Comparison

Rootling vs Leafolio

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

Head to head
About

Rootling

Easily track the progress of your plant cuttings and divisions. Document your propagation journey with photo timelines, notes, and reminders. Learn what works best for different methods and plants to achieve more successful rooted plants.

Highlights
  • Log various propagation methods
  • Visual photo journal for root progress
  • Save notes and medium changes
  • Track active, successful, and failed projects
  • Compare success rates across methods
  • Browse 200+ plant guides
  • Set propagation reminders
Features
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Rootling helps you turn cuttings into thriving plants. Track every propagation from the first snip to rooted success with photo timelines, reminders, and plant-specific guidance. Whether you're rooting pothos in water, dividing a ZZ plant, or experimenting with air layering, Rootling keeps the whole journey organised — and tells you whether your cutting is on track. WHY ROOTLING - Log cuttings, offsets, divisions, seeds, air layering, and more - See root progress in a visual photo journal - Know the typical rooting time for your plant and method, and whether yours is early, on track, or overdue - Something wrong? The offline diagnosis assistant turns "yellow leaves, no roots after four weeks" into clear next steps - Track active, successful, failed, and archived projects LEARN WHAT WORKS - Compare success rates across 15 propagation methods - Browse 200+ plant guides with tips, difficulty levels, and rooting times - Mark favourites and sort the library by easiest or fastest rooting - Compare your own rooting times against the reference values STAY ON SCHEDULE - See your whole week of waterings, root checks, and transplants in one agenda, and complete a day at once - Set reminders for water changes, root checks, and transplanting - Keep your full propagation history searchable in one journal — free for everyone SHARE AND KEEP - Turn any propagation into a before-and-after card for Messages, Instagram, or your plant group - Export your time-lapse as a 9:16 reel with the growth curve, or print QR-code labels for your jars - Unlock iCloud sync, exports, growth tracking, and time-lapse videos with Premium - Available as a subscription or a single one-time purchase - Family Sharing for up to 5 people Great for houseplant lovers, hobby growers, and anyone who wants fewer failed cuttings and more thriving plants. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pinkysworld.github.io/Rootling/privacy

About

Leafolio

This app is a premium plant collection journal for serious growers and collectors. It helps you organize plant details, photos, sources, and care notes. An optional premium subscription adds advanced breeding records for documenting crosses and traits.

Highlights
  • Catalog plant collection with details and photos
  • Preserve photo history and milestones
  • Save favorite vendors and nurseries
  • Build a wishlist for future acquisitions
  • Track orders from purchase to arrival
  • Record care observations
  • Document breeding records and parentage
Features
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Leafolio is a premium plant collection journal built for serious growers, collectors, and plant lovers who want more than a simple watering reminder. Most of Leafolio is yours to use with the app, with optional Leafolio Premium adding advanced breeding records for growers who document crosses, parentage, traits, and harvest timing. Keep your plants, photos, sources, vendors, orders, wishlists, care notes, and records organized in one beautiful place. Whether you grow orchids, Japanese maples, roses, carnivorous plants, hoyas, aroids, rare houseplants, or anything in between, Leafolio helps you preserve the full story behind every plant in your collection. Track where each plant came from, when you acquired it, what it was purchased as, which vendor supplied it, how it has changed over time, and what details matter most to you. For growers who breed plants, Leafolio Premium adds a dedicated place to document crosses, parentage, observed traits, dates, and expected harvest timing — so breeding records stay connected to the plants they came from. With Leafolio, you can: • Catalog your plant collection with names, photos, categories, sources, and notes • Preserve photo history and milestones over time • Save favorite vendors, growers, nurseries, and sellers • Build a wishlist for future plant acquisitions • Track orders from purchase to arrival • Record care observations and plants that need attention • Document breeding records, parentage, crosses, traits, and harvest timing with Leafolio Premium • Keep important plant history together instead of scattered across notes, photos, messages, and spreadsheets Leafolio is designed for collectors who care about where their plants came from, how they grow, what they become, and the details that make each one worth remembering. Your plant collection is a masterpiece. It deserves more than a list. Your breeding work deserves more than scattered notes. Leafolio keeps the full story together. Subscription Terms: Leafolio Premium is an optional auto-renewing subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew at the same price unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://leafolio.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Rootling4 screens
Leafolio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Leafolio at 14 against Rootling's 1. Leafolio also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Rootling sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Leafolio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rootling against 5.0 for Leafolio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Leafolio has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rootling ships an update every 2 weeks, Leafolio every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Rootling versus Leafolio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRootlingLeafolio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings114 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichel NguyenThe Two Trees LLC

Customer experience

Rootling

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Leafolio

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Rootling

Subscriptions2
  • Rootling Premium Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Rootling Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$39.99
2 purchases

Leafolio

Subscriptions2
  • Leafolio Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Leafolio Premium Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Rootling free?
Rootling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Leafolio free?
Leafolio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rootling or Leafolio?
Rootling and Leafolio are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 14 ratings respectively.
Do Rootling or Leafolio have ads?
Neither Rootling nor Leafolio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rootling or Leafolio?
Rootling ships an update every 2 weeks, and Leafolio every 3 weeks. Most recently, Rootling was updated on October 28, 2026 and Leafolio on October 24, 2026.

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