SimpleGrow vs NannyLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleGrow
Plan your garden with personalized schedules based on local frost dates. Design raised beds, identify plants, and diagnose issues with AI tools. Access expert courses and webinars to improve your gardening skills.
- Personalized planting schedules
- Raised bed layout designer
- AI plant identification
- Pest and disease diagnosis
- Expert gardening courses
- Companion planting suggestions
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Know exactly what to plant - and when. SimpleGrow turns your location's real frost dates into a personalized planting schedule so nothing goes in the ground too early, too late, or in the wrong spot. Used by home gardeners growing vegetables, herbs, and food for their families. SMART PLANTING SCHEDULES • Personalized to your exact zip code and frost dates • Seed starting, transplanting, and harvest reminders • Spring and fall calendars with succession planting GARDEN LAYOUT PLANNER • Visual raised bed designer with drag-and-drop • Companion planting suggestions (friends and enemies) • Auto-generates layouts based on your plant list AI-POWERED TOOLS • Identify plants and diagnose problems from a photo • Pest and disease diagnosis • Pet-safe plant checker LEARN FROM EXPERTS • Video courses on regenerative gardening • Monthly live webinars with expert gardeners • Soil health and composting guides --- Try free for 14 days --- $9.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use: https://simplegrow.org/terms Privacy Policy: https://simplegrow.org/privacy
NannyLog
This app helps nannies and babysitters track daily activities, log hours and pay, and generate professional invoices. It allows for documenting incidents, sharing updates with parents, and managing multiple children or families.
- Clock in/out and log hours
- Daily parent reports with AI draft option
- Track multiple families and children
- Generate professional invoices
- Log meals, naps, activities with photos
- Document incidents with parent acknowledgement
- Shared calendar and expense tracking
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The nanny log built for the way you actually work. Clock in, track the day, send the parents a clean daily report, and invoice your hours, all from one app designed for babysitters, nannies, childminders and au pairs. NannyLog combines a real-time childcare log with nanny hours and pay tracking. Whether this is your summer job or your career, NannyLog keeps the shift organized and makes you look professional to every family. Parents use it free. WHY NANNIES CHOOSE NANNYLOG • One tap to clock in and start logging • Daily parent reports built from what you logged, with an optional AI draft written on supported iPhones (iOS 26 or later) • Track hours for more than one family • Send a professional invoice from your tracked hours • Log meals, naps, diapers, activities and milestones with photos • Document incidents with severity levels and parent acknowledgement • Works for a single evening of babysitting or a full-time nanny career DAILY LOG & ACTIVITY TRACKING Log meals, bottles, naps, diaper changes, activities and milestones with one-tap timestamps. Attach photos as the day happens. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence (iOS 26 or later), NannyLog can draft the end-of-day report on the device, so you don't start from a blank page. HOURS & PAY TRACKER FOR NANNIES Clock in and out in one tap and choose which children you're caring for. Add or correct time records, set your rate per family, and see what you've earned. Parents can see the same tracked hours, so there are no awkward money conversations. PROFESSIONAL INVOICES Generate an invoice from tracked hours, add your "How to pay me" details, and share it as a PDF. Invoiced hours are marked so they're never billed twice. INCIDENT REPORTING THAT PROTECTS YOU Document bumps, injuries or behavior concerns with severity levels, notes and photos. Parents are notified and acknowledge the report in their app, giving everyone a dated record. PARENT MESSAGING & UPDATES Chat with parents and share photos and notes as the day happens, without mixing work into your personal texts. MULTI-CHILD & MULTI-FAMILY Care for siblings with individual profiles, or work for more than one household and keep each family's children, hours and invoices separate. SHARED CALENDAR, EXPENSES & SUPPLY REQUESTS Share a calendar for shifts, days off, appointments and school events. Log expenses with receipt photos for parents to approve and reimburse. Flag diapers, wipes, formula or snacks running low. ARRIVAL CHECK-IN Optional location check-in when you arrive lets parents know you made it. Location is only read when you check in. FREE FOR PARENTS Parents join with an 8-character invite code and see their child's day, daily reports, photos, incidents, hours and invoices at no cost. NANNYLOG PREMIUM The free plan covers one child and 10 log entries a day. Premium adds: • Unlimited children and daily log entries • Hours tracking with one-tap clock-in • Invoices with payment details and PDF sharing • Arrival check-in New subscribers get a 7-day free trial. BUILT FOR REAL NANNIES College student babysitting on weekends, au pair on a year-long placement, career nanny with one family for a decade: NannyLog is designed from the caregiver's side of childcare. PRIVACY A child's information is shared only with their caregivers and the parents you connect. No ads, and we never sell your information or the children's data. Questions, feedback, feature requests: jarrod@jandhtechnology.com Website: https://nannydaily.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SimpleGrow at 100% against NannyLog's 0%. SimpleGrow also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. SimpleGrow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and NannyLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SimpleGrow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SimpleGrow's written reviews are positive against 0% of NannyLog's.
SimpleGrow ships an update every 2 weeks, NannyLog every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleGrow | NannyLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Angel Abreu | J & H Technology LLC |
Customer experience
SimpleGrow
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In-app purchases
SimpleGrow
- SimpleGrow Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
- SimpleGrow Premium Annual$89.991 Year
NannyLog
- NannyDaily Monthly Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- NannyDaily Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year









