Compare Grow To Eat to other garden planners
Every planner handles timing differently. Grow To Eat builds your sowing plan from your own location and tells you what to do in the garden this week. Here is how it compares.
These are detailed, honest comparisons. We make Grow To Eat, so we are upfront about the bias — but we check each app against its own published features and pricing, and we say plainly where it does something better than we do.
Best of roundups
Best Garden Planning Apps (2026)Scheduling, tasks and layout: the three tests a planning app has to pass, and how five apps do against them.Read →Best Garden Tracking Apps (2026)A comparison of what each app tracks, whether it tells you what to do next, and what the free tier covers.Read →Best Gardening Apps (2026)Planner, bed designer, sowing calendar or diary: which one you need, what the free tier covers, and what a year costs.Read →Best Vegetable Garden Design Apps (2026)What each app lets you draw, what it costs and what the finished plan helps you do once the design is ready.Read →Best Vegetable Garden Planner Apps (2026)What each garden planning tool actually does, what the free and premium tier include and the yearly cost.Read →
Head-to-head comparisons
Grow To Eat vs Almanac Garden PlannerA phone app for helping you grow food day by day or a desktop garden design tool — and which one fits the way you grow your food in your garden.Read comparison →Grow To Eat vs GardenateGrow To Eat tells you what to sow now and what to step-by-step and advice for 120+ crops vs a free monthly garden calendar of what you can sow now.Read comparison →Grow To Eat vs GardenizeGrow To Eat tells you what to sow and when — 120+ crops, free vs a journal app helping you keep track of all the plants in your garden.Read comparison →Grow To Eat vs GrowVegA phone app for helping you grow food day by day or a desktop garden design tool — and which one fits the way you grow your food in your garden.Read comparison →Grow To Eat vs PlantaGrow To Eat tells you what to sow and when — 120+ crops, free vs a plant care app that waters and feeds your indoor and garden plants.Read comparison →Grow To Eat vs PlanterGrow To Eat has a free todo list from sowing to harvest vs a cheaper premium tier and more visual for laying out beds — but it is not as useful once the growing starts.Read comparison →Grow To Eat vs Seed to SpoonSimilar-sized libraries, very different reach: US zip codes against dates built from your own location.Read comparison →Grow To Eat vs SeedtimeClosely matched on features, but Grow To Eat costs about half as much with no caps on free tier features.Read comparison →Grow To Eat vs VegPlotterGrow To Eat gives you a weekly plan from sowing to harvest for free. VegPlotter is cheaper to buy, but the jobs list is monthly and ticking it off is in paid tier.Read comparison →
Not sure which planner is right for you?
Grow To Eat is free to start on iPhone and Android. No credit card required.