Comparison

Veggie Note vs Garden Notebook

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

Head to head
About

Veggie Note

Features
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Track harvests, log garden tasks, and never miss a fertilizing day. A private garden journal built for home gardeners. Tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, lettuce, daikon— What you record this season shapes next season's results. No social feed. Not for showing off. A notebook, just for you. 【What you can do】 ▷ Crop Registration Log vegetable name, variety, sowing date, expected harvest date, crop rotation interval, photos, and notes. Rotation intervals are auto-filled for common crops (e.g., tomato: 3 years, eggplant: 4 years). ▷ Work Logs Sowing · transplanting · thinning · fertilizing · pesticide · harvesting · watering— Log what you did and when, with multiple photos. Track expenses (seeds, fertilizer, pesticide costs). Current weather and temperature are saved automatically when you log. ▷ Harvest Logs Record harvest date, quantity, weight, photos, and notes. The crop detail view shows cumulative harvest total and cost efficiency (¥ per 100g) based on your work costs. ▷ Task Reminders (Pro) Set a next-reminder date on any work log and receive a push notification. No more "Did I fertilize this week?" ▷ Harvest Date Alerts (Pro) Get notified 3 days before your expected harvest date. Stop missing the perfect picking window. ▷ Harvest Graph (Pro) View monthly harvest totals as a bar chart for any selected year. ▷ Harvest Ranking (Pro) See your top 3 crops by total harvest weight for the year. ▷ Unified Log View Browse all work and harvest records across all crops in calendar or list view. Filter by crop name or task type. ▷ Quick Log Long-press any crop card to instantly log watering or fertilizing. ▷ CSV Export Export crops, work logs, and harvest logs as 3 CSV files (UTF-8 BOM). Ready for Excel or Numbers. ▷ Export with Photos (ZIP) Bundle CSVs and photos into one ZIP for easy backup or device transfer. ▷ Data Import Add data from a CSV or ZIP backup. Photos are restored when you import a ZIP. ▷ End-of-Season Summary Close out a growing season to see total harvest, days grown, and task count in one view. A satisfying wrap-up — and useful data for next year. 【Who it's for】 • Gardeners who forget what they grew last year and repeat the same mistakes • Those who never know when to fertilize without looking it up every time • Anyone who finds social gardening apps too heavy or distracting • Gardeners who want to track harvest weight and see whether the cost was worth it • Beginners starting with a balcony or container garden 【Your data stays on your device】 All data is stored locally on your iPhone. Nothing is sent to external servers. No account required. No risk of losing records if a service shuts down. 【Pricing】 • Free: Up to 5 active crops. Work logs, harvest logs, quick log, rotation presets, CSV/ZIP export, and data import included free. • Veggie Note Pro (one-time purchase): Unlimited crops, task reminders, harvest alerts, harvest graph, and ranking. Pay once. No subscriptions, ever. ---------------------- Developer: Kore Apps Support: support@kore-apps.com ----------------------

About

Garden Notebook

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Garden Notebook is a simple app for tracking what you did in your vegetable garden and when. ■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 10×10 grid. 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 Your records are stored securely to your account and carry over if you switch devices. 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

Screenshots

Veggie Note4 screens
Garden Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Veggie Note at none against Garden Notebook's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Veggie Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Garden Notebook sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Veggie Note ships an update every 5 days, Garden Notebook every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Veggie Note versus Garden Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeggie NoteGarden Notebook
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkazuki korenoriRobonet Communications inc.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Veggie Note

One-time1
  • Veggie Note Pro$5.99
1 purchases

Garden Notebook

Subscriptions1
  • 広告非表示プラン$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Veggie Note free?
Veggie Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Garden Notebook free?
Garden Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Veggie Note or Garden Notebook have ads?
Garden Notebook shows ads; Veggie Note does not.
Which is updated more often, Veggie Note or Garden Notebook?
Veggie Note ships an update every 5 days, and Garden Notebook every 9 days. Most recently, Veggie Note was updated on October 1, 2026 and Garden Notebook on October 2, 2026.

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