Seedling vs The Forge NJ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Seedling
Document your plant's journey with notes, photos, and growth stage milestones. Organize gardening tasks with a categorized to-do list. Designed for simplicity, it lets you focus on the joys of gardening.
- Plant journaling with notes and photos
- Track plant growth stages
- Record plant care requirements
- Categorized gardening to-do list
- Simple and distraction-free interface
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Seedling is a simple garden journal for tracking your plants from seed to harvest. Journal - Photos and notes for every plant, all in one timeline. Growth Milestones - Mark key moments, from sprouting to first bloom to harvest. Plant Care - Sunlight, water, temperature, humidity, soil, and fertilizer — all in one place. To-Do List - Categorized garden tasks, so nothing falls through the cracks.
The Forge NJ
This app helps members of a community stay connected, encouraged, and informed. Engage in group chats, share prayer requests, and access daily devotionals and scripture. It's a central hub for community interaction and spiritual growth.
- Group and direct chat
- Prayer requests
- Announcements and events
- Daily devotional tracking
- Verse of the Day with commentary
- Community connection
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The Forge is the official community app for The Forge NJ, created to help members stay connected, encouraged, and informed. Connect with the community through group and direct chat, prayer requests, announcements, events, and the Daily Blog. Grow through The Forge Daily devotional, track your devotional streak, and explore the Verse of the Day with Scripture context and commentary. Whether you are joining a gathering, sharing a prayer request, reading a devotional, or staying in touch with the community, The Forge brings The Forge NJ together in one place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Forge NJ at 100% against Seedling's 50%. The Forge NJ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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.
The Forge NJ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Seedling's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Forge NJ's.
Seedling ships an update monthly, The Forge NJ every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seedling | The Forge NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Laurie Cai | Forged In Fire Ministries A NJ Nonprofit Corporation |
Customer experience
Seedling
The Forge NJ
In-app purchases
Seedling
No in-app purchases
The Forge NJ
No in-app purchases
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