Comparison

Plotly vs Gardned

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

Head to head
About

Plotly

This app helps you plan and manage your garden by organizing spaces, tracking plants, and scheduling essential tasks. It simplifies garden maintenance with reminders and task tracking for various plant care activities.

Highlights
  • Organize garden spaces
  • Track plants and varieties
  • Schedule watering, feeding, and pruning
  • Set due dates and reminders
  • Automatic task repetition
  • View daily and overdue tasks
Features
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Plotly is a simple garden planner for real life. Organise your garden spaces, keep track of plants, and stay on top of jobs without using spreadsheets or messy notes. Create spaces like beds, pots, borders, greenhouse areas, and indoor growing spots. Add plants to each space, record useful details, and schedule tasks so you know what needs doing and when. Plotly helps you: - Organise garden spaces - Track plants and varieties - Add watering, feeding, pruning, sowing, transplanting, harvesting, deadheading, weed checks, and pest checks - Set due dates and reminders - Repeat regular tasks automatically - See what is due today, overdue, or completed Whether you are growing flowers, herbs, vegetables, or just trying to keep your garden under control, Plotly makes planning easier.

About

Gardned

Features
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Gardned turns your garden's real conditions into a plan you can actually follow. Tell it about each zone - sun, soil, drainage, size - and Gardned's AI recommends the right plants and builds a care calendar tuned to your conditions and the season. A plan, not a guess. PLANTS PICKED FOR YOUR ZONE Add a zone - a raised bed, border, patio or plot - and get AI plant recommendations matched to its specific sun, soil and drainage. Each pick includes spacing, planting depth, a seasonal plan and care notes, so you know exactly what to put where. A CARE CALENDAR THAT KNOWS YOUR PLANTS Gardned generates weekly tasks timed to your plants and the season - watering, pruning, feeding, harvesting. Never miss a watering again. See what needs doing today, this week, and through the year. MAP YOUR GARDEN, ZONE BY ZONE Every part of a garden is different. Manage multiple zones across one or more gardens, each with its own tailored advice - because a shaded border and a sunny vegetable patch need completely different care. KNOW WHAT'S GROWING WHERE Log the plants in each zone and build a living record of your garden over time. Track what you've planted, what's thriving, and what's coming next. BUILT FOR REAL GARDENERS Whether you're growing food on a balcony or managing a large plot, Gardned adapts to how you garden - not the other way around. Simple to start, and more useful the more you grow. Plan smarter. Grow with confidence. Download Gardned today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gardned.com/privacy

Screenshots

Plotly4 screens
Gardned4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plotly at none against Gardned's 2. Plotly also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Gardned's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Gardned sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Plotly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plotly ships an update every 3 months, Gardned every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Plotly versus Gardned: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlotlyGardned
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size39 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNatasha CardKristaps Berzins

In-app purchases

None

Plotly

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Gardned

Subscriptions2
  • Gardned Pro14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Gardned Pro14 Days trial$22.991 Year

Questions

Is Plotly free?
Plotly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gardned free?
Gardned is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Plotly or Gardned have ads?
Neither Plotly nor Gardned shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plotly or Gardned?
Plotly ships an update every 3 months, and Gardned every 3 weeks. Most recently, Plotly was updated on October 4, 2026 and Gardned on October 6, 2026.

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