GrowIt vs Verna
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
Verna
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Verna is your private gardening journal. A calm, beautifully crafted space to remember every plant, every season, and every small win in your garden. Whether you're tending a windowsill of herbs or a full backyard plot, Verna helps you stay on top of care without nagging you. Verna requires a Verna Premium subscription (3-day free trial included). All features below are unlocked with it. KEY FEATURES — INCLUDED WITH VERNA PREMIUM • AI Plant Identification. Identify any plant from a single photo and add it straight to your garden. Powered by PlantNet, with Kindwise as a smart fallback for tricky cases. • AI Health Check. Snap a leaf to spot pests, diseases, and nutrient issues early. Verna explains what's happening and suggests next steps. • Garden Journey. Follow each plant from seedling to harvest. Add photos, notes, and care milestones along the way, and watch your skills level up as you go. • Smart Watering Reminders. Personalised schedules tuned to real weather forecasts. No nudge when rain is on the way, just a gentle reminder when your garden actually needs you. • Monthly Care Calendar. Seasonal tasks tailored to where you live, so you always know what to sow, prune, or harvest this month. • Sowing and Seed Tracker. Log seeds you've sown, track germination and growth in seed trays, and never lose a planting date again. • Wildlife and Garden Stats. Spot bees, birds, and butterflies. Build a record of your garden's ecosystem and review your year at a glance. • Private by Design. No account required. No ads, no public profiles, no social feeds. Optional cloud backup keeps your garden safe, and you can switch it off anytime. • Ask Verna AI. Snap a photo of your plant and ask anything about it. Spot diseases and pests, and get advice tailored to your garden and local conditions. Includes 3 AI questions per day. Verna is made for gardeners who want a quieter, more thoughtful tool, not another social app. Plant, track, thrive, one season at a time. VERNA PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION Verna Premium is an auto-renewable subscription, with monthly and annual plans, starting with a 3-day free trial: • Monthly: £4.99/month • Annual: £49.99/year (save around 17%) Payment is charged to your Apple ID account when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings at any time. Terms of Service: https://www.amzuit.com/products/growhut-verna/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.amzuit.com/products/growhut-verna/privacy-policy End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: GrowIt at 16.0 against Verna's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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. GrowIt sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Verna sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GrowIt ships an update every 2 weeks, Verna weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GrowIt | Verna |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (14K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glority Global Group Ltd. | Amzu Information Technology Ltd |
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
Verna
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 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
Verna
- Verna Premium Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Verna Premium Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year









