Gardroid vs KoiLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gardroid
This app guides aspiring gardeners through the process of growing their own vegetables. It provides essential cultivation details for various plants, including optimal sowing times, temperature requirements, and care tips. Users can track plant progress, set custom notifications, and take notes.
- Sowing and harvesting periods
- Plant care tips
- Sowing depth and spacing
- Soil type and fertilizing
- Track plant progress
- Custom notifications
- Notebook for notes
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Have you always wanted a kitchen garden but you have no idea how to get started? Gardroid helps you to harvest your own crops by providing useful information about the cultivation methods of various plants. With Gardroid, you will be able to enjoy following features: • Suitable sowing and harvesting periods • The desired temperature to sow • Helpful tips for taking care of the plant • The right sowing depth, row distance and spacing between plants • Soil type & fertilizing • Track the progress of your plants • Add your own notifications to each plant in your garden • Write down your notes inside the notebook • No network required to check your plants* Premium features: • No ads • Herbs, fruits & flowers available • Organize your crops by planting them in beds Thanks for your support & Happy gardening! * Images will only be downloaded when you visit the plant, in order to save memory on your device.
KoiLog
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Your koi pond deserves a real logbook — private, offline, yours forever. KoiLog keeps your whole pond in one fast, beautiful app that never asks for an account and never sends your data anywhere. No cloud. No tracking. If it's in KoiLog, it's on your phone — period. WATER TESTS YOU CAN ACTUALLY READ Log temperature, pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, KH, GH, salt, dissolved oxygen and TDS in seconds. Every parameter gets its own chart with the koi-safe range shaded in, so a creeping ammonia problem is obvious before your fish feel it. Touch any chart to inspect a reading. Colored status dots and a "needs attention" summary on the pond card tell you instantly what's fine and what isn't. POND CALCULATORS — FREE FOR EVERYONE • Pond volume from dimensions (rectangular, circular, oval or irregular, feet or meters) — and save it straight to your pond. • Pump turnover: is your pump moving enough water for koi? • Treatment dosing: type the rate from the product label ("5 mL per 10 gal") and get the exact dose for your pond, split into as many doses as you like. • Salt calculator with per-dose guidance. FEED BY TEMPERATURE, NOT GUESSWORK KoiLog reads your latest water temperature and tells you what to feed and how often — wheat-germ in cool water, growth food in summer, and a clear "do not feed" through winter dormancy. EVERY KOI, EVERY INCH Build your collection with 20+ varieties from Kohaku to Kumonryu. Track length and weight with growth charts, keep a photo timeline of each fish, and record purchase price and estimated value. NEVER MISS MAINTENANCE Water changes, filter cleans, UV bulbs, skimmer baskets — set the interval once and KoiLog reminds you, shows what's overdue, and keeps the full completion history. ALSO • Treatment log with active day counter • Pond journal with photos • °F/°C, gallons/liters, local currency • Dark mode, haptics, VoiceOver support • Start with a fully editable example pond in under a minute KOILOG PRO (optional) Free covers one pond, five koi, three tasks and 30 days of water history. KoiLog Pro unlocks unlimited ponds, koi and tasks, full water history, collection stats (value over time, growth leaderboard) and CSV export. • Lifetime: $29.99 one-time purchase — not a subscription, never renews. • Monthly: $2.99 per month, cancel anytime. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The monthly subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Prices may vary by region. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tobyberg43.github.io/koilog-site/privacy.html Made for koi keepers who'd rather be at the pond than fighting an app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KoiLog at none against Gardroid's 1. KoiLog also leads on ads (none vs shown). Gardroid's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Gardroid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. KoiLog asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gardroid ships an update every 2 weeks, KoiLog every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gardroid | KoiLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dimitri De Kerf | TOBY M BERGER |
In-app purchases
Gardroid
- Premium$2.99
KoiLog
No in-app purchases









