlings, nutrients, and other essentials directly in the app—everything you need, delivered to your door. With Lettuce Grow, you’ll always know what to do next to keep your plants healthy and your harvests plentiful. Growing your own food has never been this simple, convenient, or rewarding.
PlantWave
This app allows you to listen to music generated by plants through a connected device or from a global network of other users. You can customize the instrumentation and use the experience for relaxation and mindfulness.
- Listen to plant music
- Stream from global network
- Choose instrument groups
- Relaxation tool
- Mindfulness aid
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Listen to plants with PlantWave Tune into your PlantWave device or stream one of many others broadcasting from around the world. Choose Instrumentation Select groups of instruments for your plants to play. Relax Listening brings humans into the present moment. Take time to listen to your plants and appreciate them as active participants in your life. Unlock advanced editor features and more for $3.99 a month with a subscription to PlantWave Plus+. See our terms here: https://plantwave.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlantWave at 65% against Lettuce Grow's 27%. PlantWave also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Lettuce Grow's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. PlantWave sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Lettuce Grow asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lettuce Grow holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lettuce Grow has 773 ratings behind it against 57, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 27% of Lettuce Grow's written reviews are positive against 65% of PlantWave's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Lettuce Grow ships an update every 3 months, PlantWave every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lettuce Grow | PlantWave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (773 ratings) — better | 4.3 (57 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 64.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 773 — better | 57 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 196 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lettuce grow by TFP LLC | Data Garden |
Customer experience
Lettuce Grow
PlantWave
Bugs and requests
Lettuce Grow
Reported bugs
9 issues- App is buggy, disconnects constantly
- App jumps off the screen when trying to log on
- App is glitchy and seedlings come damaged
- QR codes for setting up the system don't work
- Smart Timer doesn't work with iOS 18
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- App doesn't recognize orders
- Lots of bugs after the latest update
- Plant identification is inaccurate
- Links for accessories don't work
Requested features
2 requests- Add a way to cancel orders in the app
- Improve the plant identification feature
PlantWave
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lettuce Grow
No in-app purchases
PlantWave
- PlantWave Plus3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- PlantWave Pro3 Days trial$8.991 Month
- PlantWave Plus (Annual)7 Days trial$34.991 Year
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- PlantWave Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$79.991 Year
