Comparison

Leafolio vs Plant Archive

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

Head to head
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/

About

Plant Archive

Features
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Plant Archive is a private plant collection tracker built for houseplant, succulent, and rare plant collectors. Instead of being another generic watering reminder, Plant Archive helps you document each plant as part of your personal collection. Keep detailed profiles, record purchase prices and estimated values, follow propagation results, compare growth photos, and understand the value of your collection over time. Key features: Plant Profiles Create a detailed record for each plant with species, cultivar, acquisition date, source, location, purchase price, estimated value, status, tags, notes, and photos. Propagation Logs Track cutting, leaf, division, seed, and offset propagation batches. Record total count, rooted count, survival count, failures, notes, and success rate. Growth Photos Save growth photos over time and export a growth video from your saved images. Collection Statistics View total plants, total investment, current estimated value, net gain or loss, lost value, propagation success rate, propagation batch count, and growth photo count. Search and Filters Find plants by name, cultivar, tags, location, status, and value. Sort your collection by acquisition date, name, value, investment, or status. Data Export Export your complete plant collection as CSV or JSON for backup, spreadsheet analysis, or collection asset management. Private by Design Plant Archive does not require an account. Your plant records are stored locally on your device. No advertising SDKs, analytics SDKs, or third-party tracking are included. Plant Archive is designed for collectors who care about more than reminders: rare plants, houseplants, succulents, propagation progress, collection value, and the story of every plant.

Screenshots

Leafolio4 screens
Plant Archive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plant Archive at none against Leafolio's 2. Leafolio's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Leafolio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Plant Archive asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Leafolio versus Plant Archive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeafolioPlant Archive
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Two Trees LLC猛 李

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Leafolio

Subscriptions2
  • Leafolio Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Leafolio Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
None

Plant Archive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Leafolio free?
Leafolio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plant Archive free?
Plant Archive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Leafolio or Plant Archive have ads?
Neither Leafolio nor Plant Archive shows ads.

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