Herbs Guide vs LearningHerbs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Herbs Guide
Explore detailed information on over 50 herbs, covering their appearance, uses in recipes, animal repellency, and medicinal properties. Test your knowledge with over 200 quiz questions to solidify your understanding of herbal lore.
- Information on 50+ herbs
- Herbal appearance details
- Culinary uses
- Medicinal properties
- Animal repellent uses
- Over 200 quiz questions
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Learn all about herbs with this Herbs Guide! This app contains information about more than 50 herbs: how they look, how they can be used against animals, how they can be used in recipes, which health issues they can treat, and more. Once you have gained enough knowledge about herbs, you can take quizzes on the presented. material There are over 200 questions. If you are looking for information about herbs, or want to know a lot about herbs, this is the perfect app for you.
LearningHerbs
Access herbal courses, home remedy guides, and community support. This app serves as a mobile portal for existing HerbMentor subscribers and owners of digital products, offering training and resources to become a confident home herbalist.
- Herbal courses and training
- Home remedy guides
- Community support
- Access digital products
- Beginner herbalist guidance
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LearningHerbs makes learning about herbs and home remedies simple. Access your HerbMentor membership and all your LearningHerbs digital products (such as Herb Fairies, Apothecary, and the Herbal Remedy Kit) in this mobile app. HerbMentor provides all the training, guidance, support, community, and resources you need to become a confident home herbalist, all at a very affordable price. Please note: This app is for HerbMentor subscribers and owners of LearningHerbs products. Log in with the username and password provided to you when you joined on the LearningHerbs site. Visit our support if you need help. This app does not yet support in-app purchases. Discover HerbMentor, along with our beginner course, kid’s herbal learning system, herbal kit, and board game at LearningHerbs.com. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LearningHerbs at 100% against Herbs Guide's 5%. LearningHerbs also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Herbs Guide's advantage is ratings volume (344 vs 6) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.6). 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
Both are free to download. Herbs Guide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LearningHerbs asks for nothing beyond the download.
LearningHerbs holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Herbs Guide has 344 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of Herbs Guide's written reviews are positive against 100% of LearningHerbs's.
Herbs Guide ships an update every 9 months, LearningHerbs fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Herbs Guide | LearningHerbs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.2 (344 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 344 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cognitecco BVBA | LearningHerbs.com, LLC |
Customer experience
Herbs Guide
LearningHerbs
Bugs and requests
Herbs Guide
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on launch
- Doesn't open at all
- Glitches and immediately closes
Requested features
2 requests- More herbs and information
- Fix crashes and stability issues
LearningHerbs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Herbs Guide
- More Herbs$0.99
LearningHerbs
No in-app purchases
Questions
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