Gaia vs Fruit Patch App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Permaculture patch planner
- Multiple patch shapes
- 80+ plant selection
- Companion planting guidance
- Plant profiles and benefits
- Gardening badges
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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!
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
Gaia ships an update weekly, Fruit Patch App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gaia | Fruit Patch App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (15 ratings) | 4.3 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 81.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hans Wiggenhauser | AE Design Guild, LLC |
Customer experience
Gaia
Fruit Patch App
In-app purchases
Gaia
No in-app purchases
Fruit Patch App
No in-app purchases
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