Comparison

Seedtime vs Local Loop

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Seedtime

Manage your garden tasks, notes, and planting schedule all in one app. Visualize your planting calendar, track daily tasks, and record observations with photos. Access educational videos and get gardening advice from an AI assistant.

Highlights
  • Personalized gardening calendar
  • Daily and weekly task checklists
  • Garden journal with photo uploads
  • Masterclass video lessons
  • AI gardening assistant (Sprout Bot)
  • Crop planning and succession planting
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With the Seedtime companion app you finally have a place to track your garden tasks, noteA smoother Seedtime: harvest Records for everyone, search that handles any crop name, and forms that stay clear of the keyboard.s, and observations - all in one simple place on your phone. Use your own personal calendar, task list, journal, and more to turbocharge your growing experience like never before! CALENDAR Add crops to your gardening calendar to easily visualize when to seed, transplant, harvest and more - all based on your local area. With your Seedtime Calendar you’ll be able to: - Add and edit crops in your growing calendar with just a few taps - Choose between spring or fall plantings and add succession plantings to plan a continual harvest all year round - Adjust your plantings on the fly with simple drag and drop editing - Sort, filter, and view your calendar in different ways to maximize your productivity TASKS Tasks will auto-compile from your Seedtime Calendar plan with a daily or weekly checklist so you never fall behind again. Just plan your garden out in the web-app and then use the mobile app to stay on track through the gardening season. With the task list you’ll be able to: - View your daily or weekly task list - Mark tasks as complete as you do them in the garden (syncs with the calendar) - Edit task dates if you need to adjust them - View “what to do” and “how to do it” information for tasks - Quick links over to the Seedtime Classroom to watch short masterclass videos for tasks JOURNAL Your task list is awesome - but it doesn’t stop there. Use the Seedtime Journal to keep track of your notes or observations in the garden. With the journal you’ll be able to: - Add pictures to your journal entries to track your garden progress over time - Tag entries with related tasks - Link your notes to specific plantings - Search all of your notes for anything you’ve written about - Filter all your entries by crop plantings, tags, or dates CLASSROOM You’ll also have access to our entire masterclass video lesson series walking you through each step and phase of the garden to grow an abundance of fresh food right in your backyard. With the classroom you’ll be able to: - View short masterclass video lessons with step-by-step instructions - Discover how to do various tasks in your garden - Learn how to get to desired end results in your garden like how to keep your garden weed free without spending hours on your knees pulling weeds, how to deal with pests and diseases in a natural and organic way, how to extend your season into the winter without breaking your pocketbook, and more… ASK SPROUT With the Seedtime Sprout Bot, you can ask any of your gardening or Seedtime questions and get answers on the fly. Or push your questions to our team to connect directly with us. - Ask about which crops to companion plant together - Get answers about pest or disease problems - Ask about how to trellis your plants or care for them - And more… (really ask just about anything!) STORE Quick and easy access to hundreds of non-GMO seeds, natural fertilizers, and other garden supplies to quickly and easily get what you need to grow your best garden ever. And believe it or not, this is just the beginning! Coming soon you’ll be able to plan your garden layout directly in the mobile app as well - making it the easiest place to make changes on the fly in your garden. Until then, you can use the web-app to layout your garden, and more. Then you can use this companion app to easily stay on track with your garden plan while out in the field. Enjoy! And let’s grow your best garden ever this year! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Local Loop

Discover local events, garage sales, and food trucks in Findlay and Northwest Ohio. This free app aggregates listings from multiple sources into a simple calendar and map view. Save events, follow venues, and get personalized recommendations for your area.

Highlights
  • Local event listings
  • Garage and yard sale finder
  • Food truck locations
  • Calendar and map view
  • Event reminders
  • Venue following
  • Personalized feed
Features
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Everything happening around Ohio, in one free app. Local Loop brings together local events, garage sales, and food trucks across 138 towns in all five regions of Ohio, and growing, from Toledo and Findlay to Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Athens, and Springfield, all in one place, grouped by Today, This Week, and beyond. Open it to answer one question: what's going on around here? Browse what's on today, this weekend, or later, with a For You feed matched to your interests. Save the ones you like, get directions, and add them to your calendar in a tap. What you'll find: - Local events: concerts, festivals, markets, library programs, fundraisers, and more - Garage sales: find the good ones near you, with maps and dates - Food trucks: see who's parked where and when - For You: a feed matched to the categories you care about - Map view: see what's on around you, then zoom out to catch the towns nearby Built by a local, for locals. Post your own event, garage sale, or food truck free in seconds, no account needed to browse. Towns include Findlay, Toledo, Lima, Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Athens, Springfield, Mansfield, Marion, and over a hundred more across Northwest, Central, Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest Ohio.

Screenshots

Seedtime4 screens
Local Loop3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Local Loop at none against Seedtime's 4. Local Loop also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Seedtime's advantage is ratings volume (443 vs 10). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Seedtime sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Local Loop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Local Loop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seedtime has 443 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Seedtime's written reviews are positive against 100% of Local Loop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Seedtime ships an update monthly, Local Loop every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Seedtime versus Local Loop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeedtimeLocal Loop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (443 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings443 — better10
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB31 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSeedtimeMichael Williams

Customer experience

Seedtime

All ratings443 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews264 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.8%

Local Loop

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Seedtime

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Issues with marking tasks as complete on mobile app
  • Difficulty adding established fruits/veggies

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to view garden layout on mobile app
  • Crop-specific reminders and notifications
  • Export tasks/data to digital calendars
  • More comprehensive plant database
  • Optimization for iPad and tablets

Local Loop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Seedtime

Subscriptions4
  • Basic Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Basic Yearly$83.991 Year
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  • Unlimited Yearly$167.991 Year
None

Local Loop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Seedtime free?
Seedtime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Local Loop free?
Local Loop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Seedtime or Local Loop?
Local Loop is rated higher. Seedtime averages 4.7 out of 5 from 443 ratings, while Local Loop averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Seedtime or Local Loop have ads?
Neither Seedtime nor Local Loop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Seedtime or Local Loop?
Seedtime ships an update monthly, and Local Loop every 3 days. Most recently, Seedtime was updated on October 18, 2026 and Local Loop on October 12, 2026.

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