Comparison

easyDacha vs Root & Row

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

Head to head
About

easyDacha

Plan and manage your garden with personalized tasks and guidance. This app helps you visualize your garden beds, automatically spaces plants, and provides location-specific care reminders. Discover homemade fertilizer recipes and stay organized with your planting schedule.

Highlights
  • Visual garden planner
  • Automatic plant spacing
  • Personalized gardening tasks
  • Seed and seedling inventory
  • Watering and care reminders
  • Homemade fertilizer recipes
Features
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Plan your garden, stay on track, and know what each plant needs next with easyDacha, a growing guide for home gardeners in every U.S. climate zone. From seeds and seedlings to harvest and compost, get verified, science-based advice based on local conditions, with organic-first care, mineral options, and practical DIY recipes. No AI-generated advice. FREE 7-day plan. No card required. Subscribe only if you choose. CLIMATE-FIT VARIETIES
 Filter varieties by climate to find plants suited to your growing conditions. Use your ZIP code for local planting dates and care tasks. Frost-free climate support includes locations in California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Arizona, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Nevada, Mississippi, and New Mexico. PLAN YOUR GARDEN
 Map raised beds, in-ground gardens, or containers. Add plants and easyDacha calculates spacing for your layout. FIND VARIETIES FOR YOUR CLIMATE Filter plants by climate to find varieties suited to your growing conditions. See what you can still plant this season for a harvest soon, and what to plant now for next year’s harvest. CARE FOR EVERY GROWING METHOD
 Know what to do next in your garden. Choose indoor seed starting, direct sowing, or seedlings. Your plan adapts to your location, plant, growing method, and growth stage. See what's next in a two-week task list, from planting and seasonal care to harvest or overwintering. Get care tips before common plant problems start. RESPONSIBLE CARE, BUILT INTO TASKS
 Get practical guidance for:
 • Soil recipes suited to your region
 • Watering guidance for each plant
 • Organic and mineral nutrient options, plus DIY recipes
 • Bee-safe pest care during flowering and fruit formation
 • Composting: what plant material can and cannot go in the pile KEEP SEEDS AND PLANS ORGANIZED Track seeds, seedlings, and planting plans in one place. See what you have, what you have planted, and what still needs attention. ---------------------------------- START WITH A FREE 7-DAY PLAN Your 7-day plan is free. No card required. Subscribe only if you choose. Adding your own plants requires a subscription. Terms of Use: https://easydacha.com/terms-and-conditions
 Privacy Policy: https://easydacha.com/privacy

About

Root & Row

Features
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Root & Row was built by a gardener, for gardeners. Not by a software company that’s never had dirt under its fingernails — by someone who knows the ache of a spring backache, the heartbreak of a late frost, and the quiet triumph of the first ripe tomato. PLAN YOUR PLOTS, NOT JUST YOUR PLANTS • Draw your actual garden beds — any size, even pots • Automatic layout planning fits your chosen crops into real bed space, with pathways where you need them • Spacing, depth and quantity guidance scaled to your plot size and household size • Rearrange visually until it feels right YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR PLANTS • You don’t need a database of 10,000 plants — you need the ones YOU want to grow • Add any plant and one tap pulls everything: spacing, sunlight, sowing dates, quantities — even a hand-painted illustration (Pro) KNOW YOUR ZONE — ANYWHERE ON EARTH • Enter a zip code or any town worldwide and Root & Row finds your hardiness zone and frost dates — even south of the equator • Planting windows and reminders are anchored to YOUR climate, not a generic calendar NEVER MISS A GARDEN MOMENT • Sowing, transplanting, hardening-off and harvest reminders • A satisfying tap-to-complete flow that keeps you moving • A built-in knowledge base for most common vegetables and herbs — including Asian vegetables most apps forget ROOT & ROW PRO — THE SMART-GARDENING TOOLKIT • 7-day local forecast with soil temperature — know when the ground is truly ready • AI growing suggestions tuned to your plants, your weather and your zone: watering, pests, fertilizer schedules, succession sowing • Plant Identifier: snap up to three photos and put a name to any mystery seedling • Auto-fill growing data for any custom plant you add — one tap pulls the numbers and paints a watercolor illustration to match Root & Row Pro is $4.99/month, or $34.99/year (save 42%). Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled; manage anytime in your App Store account settings. The free version is a complete garden planner — no account, no ads, your data stays on your device. Dig in. Your best season starts with a good plan. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

easyDacha4 screens
Root & Row4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: easyDacha at 17.6 against Root & Row's 26.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. easyDacha sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Root & Row sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

easyDacha ships an update fortnightly, Root & Row every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
easyDacha versus Root & Row: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereasyDachaRoot & Row
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopereasyDacha Corp.ZHICONG FU

In-app purchases

7 purchases

easyDacha

Subscriptions7
  • Full Access – Trial3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Full Access$4.991 Month
  • Full Access14 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Full Access Monthly14 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Full Access14 Days trial2 variants$34.991 Year
  • Full Access - Trial (Yearly)3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Full Access Yearly$34.991 Year
2 purchases

Root & Row

Subscriptions2
  • Root & Row Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Root & Row Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is easyDacha free?
easyDacha is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Root & Row free?
Root & Row is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do easyDacha or Root & Row have ads?
Neither easyDacha nor Root & Row shows ads.
Which is updated more often, easyDacha or Root & Row?
easyDacha ships an update fortnightly, and Root & Row every 9 days. Most recently, easyDacha was updated on October 25, 2026 and Root & Row on October 25, 2026.

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