Green Backyard vs AeroGarden
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Green Backyard
Connect to your bird box camera to watch live streams of birds. Enjoy high-definition video, capture moments with recording, and receive real-time alerts about nesting and hatching. Share your discoveries with friends and family.
- Connect bird box camera
- Live bird streaming
- High-definition video
- Image and video sharing
- Motion and continuous recording
- Real-time nesting alerts
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With the Green Backyard Bird Box Camera, connecting is a breeze! Designed to bring nature to your fingertips, our app pairs seamlessly with our bird box cameras, providing you with a front-row seat to the enchanting world of birds, all while keeping it fun and user-friendly! Key Features: Easily connect your Green Backyard Bird Box Camera Watch birds live with a simple tap on your smartphone or tablet. Experience crystal-clear, high-definition live streams of birds in action. Share delightful images and videos with friends and family. Capture every moment with motion and continuous recording. Stay in the loop with real-time alerts for nesting, hatching, and more.
AeroGarden
Monitor and control your Wi-Fi enabled indoor garden from your phone. Receive alerts for water and nutrient needs, access gardening tips, and connect with a community of growers. Enjoy bigger, healthier harvests with smart convenience.
- Plant alerts for water and nutrients
- Remote monitoring and control
- Indoor gardening tips and FAQs
- Connect with growing communities
- Monitor multiple gardens
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NEW FOR 2024 Now your plants can talk! With the free AeroGarden App your plants in a W-Fi enabled AeroGarden will tell you when they need water or nutrients with friendly alerts on your Phone. Enjoy bigger, healthier harvests by never missing a watering or feeding again! And unlock a full set of features for your AeroGarden Indoor Grow Lights! GROW SMARTER Timely tips delivered straight to your iPhone teach you our favorite indoor gardening secrets and guide you to growing healthier, more beautiful and abundant gardens. Includes a detailed set of FAQs that help you get the most from your AeroGarden. STAY CONNECTED Easily connect with growing communities of AeroGardeners on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and more. Or enjoy one-click access to our expert AeroGarden Customer Service specialists. Connect and monitor multiple AeroGardens from one simple interface for your biggest harvests ever! SIMPLE CONVENIENCE Wi-Fi technology lets you monitor, control and customize critical garden functions such as light, water and nutrients from anywhere in the world at any time. Just download the free AeroGarden App onto your mobile device with iOS 12.0 or higher.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AeroGarden at 4.1 against Green Backyard's 2.8. AeroGarden also leads on ratings volume (688 vs 12). Green Backyard's advantage is review sentiment (31% vs 13%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AeroGarden holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AeroGarden has 688 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of Green Backyard's written reviews are positive against 13% of AeroGarden's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Green Backyard ships an update monthly, AeroGarden every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Green Backyard | AeroGarden |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (12 ratings) | 4.1 (688 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews — better | 13.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 688 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NVIC TECH PTE LTD | Scotts Miracle-Gro |
Customer experience
Green Backyard
AeroGarden
Bugs and requests
Green Backyard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
AeroGarden
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to connect to gardens
- Light controls not working as expected
- App crashing or freezing
- Login/account issues
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to control light intensity and duration
- Push notifications for garden maintenance
- Retain login session for longer periods
- Support for older devices and tablets
In-app purchases
Green Backyard
No in-app purchases
AeroGarden
No in-app purchases
