Comparison

Plant Compass vs Planet Positive

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

Head to head
About

Plant Compass

This app helps you find the ideal window for each of your houseplants by mapping your home and calculating real sunlight data. It provides hourly forecasts for each window and offers plant identification and watering reminders. Optimize your indoor garden for healthier plants.

Highlights
  • Sunlight calculator for optimal window placement
  • Hourly sunlight forecast per window
  • Plant identifier via photo
  • Watering reminders
  • Seasonal light forecast
  • Home mapping and window rating
Features
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Plant care app that finds the perfect window for every houseplant, based on real sunlight data. Most houseplants die in the wrong light. Plant Compass is the indoor plant tracker that maps your home, calculates the sun's path for your exact address, and tells you precisely which window each plant needs and which plants thrive in each window. HOW IT WORKS - Find your home: search your address or drop a pin to trace your building on the map. - Rate your windows: tap each window and get an hourly sunlight forecast through every season. - Place your plants: pick from the plant care catalog or use the plant identifier to snap a photo, then place each plant in its ideal window. PLANT CARE FEATURES - Sunlight calculator: real solar geometry for your latitude, no sensors needed. - Watering reminders: per-plant watering schedules so nothing dries out or drowns. - Plant identifier: point your camera at any houseplant and get an instant ID. - Windowsill scanner: scan a sill to add every plant in seconds. - Seasonal light forecast: see how sun hours shift from summer to winter for every window in your home. FREE AND PRO Mapping your home, sunlight forecasts, watering reminders, and up to three plants are free. Plant Compass Pro unlocks unlimited plants, the windowsill scanner, and the plant identifier. Subscribe monthly for $2.99, or save 44% with a yearly plan at $19.99. Your houseplant collection and home layout sync to your private account across devices. No ads, no data selling, ever. --- Plant Compass Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends, at the price of the selected plan. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://plantcompass.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://plantcompass.com/privacy

About

Planet Positive

Discover daily uplifting stories of human kindness, narrated or for reading. Find comfort during difficult times with curated stories. An optional subscription offers expanded access to archives and features.

Highlights
  • Daily stories of human kindness
  • Narrated audio option
  • Journaling for private reflection
  • "I Need Hope" feature for immediate comfort
  • Offline story downloads (Plus)
  • Searchable story archive (Plus)
Features
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Every day, one true story of human kindness. Not headlines. Not opinion. A single real story about someone choosing to be good to another person - told properly, in about four minutes, and narrated if you would rather listen than read. THE DAILY STORY IS FREE. FOREVER. No paywall, no trial, no counting how many you have left. The story of the day is free to everyone, always. That is the promise the whole app is built on. Nobody having a hard day should meet a payment screen. HOW IT WORKS Open the app and today's story is waiting. Read it, or press play and listen. Each story ends with a quote worth keeping and one honest question to sit with. Answer that question if you want to. What you write is private to your account and stays yours. Check in with how you are feeling. Your streak grows quietly - not to pressure you, but so you can see that you have been showing up for yourself. I NEED HOPE Some days you cannot wait until tomorrow. Press the centre button, say how you are feeling, and the app finds a story for that. Sad. Lonely. Anxious. Overwhelmed. Discouraged. Grieving. It will not fix anything. It is one true story about someone being kind, at the moment you most need reminding that it happens. LISTEN ANYWHERE Almost every story is narrated. Play it on the commute, on a walk, while cooking, or with your eyes closed in the dark. Audio keeps playing when your screen locks. PLANET POSITIVE PLUS The daily story is free forever. Plus is for people who want more of it, and for those who want to keep it free for everyone else. Plus includes: - Every story ever published, searchable - Unlimited journal writing (free includes 10 reflections a month) - Download stories and audio for offline listening - Unlimited "I Need Hope" (free includes three a day) - Collections, to keep the ones that mattered - Your weekly recap - A reminder at a time you choose Plus is a subscription. It renews until you cancel, and you can cancel any time from your device settings. WHAT THIS APP IS NOT It is not a news app. It is not social - there is no feed, no comments, no followers, and nothing to scroll. It is one story a day, and a quiet place to sit with it. PRIVACY Your journal is private to your account. We do not sell your data, and we do not show advertising. Terms: https://planetpositive.app/terms Privacy: https://planetpositive.app/privacy

Screenshots

Plant Compass4 screens
Planet Positive4 screens

Verdict

The call

Plant Compass and Planet Positive are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Plant Compass sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Planet Positive sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 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 Plant Compass against 5.0 for Planet Positive. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plant Compass ships an update every 2 weeks, Planet Positive every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Plant Compass versus Planet Positive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlant CompassPlanet Positive
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrittany HaleEMMANUEL SHADY ETIKA

Customer experience

Plant Compass

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Planet Positive

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Plant Compass

Subscriptions2
  • Plant Compass Pro$2.991 Month
  • Plant Compass Pro$19.991 Year
4 purchases

Planet Positive

Subscriptions2
  • Plus — Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Plus — Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Gift 1 Month of Plus$1.99
  • Gift 3 Months of Plus$5.99

Questions

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

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