Trees Diary vs My garden journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Trees Diary
Document and manage your tree inventory with detailed profiles, track their development through a diary with photos, and visualize them on a map. Supports multiple languages and iCloud backup for easy management and transfer.
- Individual tree profiles
- Diary entries with photos
- Map view of tree locations
- Photo documentation with adjustable size
- iCloud backup and export
- Multilingual support
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Trees Diary - Your Digital Journal for Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Plants Document and manage your entire tree inventory - whether in your own garden, on an orchard meadow, in the forest, or across your property. Trees Diary is the perfect app for anyone who wants to systematically catalog their trees, fruit trees, shrubs, and hedges and follow their development over the years. CATALOG & MANAGE TREES Create an individual profile for each tree - including species, variety, planting date, and exact location on the map. Whether it's a single apple tree in the garden, a row of oaks along a field, or an entire orchard meadow - stay on top of it all. KEEP A DIARY Track the development of your trees over the years. Document pruning, flowering times, harvest yields, pest infestations, or special observations - with text and photos. MAP VIEW See all your trees at a glance - as pins on the map. Ideal for orchards, woodland plots, or large properties. Switch between standard and satellite view. PHOTO DOCUMENTATION Photograph your trees throughout the seasons and track their growth. Compression and image size are adjustable to keep the database lean. ICLOUD BACKUP Automatically back up your database to iCloud Drive and transfer it to another device. Email export is also available. NEW: MULTILINGUAL Now available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Chinese (Simplified). Perfect for: - Garden owners with fruit trees and ornamental shrubs - Orchard meadow operators and community orchard groups - Forest owners and forestry enthusiasts - Conservationists and tree sponsorships - Property owners with tree inventories Simple. Clear. For everyone who loves their trees.
My garden journal
Track plant care tasks like fertilizing, pruning, and disease prevention. Access a comprehensive plant encyclopedia and a plant protection lexicon with biological solutions. Document crop rotation and soil health for a thriving garden.
- Plant care scheduling (fertilizing, pruning)
- Plant encyclopedia with 300 entries
- Plant disease identification and biological solutions
- Crop rotation documentation
- Soil health lexicon
- Task notifications
- Apple Watch integration
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Are you like me? Some plants have to be fertilized or protected from diseases at regular intervals. But when was the last fertilization?Β My garden journal helps you keep a better overview. In doing so, this app focuses on the most important garden activities like fertilizing, pruning, plant protection. Conveniently create your plants from the built-in encyclopedia, and maintain the dates according to your needs.β¨ The app includes a plant encyclopedia, structured like the garden diary, with explanations of each topic from sowing to harvesting, all based on organic gardening principles.Β It includes 300 plants from the categories berries, herbs, flowers, fruits, vegetables, green manure, hedge, climbing plants, and ground cover. You will also receive assistance in identifying plant diseases. For this purpose, there is a plant protection lexicon, which describes the 75 most common diseases pictorially and in text form and describes biological protection measures. An advanced search function by color or pest type helps you in your search. Plant protection measures for several plants can be entered in a separate diary also via the Apple Watch. The dates can be transferred to the calendar. The soil lexicon contains entries that explain measures for soil improvement. The focus is on a gentle treatment of the soil without chemical agents. Use our picture gallery of "indicator plants" to determine the soil properties. You can record your own notes and also document the crop rotation of the vegetable beds in your garden, thus securing the necessary information for the following year. Crop rotation contributes to the gentle use of the soil and helps to avoid pests and diseases. You can document the crop rotations and thus secure the necessary information for the following year. Notifications remind you of tasks to be completed during the year.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trees Diary at 80% against My garden journal's 0%. Trees Diary also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99). My garden journal's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 22 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Trees Diary costs $0.99 and My garden journal $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Trees Diary ships an update every 22 months, My garden journal every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Trees Diary | My garden journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 β better | $1.99 |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews β better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 6 months β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 828 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthias Rudolph | Daniel Furrer |
Customer experience
Trees Diary
My garden journal
In-app purchases
Trees Diary
No in-app purchases
My garden journal
No in-app purchases
Questions
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