Comparison

Gaia vs Fruit Patch App

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

Head to head
About

Gaia

Design your permaculture garden with this app. Choose patch shapes, select from 80 plants, and utilize companion planting advice to optimize growth and pest resistance. Access plant profiles and earn badges for your gardening achievements.

Highlights
  • Permaculture patch planner
  • Multiple patch shapes
  • 80+ plant selection
  • Companion planting guidance
  • Plant profiles and benefits
  • Gardening badges
Features
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The app offers a patch planner adapted to the needs of permaculture gardening. In a first step the user chooses the design of his individual patch from three different shapes. GAIA offers a selection of 80 different plants you can plant on your patch. The app includes companion planting: Choose the plant you want to plant and the app will offer you a possible position avoiding negative influences between the crops and preferring positions with positive influence like stimulation of plant growth or improved pest resistance. The user finds a profile for every vegetable crop included in the app giving the user information about the plant and its benefits. In the course of your gardening activities using the app you can achieve badges. Happy gardening!

About

Fruit Patch App

Discover easy-to-grow fruits tailored to your region with expert guidance. Select fruit bushes, trees, and companion plants for full sun or partial shade. Resources for planting and recommended nurseries are included to ensure a successful fruit-growing experience.

Highlights
  • Region-specific fruit selection
  • Easy-to-grow fruit bushes and trees
  • Companion plant suggestions
  • Planting and nursery resources
  • Full sun and partial shade options
  • Culinary and pollinator plant sets
Features
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As seen in the New York Times! Are you ready for easy-to-grow fruits right outside your door but wondering where to start? The Fruit Patch App has simplified the often-complex world of growing your own fruit by pre-selecting easy-to-grow fruit bushes, fruit trees, and companion plants suited to where you live. Please note that at this time the Fruit Patch App supports states in the Eastern USA that fall within USDA plant hardiness zones 5, 6, 7 and 8 (see our service area map in the app store image carousel for details). By leveraging expert edible landscape knowledge the Fruit Patch App is designed to guide you through a simple selection process for full sun or partial shade fruit options complete with tree and bush descriptions that highlight the ornamental and productive characteristics of fruits suited to your region. Sets of either culinary or pollinator companion plants are also included to diversify your patch. The Fruit Patch App also offers you resources on planting and recommended nurseries to help make your fruit growing experience easy and successful. Whether your goal is a single, self-fertile, disease-resistant apple tree supported by culinary herb companion plants, or native elderberry patches with pollinator habitat companions, the Fruit Patch App will guide you through the process of actualizing your fruitfull dreams. The Fruit Patch App currently guides you to select between 10 different fruiting centerpieces in one or two-patch combinations alongside of options for herbal or pollinator-focused companion plants. Future updates will include additional fruit types, combination possibilities, and new planting category options such as culinary mushrooms. When you create a fruit patch you are supporting a network of other fruit patches that are quickly forming a Food Forest Transformation Network, one patch at a time. This is an opportunity to improve your life and the world around you. Offers this easy and so rewarding rarely come along - don’t miss this opportunity to make life sweeter! Get started today on your fruit tree dreams and download the Fruit Patch App. Check back soon if you are outside of our current service area since we are always expanding. The Fruit Patch App is offered for download outside of the defined service area for informational purposes only.

Screenshots

Gaia4 screens
Fruit Patch App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fruit Patch App at 81% against Gaia's 20%. Fruit Patch App also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.1) and ads (none vs shown). Gaia's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fruit Patch App holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Gaia's written reviews are positive against 81% of Fruit Patch App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gaia ships an update weekly, Fruit Patch App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Gaia versus Fruit Patch App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGaiaFruit Patch App
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (15 ratings)4.3 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews81.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1524 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB125 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHans WiggenhauserAE Design Guild, LLC

Customer experience

Gaia

All ratings15 ratings
Positive46.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative46.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Fruit Patch App

All ratings24 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.8%

In-app purchases

None

Gaia

No in-app purchases

None

Fruit Patch App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gaia free?
Gaia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fruit Patch App free?
Fruit Patch App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gaia or Fruit Patch App?
Fruit Patch App is rated higher. Gaia averages 3.1 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Fruit Patch App averages 4.3 from 24 ratings.
Do Gaia or Fruit Patch App have ads?
Gaia shows ads; Fruit Patch App does not.
Which is updated more often, Gaia or Fruit Patch App?
Gaia ships an update weekly, and Fruit Patch App fortnightly. Most recently, Gaia was updated on October 4, 2026 and Fruit Patch App on October 2, 2026.

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