まきどき vs Garden Notebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
まきどき
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"When should I sow these seeds?" Makidoki shows when to sow, plant and harvest vegetables, matched to your region in Japan. - Sowing, planting and harvest timing for 198 vegetables, by prefecture - "My vegetables": only the crops you grow, sorted automatically so what you can harvest or sow now comes first - Shift the timing 10 days earlier or later to fit your variety or field - Record the days you sowed, planted and harvested, and see them on a calendar - Set a future sowing date and get a reminder at 7 a.m. that day - Write notes on the calendar - Add your own vegetables This app shows ads. You can remove them with a one-time purchase.
Garden Notebook
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What should you do in the garden today? Garden Notebook answers that. Log your sowing, fertilizing and harvests, and the app shows today's tasks based on when you planted and each vegetable's usual harvest time, the days since a task was last done, and what you did around this time last year. Lay out your garden as a bed map for each year and season (Spring/Summer, Autumn/Winter), so you can see where everything grew last year when you plan the next crop. No sign-in needed to get started. ■Who it's for • Anyone growing vegetables at home, on an allotment, or in a community garden • People currently scattering planting and harvest notes across paper notebooks or generic note apps • Gardeners who can never quite remember what they planted last year, or when ■Key features • Work log: Record the date, vegetable, and task (sowing, watering, fertilizing, harvesting, etc.) in seconds • Today's suggestions: See what you likely need to do today, based on what you did around this time last year • Plot layout: Your garden is laid out as a grid. Add or remove rows and columns to match the size of your plot (up to 30×30). Assign vegetables to individual cells, or merge cells together into a single bed • Vegetable & variety catalog: Keep a list of the vegetables and varieties you grow, to plan next season's planting • History: Browse and review your past work logs in order ■Pricing All recording and management features are completely free. An optional monthly subscription is available if you'd like to remove the in-app ads (price as shown in the store). ■Your data You can start right away without signing in. Without signing in, your records are stored only on this device. Once you sign in, your records are saved to your account and carry over if you switch devices (records already on this device are moved to your account when you sign in). While signed in, you can permanently delete your account and all data at any time from the Settings screen. ■Terms and privacy Terms of Use: https://kagei-garden-app.onrender.com/legal/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://kagei-garden-app.onrender.com/legal/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: まきどき at none against Garden Notebook's 1. まきどき also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Garden Notebook sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. まきどき asks for nothing beyond the download.
まきどき ships an update daily, Garden Notebook fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | まきどき | Garden Notebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kousuke wada | Robonet Communications inc. |
In-app purchases
まきどき
No in-app purchases
Garden Notebook
- 広告非表示プラン$0.991 Month
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Is まきどき free?
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