Budder Plant Care vs elsehear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Budder Plant Care
Organize your plant collection with photos and care logs. Track watering, fertilizing, and get reminders. Identify plants and create artwork with AI features.
- Plant collection organization
- Photo history for plant growth
- Care task tracking and reminders
- On-device plant identification
- AI-powered care suggestions
- Digital garden arrangement
- Shareable plant profiles
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Budder keeps your plants, photos and care routines together. Build a plant collection, organize it by room, and keep a photo history as your plants grow. Track watering, fertilizing and other care tasks, review upcoming reminders, and sync a dedicated Budder calendar. Arrange your collection in a digital garden, share selected plant photos, and exchange messages with other Budder users. Shared profile links preview your public garden and profile picture. On-device plant identification helps you review possible matches. Compatible devices can also create plant artwork with Apple Image Playground and offer personalized care suggestions. Manual plant entry and bundled care guides remain available when Apple Intelligence features are unavailable. Use Budder on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Choose your preferred text size with a preview; this setting stays specific to each device. An account is required. Your collection syncs through Budder's server; you choose which plant photos and profiles to share. Privacy policy: https://budder.sihao.dev/privacy.html Terms of use: https://budder.sihao.dev/terms.html
elsehear
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Listen to real places around the world, live. Browse places around the world and tune into their live soundscapes. Discover the coordinates and stories behind the sounds you hear. Tap "Take me somewhere" and let Elsehear choose your next destination. Save your favorite places and return to them whenever you like. Favorites sync across your iPhones when you sign in with the same Apple account. See your current place and playback status on the Lock Screen with Live Activities. Browse places and control playback on your paired iPhone with the Apple Watch companion. Available in English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, French, and German. Elsehear is an art project for sharing the sounds of the world. With thanks to Locus Sonus and the contributors who keep these open microphones listening. Sign in with Apple and an internet connection are required. Audio comes from live sources, so sounds and stream availability vary. Be here, hear elsewhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Budder Plant Care at none against elsehear's 1. Budder Plant Care also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). elsehear's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. elsehear sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Budder Plant Care asks for nothing beyond the download.
Budder Plant Care ships an update daily, elsehear every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Budder Plant Care | elsehear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 203 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sihao Chen | dohyun ahn |
Customer experience
Budder Plant Care
elsehear
In-app purchases
Budder Plant Care
No in-app purchases
elsehear
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