Comparison

PlantWave vs et nunc.

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Listen to plant music
  • Stream from global network
  • Choose instrument groups
  • Relaxation tool
  • Mindfulness aid
Features
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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

About

et nunc.

Features
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et nunc. There is a color to this moment. Not the color of a notification, or a map, or a chart — the color of right now, where you are, as the sun moves through its arc and the light shifts in ways no clock can measure. et nunc. is a contemplative space. Seven cities, each with its own chromatic atmosphere: the burnt sienna and deep shadow of Rome, the electric tension of New York at night, the saffron and violet of New Delhi at dawn, the pale silver of London in the afternoon, the cadmium yellow of Tokyo breaking open at sunrise, the ultramarine depth of Buenos Aires after dark, the quiet grey of Cape Town under its particular sky. Each city breathes differently. Each hour has a different weight. et nunc. is a generative visual artwork. On Apple Watch, the piece transforms continuously over 24 hours — two bands of color, day rising from below and night receding above, expanding and contracting with the passage of the sun. There are no numbers, no notifications, no complications. Only the slow, imperceptible movement of light. Watch for a few seconds and you see one thing. Watch longer and something else begins to emerge: a tension between the two bands, a moment just before dawn when everything collapses into darkness before the color returns. Designed for those who experience time visually rather than numerically. Somewhere on the other side of the world, someone is living a different color. Amber where you have indigo, sienna where you have mist — the same sun, the same rotation, the same unrepeatable instant. et nunc. lets you choose to be there. Select a city and you step into its light — not as a traveler, but as a presence. A way of saying: right now, I am with you, in your color, in your hour. This is not an app you use. It is an app you inhabit.

Screenshots

PlantWave4 screens
et nunc.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: et nunc. at none against PlantWave's 4. et nunc. also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). PlantWave's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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. PlantWave sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. et nunc. asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlantWave ships an update every 5 weeks, et nunc. weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PlantWave versus et nunc.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlantWaveet nunc.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (59 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings59 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperData GardenFilippo Parroni

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PlantWave

Subscriptions4
  • 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
None

et nunc.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PlantWave free?
PlantWave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is et nunc. free?
et nunc. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PlantWave or et nunc. have ads?
Neither PlantWave nor et nunc. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlantWave or et nunc.?
PlantWave ships an update every 5 weeks, and et nunc. weekly. Most recently, PlantWave was updated on October 19, 2026 and et nunc. on October 13, 2026.

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