Mother App vs GLOWRIUM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mother App
Learn to cultivate microgreens and other plants with detailed guides and tracking tools. Discover recipes, log plant growth with images and data, and export time-lapse videos of your harvests. Offers chat support and tutorials for a comprehensive gardening experience.
- Microgreen and plant library with nutritional info
- Indoor growing lighting instructions
- Plant growth tracking with daily logs and images
- Timelapse video export of plant growth
- Plant-based recipe library
- Step-by-step video tutorials
- Chat support for plant-related questions
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Learn to grow microgreens like a professional. Keep track of any plant with PlantStatus and export your own timelapse videos with plant growth data. This app was designed to learn how to grow your own plants easily and inspires you to turn your harvests into delicious recipes. The Mother App is free of charge, but email registration is required to store your images in the cloud and make them accessible from all your devices. Overview: Microgreen Library: - Discover microgreens with images and text - Get access to the nutritional values of microgreen portions - Learn how to grow every type of microgreen Plant Library: - Discover plants with images and text - Get access to the nutritional values, taste and portions - Get indoor growing lighting info and instructions for each plant type PlantStatus - Start tracking your plants and harvests - Report plant growth in a log with daily images, temperature, humidity and watering levels. - Review your previous harvests and export timelapses in video format Recipe Library: - Discover what to cook with microgreens or self-harvested greens - All recipes are plantbased - Easily saving of recipes and adjusting the amount of people you are cooking for Chat Support: - Chat with us for any questions related to your harvests or plants - Get direct product support Tutorials: - Learn how to use your MicroFarm and how to grow your microgreens with our step by step video tutorials. If you’re a fan of Mother, we’d love to hear it from you. Rate and review our app or contact us directly www.mother.life .
GLOWRIUM
Control smart lighting devices via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Customize colors, set scenes, and simulate natural light changes throughout the day. Requires iOS 13.0+ and specific Bluetooth/Wi-Fi versions.
- Bluetooth and Wi-Fi control
- Intelligent multi-area control
- Spectrum setting and automatic operation
- Independent color channel customization
- Multi-scene preset lighting
- Phased ecological simulation
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Smarter Plant Assistant Starts with Better Light. GLOWRIUM APP is newly upgraded to deliver a smarter and more convenient lighting experience for indoor plants and modern homes. By connecting with GLOWRIUM smart grow lights, you can easily control brightness, timer schedules, Circadian Mode (Sunrise and Sunset mode), and multiple plant lighting types to create a better light environment for every plant. With the upgraded Plant Assistant feature, GLOWRIUM APP provides lighting suggestions and plant care references based on plant type, helping you care for indoor plants in a smarter and more scientific way. From a single plant to an entire room, and from daily routines to everyday well-being, GLOWRIUM APP brings smart lighting naturally into your life. GLOWRIUM—Where Innovation and Quality Shine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mother App at 3.0 against GLOWRIUM's 2.4. GLOWRIUM's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mother App holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GLOWRIUM has 34 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Mother App's written reviews are positive against 45% of GLOWRIUM's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mother App | GLOWRIUM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) — better | 2.4 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | On a mission | Xingyang Hicent Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Mother App
GLOWRIUM
In-app purchases
Mother App
No in-app purchases
GLOWRIUM
No in-app purchases
