Comparison

GrowDiary vs The Heirloom Forum

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

Head to head
About

GrowDiary

This app helps users document and track their plant cultivation cycles. It offers a large community for sharing experiences, a library of grow diaries for learning, and connections with industry professionals. It's designed for growers of all experience levels.

Highlights
  • Document grow cycles
  • Track plant progress
  • Share experiences with community
  • Access grow diary library
  • Engage in forums
  • Connect with industry reps
Features
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GrowDiaries is your all-in-one plant cultivation app, designed to empower growers of all levels. Easily document your grow cycles, track progress, and share your experiences with a vibrant community of over 350,000 enthusiasts worldwide. Access a vast library of over 90,000 grow diaries to gain insights, learn new techniques, and improve your yields. Engage in forums, participate in contests, and connect with official representatives from leading seed breeders and nutrient companies. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned cultivator, GrowDiaries provides the tools and community support to elevate your growing journey.

About

The Heirloom Forum

Connect with fellow plant enthusiasts, manage your gardening projects, and track your harvests. This social network offers tools for farmers, gardeners, and seed savers to document traits, organize seeds, and manage tasks. Explore community feeds and unlock premium features through subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Community feed and profiles
  • Task and to-do manager
  • Project and plant management
  • Trait tracking and documentation
  • Seed organization tools
  • Harvest data management
Features
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Get started right away with Guest Access — browse the community feed and explore the app without creating an account. When you’re ready to unlock the full experience — creating your own profile, saving and managing projects, posting to the feed, and accessing premium tools — simply create an account and subscribe. The Heirloom Forum app is a social network built with tools to help farmers, gardeners, plant breeders, and seed savers. App features include, social feed and profile, task and to do manager, project and plant management, trait tracking and documenting, seed organization and selection tools, harvest data management, and more. Upon installing the application, simply choose a subscription level, ranging in price from free (Professional Subscription), or $11.99 per month (Founder Subscription), or select an annual billing plan, at a discounted rate! The Founder subscription is billed on an auto-renewing basis, until you decide to cancel your plan, anytime. The Organization subscription, is $1000./year, billed annually, on an auto-renewing basis. the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.theheirloomforum.com/privacy-policy Terms Of Service https://www.theheirloomforum.com/terms-of-service-1

Screenshots

GrowDiary4 screens
The Heirloom Forum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Heirloom Forum at 5.0 against GrowDiary's 4.0. The Heirloom Forum also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). GrowDiary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. The Heirloom Forum sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. GrowDiary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Heirloom Forum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GrowDiary ships an update every 2 weeks, The Heirloom Forum every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
GrowDiary versus The Heirloom Forum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrowDiaryThe Heirloom Forum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.414.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB77 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperGrowD soft s.r.o.Leland Holmes

Customer experience

GrowDiary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

The Heirloom Forum

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GrowDiary

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

The Heirloom Forum

Subscriptions3
  • Founder Monthly7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Founder Yearly7 Days trial$71.991 Year
  • Organization Membership$1000.001 Year

Questions

Is GrowDiary free?
GrowDiary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Heirloom Forum free?
The Heirloom Forum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GrowDiary or The Heirloom Forum?
The Heirloom Forum is rated higher. GrowDiary averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while The Heirloom Forum averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do GrowDiary or The Heirloom Forum have ads?
GrowDiary shows ads; The Heirloom Forum does not.
Which is updated more often, GrowDiary or The Heirloom Forum?
GrowDiary ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Heirloom Forum every 8 days. Most recently, GrowDiary was updated on October 30, 2026 and The Heirloom Forum on October 22, 2026.

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