Comparison

Grow vs Seedlit

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

Head to head
About

Grow

Effortlessly track daily progress and visualize your improvements over time. This app offers clear weekly and yearly insights to help you build better habits with purpose and stay motivated on your journey.

Highlights
  • Daily habit tracking
  • Weekly progress view
  • Yearly insights and charts
  • Goal planning
  • Motivation through visual growth
  • Lifestyle improvement
Features
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GROW. HABIT TRACKER FOR BETTER HABITS. Most habit trackers reward you with streaks, then make you feel like you've failed the moment you miss a day. Grow doesn't. There are no streaks to break and no badges to chase. Instead, Grow shows you the bigger picture: when your habits actually work, and how they quietly compound over weeks, months, and a whole year. Because building a better life isn't about a perfect run of days. It's about understanding yourself, and showing up again and again, without the pressure. NO STREAKS. NO GUILT. JUST PROGRESS. Miss a day? Nothing breaks. Grow is built so a single setback never undoes your momentum or your motivation. You see how far you've come, not where you slipped, so it's easy to simply pick back up tomorrow. SEE WHEN YOUR HABITS ACTUALLY WORK Grow reveals the patterns behind your habits. Discover which days of the week you're strongest, watch your monthly totals build across the year, and see your effort compounding instead of fixating on small dips. Real change is a trend, not a tally. INSIGHTS THAT HELP YOU UNDERSTAND YOURSELF The Insights tab stacks all your habits together in one clear picture, so you can compare them side by side and find the ones that genuinely resonate, the habits that stick for you. No two people are the same, and Grow helps you learn what works for you specifically. SEE YOUR WHOLE YEAR AT A GLANCE Zoom out from today to your entire year. Spot your strongest months, follow your momentum, and keep your long game in view, beautifully mapped and never cluttered. ORGANIZE EVERYTHING BY CATEGORY Group habits into categories and switch between them instantly. Focus on what matters today without losing the bigger picture. DESIGNED TO BE CALM, NOT OVERWHELMING Grow honors sleek, elegant, distraction-free design. No noisy gamification, no manufactured rewards, just a clean, native app that's a quiet pleasure to open every day, in both light and dark mode. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your habits are yours alone. Grow syncs seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud, and keeps your data private. PERFECT FOR - Workouts, stretching, and getting your steps in - Reading, studying, and learning a new language or a word a day - Sleeping on time and drinking more water - Meditation, journaling, and a daily moment of gratitude - Practicing an instrument or a creative craft - Cutting back on screen time, caffeine, or other habits you'd like to change - Taking vitamins or keeping up a daily routine - Anyone who's abandoned a habit app after breaking a streak - Students, professionals, parents, and anyone who wants to understand themselves better, without the pressure WHAT GROW DOESN'T DO - No streaks to lose - No badges, points, or gimmicks - No guilt, no clutter, no noise Start small. Stay consistent. Watch yourself grow.

About

Seedlit

This app helps you build a consistent journaling habit by visually representing your progress with a growing plant. Track your mood, set reminders, and access writing prompts to encourage daily reflection. All your entries are private and stored locally, with optional iCloud sync for backup.

Highlights
  • Rich text editing
  • Voice-to-text dictation
  • Photo support
  • Daily mood tracking
  • Plant health visualization
  • Streak tracking
  • Writing prompts
Features
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Seedlit is a journaling app that grows with you. Write daily, track your mood, and keep your plant healthy as you build consistency. Open the app and start writing. Rich text formatting, photos, and voice-to-text are all there when you want them. Everything auto-saves as you type. Just write and close. Your plant reflects your journaling habit. Keep writing and it stays healthy and vibrant. Miss a few days and it starts to wilt. Its appearance changes across six states based on your consistency, so you can always see at a glance how you're doing. Your home screen shows your plant's health, your current streak, a week-at-a-glance strip, and how many days you've journaled this month. Track your mood each day with a simple tap. Your calendar fills up with color over time, showing patterns you might not notice otherwise. Monthly and annual views let you see your journey at a glance. Tap any day to read what you wrote or add a new entry. Set a daily reminder at whatever time works for you. When you're stuck, tap the lightbulb for a writing prompt. Dark mode is fully supported. Every screen, every color, every detail adapts. Your journal is private by design. All entries are stored on your device. No accounts, no sign-ups, no tracking. Optional iCloud sync keeps everything backed up across your Apple devices. Works completely offline. Features: - Rich text editing with bold, italic, underline, highlight, text colors, and adjustable font sizes - Voice-to-text dictation - Photo support - Daily mood tracking - Plant health system with six visual states - Streak tracking and monthly progress - Daily reminders - Monthly and annual calendar views with mood colors - Writing prompts - Write entries for any past date - Full dark mode support - JSON export - Optional iCloud sync - Works completely offline - No account required Privacy Policy: https://www.seedlitapp.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.seedlitapp.com/terms

Screenshots

Grow4 screens
Seedlit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Seedlit at Free against Grow's $0.99. Seedlit also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Grow's advantage is chart position (#147 vs unranked). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Seedlit is free to download; Grow costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Grow against 5.0 for Seedlit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Grow's written reviews are positive against 100% of Seedlit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grow ships an update every 2 weeks, Seedlit weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Grow versus Seedlit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrowSeedlit
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#147 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOzlem AKBUDAKAldur LLC

Customer experience

Grow

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

Seedlit

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Grow

No in-app purchases

None

Seedlit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grow free?
Grow costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Seedlit free?
Seedlit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Grow or Seedlit?
Grow and Seedlit are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Grow or Seedlit have ads?
Neither Grow nor Seedlit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grow or Seedlit?
Grow ships an update every 2 weeks, and Seedlit weekly. Most recently, Grow was updated on October 30, 2026 and Seedlit on October 24, 2026.

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