Garden Time Planner vs GardenPuzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Garden Time Planner
Plan your garden with ease. This app provides region-specific planting and harvesting schedules for vegetables and herbs. It automatically generates task lists and offers a plant database, local weather, and gardening video links.
- Region-specific planting schedules
- Automated task lists
- Plant database
- Local weather integration
- Gardening how-to videos
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The Garden Time app from Burpee is the perfect tool to help gardeners know when to sow, transplant and expect to harvest vegetables and herbs specific to their garden region. The app automatically creates a task list to notify the user when their next sow or transplant date arrives. Included within the app is a full database of plants, local weather, and links to how-to gardening videos.
GardenPuzzle
Quickly sketch and visualize garden designs with this intuitive tool. Easily add plants, equipment, and surfaces to create your ideal outdoor space. Unlock advanced features like a full plant database and four-season previews with an in-app purchase.
- Quick garden sketching
- Plant database search
- Add equipment to designs
- Surface painting (water, paths, lawns)
- Photo import for background
- Four-season preview
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Sketch your garden in 5 minutes - simple sketching and prototyping tool for garden lovers. An application for garden lovers and landscape designers, this tool allows you to quickly sketch garden designs and create visualizations. Primarily intended for quick prototyping and experimenting, it is simple yet powerful. Start by taking a photo of your garden, search through the plant database by filtering by size, type, or name, and add equipment (such as benches or fences) to the design. You can also finish by painting surfaces, including water, paths, or lawns. An additional in-app purchase can unlock access to the full plant and texture database, the ability to use the device camera to take the background photo, and a four-season preview of your garden. This purchase also grants access to these features in the web and Mac apps, which can be downloaded from our website: https://gardenpuzzle.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GardenPuzzle at 2.4 against Garden Time Planner's 1.5. GardenPuzzle also leads on review sentiment (19% vs 4%). Garden Time Planner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (184 vs 17). On price, update cadence, 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. GardenPuzzle sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Garden Time Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.
GardenPuzzle holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garden Time Planner has 184 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of Garden Time Planner's written reviews are positive against 19% of GardenPuzzle's.
Garden Time Planner ships an update every 2 months, GardenPuzzle every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garden Time Planner | GardenPuzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (184 ratings) | 2.4 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 3.6% of reviews | 18.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 184 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 605 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Burpee | Marek Rafalowicz |
Customer experience
Garden Time Planner
GardenPuzzle
Bugs and requests
Garden Time Planner
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes when attempting to create account
- Login fails with false 'no internet connection' error
- Cannot add plants to garden - screen flashes and reverts to previous page
- App freezes when scrolling or selecting options
- Garden data lost after app updates
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- Error 3 message preventing app from loading
- Buttons unresponsive or require multiple presses
- Delayed notifications from button presses
- Plant recommendations contradict growing zone
- Zip code field not recognized or saved
- App stuck on select garden screen
- Video links non-functional
- Text field selection not working on newer iOS
- App repeatedly requests data downloads on startup
- Garden list displays only one item despite multiple entries
- Support link redirects to homepage instead of help
Requested features
15 requests- Search feature for finding plants by name, color, or characteristics
- Ability to add custom plants not in Burpee catalog
- Drag-and-drop aerial garden planner with spacing visualization
- Integration with Burpee online store for purchasing
- Support for indoor seed starting with flexible planting dates
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- Comprehensive plant database matching full Burpee catalog
- Soil and nutrient requirement information
- Persistent zip code storage to avoid re-entry
- Ability to rename gardens after creation
- Functional help desk and customer support
- Plant recommendations based on growing zone accuracy
- Task list view showing upcoming to-do items
- Facebook login option for account creation
- Account questionnaire for personalized recommendations
- Export functionality for garden plans
GardenPuzzle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Garden Time Planner
No in-app purchases
GardenPuzzle
- Plants and Structures$3.99
- Custom Background$3.99
- Four Seasons$3.99
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- Vegetables Database$3.99
- Extra 200 plants$3.99
- Premium Access for 6 months$28.99
Questions
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