Comparison

Plant Watering Tracker vs TreeSmith

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

Head to head
About

Plant Watering Tracker

This app helps you track your plant's watering schedule by learning your habits. It also serves as a journal to log plant life, growth progress with photos, and provides free identification and care guides for various species.

Highlights
  • Customizable watering reminders
  • Plant life and growth journal
  • Photo-based growth tracking
  • Free plant identification
  • Extensive plant care guides
  • iOS, iPadOS, and macOS widgets
Features
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PLANT WATER REMINDERS DONE RIGHT Let’s be honest: an app can't tell you exactly how often to water your plants because there are too many variables. The best way to use an app is to teach it when you water your plants so it can learn the schedule for each plant. All you need to do is mark plants as watered and Ploi does the rest! PLANT JOURNAL If you're looking for a way to keep track of your plant's life and get tips on how to care for them, Ploi is the plant app for you! With Ploi, you can log everything from when you watered your plant to when it started to bloom. Plus, our care guides are full of information on how to keep your plants healthy and happy. GROWTH PROGRESS If you're like most people, you probably have a few houseplants. Maybe you have a fiddle leaf fig tree or a peace lily. Perhaps you have a snake plant or a succulent. No matter what type of plant you have, it's important to document its growth. One way to do this is to take photos of your plant at different stages of its life. For example, you might take a photo of your houseplant when you first get it, and then again after a month, and then every few months after that. Another way to document your plant's growth is to keep a plant journal. In your journal, you can write about how your plant is doing, what changes you've noticed, and how you're caring for it. Documenting your plant's growth is a great way to keep track of its progress and to create a plant log that you can look back on. Plus, it's a fun way to document your plant's journey from a small seedling to a full-grown plant! FREE PLANT IDENTIFICATION If you come across a flower that you can't identify, take a picture of it and upload it to the app. Within seconds, you'll be given the plant's name and species. If you're ever curious about what plant is this, you know what app to use! FREE PLANT CARE GUIDES If you're looking to become a plant parent, Ploi has an ever-growing list of plant care guides that can help. Our guide is crafted specifically for each plant species, so you can learn everything you need to know about taking care of your plant. Ploi also has widgets on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Terms of Use: https://ploi.me/terms

About

TreeSmith

This app helps fruit tree collectors and propagators meticulously track every graft, scion, and activity for their plants. It features a photo journal, activity log, and an interactive GPS map of your garden. Manage your entire collection with detailed cataloging and export options.

Highlights
  • Graft tracking with photos and source details
  • Photo journal for plant growth over seasons
  • Activity log for watering, fertilizing, and more
  • Interactive GPS garden map
  • Detailed plant cataloging
  • Data export to CSV/JSON
Features
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TreeSmith is the plant app built for collectors, propagators and orchard keepers, not just houseplant care. Track every graft, scion, photo and activity for every plant in your collection, and pin them to an interactive GPS map of your garden. WHY COLLECTORS CHOOSE TREESMITH Most plant apps assume you have ten succulents and forget to water them. TreeSmith assumes you have a hundred fruit trees, know exactly when each one was grafted, and want to remember which rootstock came from where. GRAFT TRACKING Record each graft with its own photos, scion source, rootstock, date and status. Search by source nursery, cultivar or year. The feature serious propagators have been asking plant apps for, for years. PHOTO JOURNAL Capture growth over time. Photos auto-organise by stage: flowering, fruiting, harvest and beyond. Look back across seasons in a single tap. ACTIVITY LOG Watering, fertilising, pruning, repotting, pest treatments, pollination, harvesting. Log what you did, when, and on which plant. Build a real record instead of relying on memory. GPS GARDEN MAP Drop every plant on an interactive map of your garden. Reposition by tap. Find that one cultivar you planted last winter without walking the whole block. CATALOGUE PROPERLY Scientific names, common names, source nursery, acquisition date, status and notes. Export everything to CSV or JSON whenever you want. Your data stays yours. FREE OR PRO Free: up to 30 plants, one location, photos, activity log, GPS map, local backup and export. Pro, a one-time purchase: unlimited plants, multiple locations, reminders and bulk operations. Cloud Backup is an optional yearly subscription that requires Pro: automatic backups and restore on a new device. Invited members of partner gardening clubs unlock Pro automatically when they sign in. BUILT BY AND FOR THE RARE FRUIT COMMUNITY TreeSmith is built by a Perth rare-fruit grower and shaped by feedback from collectors who actually use it. If you have ever wished a plant app understood what a scion exchange was, this one does. Get TreeSmith free, add your collection, and never lose track of a graft again. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Cloud Backup is a yearly auto-renewing subscription (A$9.99/year in Australia, prices vary by region and are shown in the app before you buy). It requires TreeSmith Pro, a separate one-time purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://treesmith.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://treesmith.app/privacy

Screenshots

Plant Watering Tracker4 screens
TreeSmith4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Plant Watering Tracker at 246 against TreeSmith's 1. On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Plant Watering Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and TreeSmith sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Plant Watering Tracker against 5.0 for TreeSmith. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plant Watering Tracker has 246 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plant Watering Tracker ships an update every 10 days, TreeSmith weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Plant Watering Tracker versus TreeSmith: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlant Watering TrackerTreeSmith
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (246 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings246 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEugeniu VozocaBenedict Noel

Customer experience

Plant Watering Tracker

All ratings246 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.4%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.5%

TreeSmith

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Plant Watering Tracker

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App freezes and requires force quit to recover
  • Timeout errors preventing app from loading
  • Slow photo upload process blocks UI
  • Widget displays generic photos instead of plant photos (now fixed per user)
  • Photo import fails with 'no content available' error
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  • Location and watering schedule incorrect after adding plant
  • Camera feature within app doesn't work properly
  • Large photo uploads cause app to freeze
  • UI doesn't update on poor network connections
  • Changes don't persist on flaky connections

Requested features

11 requests
  • Bulk logging of activities for multiple plants at once
  • Search functionality for plant database
  • Common plant problems and troubleshooting guide
  • Offline functionality for notes and plant names
  • Rotate option in quick actions
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  • Ability to track multiple plants on same tray
  • Direct plant addition from identify feature
  • Auto-fill scientific name from identify feature
  • Fertilizer application logging for multiple plants
  • Plant happiness indicator
  • Fertilization and pest control scheduling

TreeSmith

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Plant Watering Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Ploi Pro$5.991 Month
  • Ploi Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
2 purchases

TreeSmith

Subscriptions1
  • Cloud Backup$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • TreeSmith Pro$24.99

Questions

Is Plant Watering Tracker free?
Plant Watering Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TreeSmith free?
TreeSmith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plant Watering Tracker or TreeSmith?
TreeSmith is rated higher. Plant Watering Tracker averages 4.9 out of 5 from 246 ratings, while TreeSmith averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Plant Watering Tracker or TreeSmith have ads?
Neither Plant Watering Tracker nor TreeSmith shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plant Watering Tracker or TreeSmith?
Plant Watering Tracker ships an update every 10 days, and TreeSmith weekly. Most recently, Plant Watering Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and TreeSmith on October 20, 2026.

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