Comparison

Leafolio vs Folaria

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

Folaria

Organize your plant collection with a beautiful journal and care tracker. Log growth, set reminders for watering, and track propagations. Build a wishlist and save your favorite tools.

Highlights
  • Organize plant collection with photos and locations
  • Journal for each plant: log growth, repotting
  • Care reminders for watering and fertilizing
  • Track propagations from cutting to new plant
  • View collection stats and insights
  • Build a plant wishlist
  • Save favorite tools and supplies
Features
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Folaria is the home for your plant collection — a beautiful journal, care tracker and propagation log, all in one place. Whether you have 3 plants or 300, Folaria helps you keep every one thriving. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Organize your whole collection with photos, species and locations • Keep a journal for each plant — log growth, repotting and milestones • Get gentle reminders so you never forget to water or fertilize • Track propagations from cutting to rooted new plant • Watch your collection grow with stats, activity and insights • Build a wishlist of the plants you want next • Save your favorite tools and supplies FREE & PRO Folaria is free for up to 10 plants. Upgrade to Folaria Pro for: • Unlimited plants • Full journal & care tasks • Propagation tracker • Statistics & insights • Wishlist & supplies • Data export Subscribe monthly or yearly — cancel anytime. Happy growing! Terms of Use: https://folaria.app/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://folaria.app/en/privacy/

Screenshots

Leafolio4 screens
Folaria4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Leafolio at 14 against Folaria's 2. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 and Folaria 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 Leafolio against 5.0 for Folaria. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Leafolio has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Leafolio versus Folaria: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeafolioFolaria
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (14 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Two Trees LLCALINA BOIKO

Customer experience

Leafolio

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

Folaria

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Leafolio

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

Folaria

Subscriptions2
  • Folaria Pro — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Folaria Pro — Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Leafolio free?
Leafolio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Folaria free?
Folaria is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Leafolio or Folaria?
Leafolio and Folaria are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 14 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Leafolio or Folaria have ads?
Neither Leafolio nor Folaria shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Leafolio or Folaria?
Leafolio ships an update every 3 weeks, and Folaria every 3 weeks. Most recently, Leafolio was updated on October 31, 2026 and Folaria on October 31, 2026.

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