Comparison

Grow vs Bloom

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

Head to head
About

Grow

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Grow is a creative journal for capturing how life feels, what needs to be done, and what you want to remember, all in a space you can draw, shape, and make your own! Add a quick note, mood, task or event as the day unfolds. Attach a photo or drawing to liven things up and make your journal a bit more you! Star important tasks, check things off, carry unfinished tasks forward, and plan ahead with future-dated entries and repeating tasks or events. Gather related entries in project journals, or simply let each day take its own shape. Your plants and drawings can also fill a cozy room you arrange by hand, turning your journal into a place that feels personal. Features: - Notes, moods, tasks, events, photos, and drawings - Tasks that carry forward or repeat - Planning for future days - Habit and mood tracking over time - Day, month, and year views Optional iCloud sync keeps entries, habits, projects, repeating schedules, photos, and drawings up to date across your devices. Grow is quick when you need it, expressive when you want it, and flexible enough to hold both your plans and your life.

About

Bloom

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Bloom is a habit tracker with a gentler philosophy: every habit you build is a living plant. Check in to water it, keep it up, and it grows from a tiny seed into a full, flourishing bloom. Miss a day? Your plant simply wilts โ€” it never dies, and it perks right back up when you return. No broken-streak shame. No guilt. Just gentle, lasting progress. WHY BLOOM FEELS DIFFERENT Most habit apps punish you for being human. Bloom is built around the opposite idea โ€” that kindness and consistency beat pressure every time. No leaderboards, no comparison. The only person you're growing alongside is yesterday's you. YOUR LIVING GARDEN Watch every habit grow through five stages โ€” seed, sprout, bud, bloom, and flourishing โ€” based on your consistency. Your whole garden shifts with the time of day and comes alive as you care for it. It's the most beautiful reason to keep showing up. BUILD ANY HABIT โ€ข Simple check-off habits (meditate, take vitamins) โ€ข Count-based habits (8 glasses of water, 20 pages) โ€ข Timed habits with a built-in timer (stretch, deep work) โ€ข "Leave behind" habits that count the days you've stayed free of something โ€ข Flexible schedules: every day, specific weekdays, X times per week or month, or every few days STREAKS WITHOUT FEAR Sick day? Traveling? A skip with a reason protects your streak, and monthly streak freezes quietly cover the days life gets in the way. Milestones are celebrated with a shower of petals โ€” and comebacks are celebrated loudest of all. SEE WHAT HELPS YOU GROW Beautiful stats, calendar heatmaps, and completion trends show your progress at a glance. Optional insights reveal how your habits connect โ€” and how they shape your mood. GENTLE, NEVER NAGGING Warm, rotating reminders nudge you at just the right moment โ€” never the same guilt-trip twice. A soft evening summary shows what's left, and quiet hours keep your evenings calm. MADE FOR YOUR iPHONE โ€ข Start a timed habit and watch the countdown live in the Dynamic Island โ€ข Home Screen widgets show today's progress at a glance โ€ข Gorgeous light (Morning Bloom) and dark (Midnight Garden) themes MOOD, CONNECTED An optional once-a-day mood check-in helps you notice how your habits and your wellbeing feed each other โ€” no pressure, just awareness. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything lives on your device. No account required, ever. Sign in only if you want your garden safely backed up and synced across devices. No ads. No selling your data. Your habits are yours โ€” export them anytime. Plant your first habit today, and watch something beautiful grow.

Screenshots

Grow4 screens
Bloom3 screens

Verdict

The call

Grow and Bloom are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Grow versus Bloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrowBloom
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size63 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrairie Dog SoftwareDaniel Cojocaru

In-app purchases

None

Grow

No in-app purchases

None

Bloom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grow free?
Grow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bloom free?
Bloom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grow or Bloom have ads?
Neither Grow nor Bloom shows ads.

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