GroGuild vs ConoP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GroGuild
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Create your own plants and categories, edit existing plants and choose icons, spacing and growing conditions. The editor and import are free for everyone. With groguild Pro, export and share your own entries or the entire plant library. Edits survive app updates and appear in existing guilds. When replacing the library, a list of affected plants and guilds prevents missing entries. Two Australian plants join the catalog. Plant information panels now scroll reliably. GroGuild revolutionizes how you plan your garden. With our innovative drag & drop designer, you'll effortlessly create sustainable plant communities and discover the hidden synergies between different plant species. WHAT MAKES GROGUILD SPECIAL? GroGuild combines centuries-old permaculture wisdom with modern desktop and mobile technology. The intuitive 2D canvas makes complex ecosystem planning accessible - from hobby gardeners to professional landscape planners. KEY FEATURES: • Drag & Drop Guild Designer with an interactive 2D canvas • Grid, snap-to-grid and alignment guides for precise beds • Distance and area measurement directly on the canvas • Companion synergies and antagonist conflicts drawn as live lines • Plant database with category, spacing, sun and water needs • Plants native to North America with region and pollinator filters, a North American origin badge, bloom months and butterfly host information • Seasonal sowing and harvest calendar • Southern Hemisphere mode: sowing, bloom and harvest months shift automatically by six months • Guild templates such as Three Sisters, Fruit Tree Guild, Herb Island, Pollinator Patch and Monarch Waystation • Units in cm, m, inches and feet • PDF with layout, plant list and relationships; PNG image of the layout PDF labels and plant names follow all 18 app languages, including Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and Korean. Bundled fonts let the first PDF or PNG export work without internet access. Pollinator Patch and Monarch Waystation are North American examples. Check site suitability and local rules before planting. Do not plant Asclepias syriaca in the EU. AVAILABLE IN 18 LANGUAGES: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Turkish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Czech and Finnish - with one-tap language switch. PERFECT FOR: • Permaculture enthusiasts and hobby gardeners • Pollinator garden and native planting projects • Landscape planners and garden designers • Self-sufficient growers and sustainable farmers • Agricultural science students FREE AND PRO: The free version includes 15 plants across all categories, enough to plan the classic fruit tree guild in full. groguild Pro unlocks every plant and every guild template with a one-time purchase. No subscription. PRIVACY FIRST: All designs are stored strictly on-device. No design data, plant selections or metadata are sent to any server. Transform your garden into a productive, sustainable ecosystem with GroGuild!
ConoP
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A note-taking tool that blends "simple writing" with "intelligent cross-device sync". Copy a piece of text on your Mac, and when you pick up your iPad or iPhone, the note has already been automatically created or appended to your current content — no manual pasting needed. This happens only when you actively enable sync and the app is in the foreground, protecting your privacy. 1. Cross-Device Clipboard Once enabled, any text copied from your Mac silently generates a note on your iOS device or appends to an existing one, with precise insertion modes (top/bottom, with timestamp, blank line separation). Turn on "Show floating sync button" and "Show floating paste mode button" — the buttons are movable. The floating sync button lets you quickly switch between different auto-access clipboard modes, and the floating paste mode button lets you switch between different paste modes rapidly. 2. Waterfall Reading Scroll to the bottom and automatically switch to the next note — no need to frequently return to the list. Combined with over ten carefully tuned reading themes (eye-care warm, dark quiet reading, soft green background…) and full-screen stepless font size adjustment, global line spacing, margin adjustment, and scrollbar visibility, it makes long reading a pleasure. 3. Efficient Organization Multi-level folders, multi-level categories, move, duplicate, trash recovery… Whether scattered inspirations or long-form writing, everything stays organized. 4. Completely Local, Privacy Protected All notes are stored only in the on-device SwiftData database. The app makes no network requests, and embeds no analytics or advertising SDKs. Clipboard access occurs only when you actively enable sync and the app is in the foreground; the first access requires system permission. Every word belongs only to you. 5. Multiple Gestures Swipe left to delete into trash, swipe right to copy to clipboard. You can set tap to copy to clipboard, double-tap to preview, and pinch to enter or exit full-screen immersive mode — natural and smooth. 6. Merge & Split Merge and split: supports multiple merge styles (timestamp, reversible merge, etc.). When splitting, you can choose to keep markers, sort, add numbering, and more. 7. Full-Text Modification Insert blank lines, remove blank lines, add numbering, insert timestamps, or append merge markers to an entire note — with real-time preview. 8. Import & Export Data backup, data import, data merge, import folder, export folder, import into folder, and more. An app that "streams" your Mac clipboard into notes, while fully respecting your privacy. The entire process is based on Apple's Universal Clipboard and system Handoff, protecting your privacy and running only in the foreground with your permission.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GroGuild at Free against ConoP's $1.99. GroGuild also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18). ConoP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads 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
GroGuild is free to download; ConoP costs $1.99 up front. GroGuild sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ConoP asks for nothing beyond the download.
GroGuild ships an update every 3 weeks, ConoP fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GroGuild | ConoP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adrian Grochla | å† å®‡ 龚 |
In-app purchases
GroGuild
- GroGuild Pro$3.99
ConoP
No in-app purchases









