Comparison

Plant! vs Plant Care Journal & Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Plant!

Features
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Plant! is a quiet, editorial app for caring for your houseplants β€” and for watching them grow. Most plant apps either gamify you into exhaustion or hand you a spreadsheet. Plant! takes a different path. It does the boring parts well β€” watering reminders, fertilizing schedules, a clean daily care list β€” so the soulful part can shine: a photo timeline that turns months of small moments into something you'll want to keep forever. THE PHOTO TIMELINE Add a photo each time you notice your plant has changed. Then drag the timeline thumb across the screen and watch your plant transform β€” first leaf, new growth, the slow, satisfying arc of a thing thriving under your care. This is the heart of Plant. A DAILY CARE LIST THAT RESPECTS YOU Open the app and see exactly what needs you today, grouped by urgency: Overdue, Today, This Week. Swipe to mark a task done, or tap the circle. No streaks. No guilt. No anthropomorphic plant faces begging for attention. ADD A PLANT IN UNDER A MINUTE Snap a photo and let Plant! suggest the species for you, pick from a curated list of 60 common houseplants, type your own species name, or just choose "I'm not sure" and set the rhythm yourself. Recognition is a gentle suggestion β€” never an autofill β€” so you stay in charge of every detail. Every interval is editable, anytime. GENTLE NOTIFICATIONS One notification at 9:00 AM local time on the days a plant needs water or fertilizer. Complete a task early or late and the next reminder reschedules automatically. No spam, no nagging. BUILT FOR YOUR DEVICES, NOT A SERVER Your plants, schedules, and notes are on your device β€” never our servers. No account. No sign-up. No tracking. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. EDITORIAL DESIGN Inspired by botanical print: a Moss & Cream palette, serif headlines, paper-card surfaces. Light mode, dark mode, or follow your system. The app is meant to feel like a quiet shelf in a sunlit room β€” not a notification center. WHAT'S INSIDE β€’ Daily care list with Overdue, Today, and This Week sections β€’ Photo timeline with smooth crossfading scrubber β€’ Optional photo-based species suggestions when adding a plant β€’ Watering, fertilizing, repotting, pruning, and rotating schedules β€’ 60-plant species catalog with editable starter schedules β€’ Gentle 9:00 AM notifications for watering and fertilizing only β€’ Light, Dark, and System appearance β€’ Universal app β€” iPhone and iPad β€’ No accounts, no tracking, no analytics PRIVACY BY DEFAULT Your data lives in your device. Photos never leave your devices. We don't collect anything. There is nothing to opt out of, because there is nothing to opt out from. A NOTE ON SCOPE Plant! is a deliberately small app. It is not a social network, a marketplace, a plant-disease diagnostic, or a botanical encyclopedia. It does one thing: help you care for the plants you already have, and remember what they looked like a year ago. Made by an indie developer who just wanted a calmer way to keep his plants alive.

About

Plant Care Journal & Tracker

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PREMIUM β€” PURCHASE REQUIRED: All features described below are part of Pro and require a purchase: a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Keeping houseplants alive is mostly remembering: which plant, which day, how much light. PlantNote is a plant care journal with watering reminders β€” open it, see what's due today, tap Watered, done. No AI camera, no plant social network, no account. PlantNote does the unglamorous part well: a fast private diary for every plant you own, reminders that fire on the right day, and a pet-safety badge sourced from the ASPCA and Pet Poison Helpline lists β€” so you know which pot is a problem before the cat does. WHAT YOU GET β€’ A reminder on the exact day each plant is due β€” "Monstera is due for a drink today" at the hour you choose β€’ Pick a species and its light needs, starting watering rhythm and pet-toxicity listing fill in for you β€’ Tap Watered or Fertilised and it lands in a dated care history β€” repotting, pruning and pest checks too β€’ A red warning badge on every plant the ASPCA lists as toxic to cats and dogs, with the source linked β€’ "Water in 3d" on every card, so one glance at your garden tells you the whole week β€’ Your own photo on each plant, so the diary looks like your shelf, not a stock catalogue PERFECT FOR β€’ Plant parents whose watering days drift until the leaves droop β€’ Cat and dog owners who need to know which plants are safe β€’ Collectors past the point where memory can track every pot β€’ Anyone who wants a quiet garden journal, not another feed WHY NOT JUST THE REMINDERS APP? A to-do that says "water plants" repeats blindly whether you watered or not. PlantNote reschedules from the day you actually watered, writes it into that plant's history, and knows the fern and the cactus don't drink on the same week. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your garden, photos, notes and history live in the app on your device. No account, no cloud, no tracking of what you grow. PREMIUM (PURCHASE REQUIRED) PlantNote Pro unlocks the full app: an unlimited garden, your complete care history on every plant, a photo on each plant, and fertilizing reminders alongside watering. Choose a Weekly or Yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Exact prices are shown in the app before you buy. Add your first plant tonight, and let Thursday's watering remind itself. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

Screenshots

Plant!4 screens
Plant Care Journal & Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plant Care Journal & Tracker at none against Plant!'s 1. Plant!'s advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Plant! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Plant Care Journal & Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plant! ships an update daily, Plant Care Journal & Tracker every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Plant! versus Plant Care Journal & Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlant!Plant Care Journal & Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily β€” betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size13 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan CasanuevaLEAN ASIA CO., LTD

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Plant!

One-time1
  • Byu me a coffee$0.99
None

Plant Care Journal & Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plant! free?
Plant! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plant Care Journal & Tracker free?
Plant Care Journal & Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Plant! or Plant Care Journal & Tracker have ads?
Neither Plant! nor Plant Care Journal & Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plant! or Plant Care Journal & Tracker?
Plant! ships an update daily, and Plant Care Journal & Tracker every 4 months. Most recently, Plant! was updated on October 31, 2026 and Plant Care Journal & Tracker on October 31, 2026.

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