Veggie Note vs Garden Notebook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Veggie Note
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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 (cost per 100g) based on your work costs. Each crop's first harvest gets a small celebration. ▷ Task Reminders (Pro) Set a next-reminder date on any work log and receive a push notification. Make it repeat weekly, every 2 weeks, monthly, or yearly — logging the task moves it to the next date. 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). Opens in spreadsheet apps. ▷ 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】 Your records and photos stay on your iPhone and are never sent to our servers. Your location is shared with Apple's weather service only when recording the weather. 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 (including repeats), harvest alerts, harvest graph, and ranking. Pay once. No subscriptions, ever. Have an idea or a problem? Send it anytime from Settings → Send Feedback. ---------------------- Developer: Kore Apps Support: support@kore-apps.com ----------------------
Garden Notebook
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What should you do in the garden today? Garden Notebook answers that. Log your sowing, fertilizing and harvests, and the app shows today's tasks based on when you planted and each vegetable's usual harvest time, the days since a task was last done, and what you did around this time last year. Lay out your garden as a bed map for each year and season (Spring/Summer, Autumn/Winter), so you can see where everything grew last year when you plan the next crop. No sign-in needed to get started. ■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 grid. Add or remove rows and columns to match the size of your plot (up to 30×30). 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 You can start right away without signing in. Without signing in, your records are stored only on this device. Once you sign in, your records are saved to your account and carry over if you switch devices (records already on this device are moved to your account when you sign in). While signed in, 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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Veggie Note at none against Garden Notebook's shown. Veggie Note also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
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.
Veggie Note ships an update every 4 days, Garden Notebook fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Veggie Note | Garden Notebook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | kazuki korenori | Robonet Communications inc. |
In-app purchases
Veggie Note
- Veggie Note Pro$9.99
Garden Notebook
- 広告非表示プラン$0.991 Month
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