GrowIt vs VeggiePatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GrowIt
This app simplifies home gardening with personalized guidance and expert tips for growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs. It offers customized planting calendars, garden layout planning, and step-by-step growing information. Get seasonal care tips, reminders for watering and fertilizing, and even identify plant diseases with a photo.
- Personalized planting schedules
- Garden layout planning
- Step-by-step growing guides
- Seasonal plant care tips
- Automated reminders
- Plant disease identification
- Regrowing and hydroponic tips
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Start growing your own fresh produce at home with GrowIt, your ultimate gardening app designed to simplify the gardening experience! Whether you're planting as beginner, enthusiast or professional, GrowIt offers personalized guidance and expert tips to ensure your success throughout the growing season. Designed by plant experts and supported by years of in-depth research in cultivation, GrowIt provides all the essential information for growing healthy vegetables, fruits, and herbs, from garden layout, to watering, fertilizing, soil condition, and companion planting. With customized planting calendar based on your location and climate, you'll find it easy to figure out when to start seeds, transplant, harvest and more. Key Features: ◆ Discover things to grow: Search for easy-to-grow seasonal plants and get personalized planting schedule tailored to your specific zone. ◆ Plan your garden in minutes: Organize your raised beds or patch with companion and combative plant information. Use square foot gardening layout grid for easy spacing of 80+ plants, and over 1,000 varieties. ◆ Learn how to grow, step by step: Build your garden with proper soil, fertilizer, and sunlight. Turn yourself into a green thumb with a library of growing information. ◆ Get seasonal plant care tips: Stay ahead of freezes, heat waves and other extreme weather conditions to protect your garden. ◆ Stay informed with reminders: Say goodbye to guesswork with auto-calculated sprouting and harvest dates for your specific plant and location. Know exactly when to water and fertilize to maximize your produce. ◆ Identify plant diseases effortlessly: Simply snap a photo, and get plant-specific treatment advice. ◆ Address common gardening issues: Eliminate garden weeds, pests w/o chemicals. Avoid plant diseases with proven planting strategies. ◆ Explore more to get inspired. Unlock secrets to regrowing from scraps, hydroponic growing, indoor gardening, and so much more! Make the most of your harvest with recommended recipes and preservation tips on canning, freezing and drying. Join GrowIt now and enhance your gardening skills! Learn, plan, organize and care for your vegetable garden. Enjoy a bountiful harvest with your family and friends! [About GrowIt Premium] • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription • Subscriptions may be managed by the user, and auto-renewal may be turned off, by going to iTunes Subscriptions after purchase Terms of Use: https://app-service.growmyfoodai.com/static/user_agreement.html Privacy Policy: https://app-service.growmyfoodai.com/static/privacy_policy.html
VeggiePatch
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VeggiePatch – Your companion planting planner for garden, balcony and raised beds Discover the tradition of companion planting – a centuries-old, proven growing method for a healthy, natural and sustainable garden. What VeggiePatch offers • No subscription: Pay once and use all features permanently. • Overview of good, neutral and bad plant companions for vegetables, herbs and berries • Helpful tips for combining plant species to create a healthy, diverse garden • Suitable for garden beds, raised beds, containers and balconies – and all growing situations where more than one plant shares space • Continuously expanded and updated plant database based on horticultural sources and practical experience • Display of common and botanical plant names Why companion planting? Companion planting is based on the deliberate interaction of different plant species. These natural relationships can improve nutrient cycles in the soil, reduce pests, support plant growth and strengthen soil life. Some plants – such as beans – enrich the soil with nitrogen, benefiting neighboring heavy feeders. Shallow- and deep-rooted plants use different soil layers and do not compete directly. Herbs can repel unwanted insects with their essential oils or attract beneficial pollinators through their scent. Plant diversity also helps prevent one-sided soil depletion, which often occurs in monocultures. Fallow periods can be reduced or avoided altogether. The result is a resilient, balanced garden with stable long-term yields – without synthetic inputs. Scientifically grounded and practical The recommendations in VeggiePatch are based on established horticultural literature, permaculture approaches, educational materials from organic farming and the experience of long-time gardeners. The focus is always on clarity and practical usability – whether you are just starting out or already experienced. Sowing and planting times All time references in VeggiePatch are based on the temperate climate of Central Europe (e.g. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux). In other climates, altitudes or regions, ideal planting windows may differ significantly. Please adapt your planning to local conditions. Your garden grows – and VeggiePatch grows with you The plant database is regularly expanded and updated to include new species, varieties and combinations. We emphasize quality, practical relevance and diversity – from classic vegetables to lesser-known herbs and berries. Feedback welcome VeggiePatch thrives on shared experience and real gardening practice. Missing a plant or combination? Have suggestions or corrections? We welcome your feedback via email directly from the app. Together, we make VeggiePatch even more helpful – from companion planting enthusiast to companion planting enthusiast.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GrowIt at Free against VeggiePatch's $5.99. GrowIt also leads on chart position (#186 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). VeggiePatch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11). On 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
GrowIt is free to download; VeggiePatch costs $5.99 up front. GrowIt sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. VeggiePatch asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | GrowIt | VeggiePatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (14K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #186 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glority Global Group Ltd. | Ingo Panz |
Bugs and requests
GrowIt
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes frequently when scrolling
- Issues with deleting/updating plants
- Reminders not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to add more garden beds
- Option to manually enter plant data
- Notification for watering based on rainfall
- More detailed care information for plants
VeggiePatch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GrowIt
- Grow My Food Premium3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Grow My Food Premium7 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Grow My Food Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Grow My Food Premium$14.993 Months
- Grow My Food Premium7 Days trial$14.993 Months
- GrowIt Premium$19.996 Months
- Grow My Food Premium1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- Grow My Food Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Grow My Food Premium7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- GrowIt Family Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Grow My Food Premium1 Month trial$39.991 Year
VeggiePatch
No in-app purchases








