Comparison

Plantminder vs Water Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Plantminder

Easily manage your plant care with automated reminders for watering, misting, and fertilizing. Track your plants' growth and health through a dedicated journal and view all upcoming tasks in one place.

Highlights
  • Add plants with photos and notes
  • Watering, misting, and fertilizing reminders
  • Plant growth and health journal
  • Daily task overview
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Photo import/export
Features
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Plantminder makes it simple to care for your houseplants and keep track of your growing collection. Add your plants, organize them into rooms, schedule their care, and keep a record of how they change over time. Plantminder keeps everything synchronized privately through iCloud across your Apple devices. - Keep track of watering, misting and fertilizing schedules for every plant. - See everything that needs attention in Today's Tasks. - Snooze plant care until later without changing your regular care schedule. - Receive reminders when your plants are due for care. - Organize your collection into rooms and quickly find plants by name. - Record notes, photos and care activities in each plant's journal. - Follow your plants' history with photos and important milestones. - Choose a favorite photo for each plant and browse your journal photos full screen. - Keep track of plants that are no longer with you in the Graveyard. - Back up and restore your Plantminder collection whenever you choose. - Use Siri and Shortcuts to quickly access Plantminder. - Import photos from your Photo Library or take new photos directly in Plantminder. Plantminder is designed to keep plant care organized without turning it into another chore. Your plant data stays yours, stored and synchronized using iCloud.

About

Water Tracker

Easily manage your plant care routine with this app. Log watering events and receive timely reminders to ensure your plants thrive. Never forget to water your flowers and trees again.

Highlights
  • Log watering events
  • Set watering reminders
  • Track plants, flowers, and trees
  • Never forget plant care
Features
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Water Tracker - Plant Manager is the simple way to keep track of all your plants, flowers and trees in your garden and never forget to take care of your plants anymore! - Keep track of your plants by logging watering events - Set reminders that will notify when it’s time for watering

Screenshots

Plantminder4 screens
Water Tracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Plantminder at 89% against Water Tracker's 40%. Plantminder also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Water Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Water Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Plantminder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plantminder holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Plantminder's written reviews are positive against 40% of Water Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plantminder ships an update every 5 days, Water Tracker every 27 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Plantminder versus Water Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlantminderWater Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (42 ratings) — better3.2 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings42 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 27 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStratosphere Software, LLC杏娣 吴

Customer experience

Plantminder

All ratings40 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.4%

Water Tracker

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

Plantminder

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes when trying to switch to list view
  • Plant list doesn't show, requires clicking blank space
  • Plant list not loading, blank spaces
  • Notification issues (in-app only, not on home screen, disabled when enabled)
  • App sends notification disabled message even when settings are correct
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  • Cannot confirm plant information due to notification issues
  • App crashes or doesn't load plant list after updates
  • iPad version does not fill the screen
  • App not present in iPhone notification settings

Requested features

22 requests
  • Add a tag field for grouping plants
  • See at a glance which plants need watering soon
  • Easily delay watering schedule
  • Manually sort photos
  • Add notes to journal entries (e.g., soil type, fertilizer used)
Show 17 more
  • Edit logged notes
  • Calendar view for watering due dates
  • Add a 'prune' reminder with options
  • Automatically find wiki links based on plant name
  • Add customizable link types to different websites
  • Interactive options for photo uploads to auto-fill plant type/care
  • Snooze reminders for a certain number of days
  • Rolling average of watering intervals for each plant
  • Display days since watering schedule was passed
  • Duplicate a plant and its journals
  • Add journal entries to multiple plants at once
  • Ability to upload photos from phone library
  • Allow for backdated journal entries
  • Journal overview for all plants
  • Different colors for journal entries
  • Remember main page view settings (grid/list)
  • Add a donate option for developers

Water Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Plantminder

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Water Tracker

One-time1
  • Water Tracker Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Plantminder free?
Plantminder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Water Tracker free?
Water Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plantminder or Water Tracker?
Plantminder is rated higher. Plantminder averages 4.6 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Water Tracker averages 3.2 from 10 ratings.
Do Plantminder or Water Tracker have ads?
Neither Plantminder nor Water Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plantminder or Water Tracker?
Plantminder ships an update every 5 days, and Water Tracker every 27 months. Most recently, Plantminder was updated on November 3, 2026 and Water Tracker on November 3, 2026.

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