Comparison

まきどき vs Veggie Note

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

Head to head
About

まきどき

Features
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"When should I sow these seeds?" Makidoki is a home vegetable gardening app that shows the best timing for sowing, planting, and harvesting based on your region in Japan. Features: - Sowing calendar for 30+ vegetables by prefecture - Push notifications for care timing (thinning, fertilizing, harvesting) - Photo diary for growth records - Seed management with sowing alerts - Companion planting guide - Variety catalog with 100+ cultivars - Preservation guide (refrigeration, freezing, drying) - Data backup and restore From beginners to experienced gardeners, Makidoki helps you grow vegetables with confidence. Select your region and check what you can sow today! Free to use.

About

Veggie Note

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Track harvests, log garden tasks, and never miss a fertilizing day. A private garden journal built for home gardeners. Tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, lettuce, daikon— What you record this season shapes next season's results. No social feed. Not for showing off. A notebook, just for you. 【What you can do】 ▷ Crop Registration Log vegetable name, variety, sowing date, expected harvest date, crop rotation interval, photos, and notes. Rotation intervals are auto-filled for common crops (e.g., tomato: 3 years, eggplant: 4 years). ▷ Work Logs Sowing · transplanting · thinning · fertilizing · pesticide · harvesting · watering— Log what you did and when, with multiple photos. Track expenses (seeds, fertilizer, pesticide costs). Current weather and temperature are saved automatically when you log. ▷ Harvest Logs Record harvest date, quantity, weight, photos, and notes. The crop detail view shows cumulative harvest total and cost efficiency (¥ per 100g) based on your work costs. ▷ Task Reminders (Pro) Set a next-reminder date on any work log and receive a push notification. No more "Did I fertilize this week?" ▷ Harvest Date Alerts (Pro) Get notified 3 days before your expected harvest date. Stop missing the perfect picking window. ▷ Harvest Graph (Pro) View monthly harvest totals as a bar chart for any selected year. ▷ Harvest Ranking (Pro) See your top 3 crops by total harvest weight for the year. ▷ Unified Log View Browse all work and harvest records across all crops in calendar or list view. Filter by crop name or task type. ▷ Quick Log Long-press any crop card to instantly log watering or fertilizing. ▷ CSV Export Export crops, work logs, and harvest logs as 3 CSV files (UTF-8 BOM). Ready for Excel or Numbers. ▷ Export with Photos (ZIP) Bundle CSVs and photos into one ZIP for easy backup or device transfer. ▷ Data Import Add data from a CSV or ZIP backup. Photos are restored when you import a ZIP. ▷ End-of-Season Summary Close out a growing season to see total harvest, days grown, and task count in one view. A satisfying wrap-up — and useful data for next year. 【Who it's for】 • Gardeners who forget what they grew last year and repeat the same mistakes • Those who never know when to fertilize without looking it up every time • Anyone who finds social gardening apps too heavy or distracting • Gardeners who want to track harvest weight and see whether the cost was worth it • Beginners starting with a balcony or container garden 【Your data stays on your device】 All data is stored locally on your iPhone. Nothing is sent to external servers. No account required. No risk of losing records if a service shuts down. 【Pricing】 • Free: Up to 5 active crops. Work logs, harvest logs, quick log, rotation presets, CSV/ZIP export, and data import included free. • Veggie Note Pro (one-time purchase): Unlimited crops, task reminders, harvest alerts, harvest graph, and ranking. Pay once. No subscriptions, ever. ---------------------- Developer: Kore Apps Support: support@kore-apps.com ----------------------

Screenshots

まきどき4 screens
Veggie Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: まきどき at none against Veggie Note's 1. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Veggie Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. まきどき asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and July 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
まきどき versus Veggie Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterまきどきVeggie Note
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkousuke wadakazuki korenori

In-app purchases

None

まきどき

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Veggie Note

One-time1
  • Veggie Note Pro$5.99

Questions

Is まきどき free?
まきどき is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Veggie Note free?
Veggie Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do まきどき or Veggie Note have ads?
Neither まきどき nor Veggie Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, まきどき or Veggie Note?
まきどき ships an update every 5 days, and Veggie Note every 5 days. Most recently, まきどき was updated on September 21, 2026 and Veggie Note on July 23, 2026.

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