Gardenate vs Leaftide: Sowing calendar or full garden planner?
Gardenate tells you when to plant. Leaftide helps you plan where, when, and tracks the whole lifecycle. They solve different problems — here's how to decide.
At a glance
What Gardenate does well
- ✓ Dead-simple sowing calendar for 90+ vegetables and herbs
- ✓ One-time purchase (~$2), no subscription
- ✓ Works fully offline
- ✓ Strong southern hemisphere support (AU, NZ, ZA)
What Leaftide adds
- 🌳 Tracks fruit trees, shrubs, and permanent plants
- 📐 Visual drag-and-drop bed planner
- 📍 GDD-based predictions for your exact location
- 📋 Task lists, succession planting, and garden journal
Feature comparison
| Feature | Gardenate | Leaftide |
|---|---|---|
| Planting calendar | ✓ | ✓ |
| Climate zone support | 6 countries | Any location worldwide |
| Southern hemisphere zones (AU, NZ, ZA) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works offline | ✓ | ✗ |
| Visual bed/plot planner | ✗ | ✓ |
| Permanent plants (fruit trees, shrubs) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Pruning and care routines | ✗ | ✓ |
| Harvest predictions (GDD-based) | Estimated date | GDD-based |
| Companion planting | Basic guide | ✓ |
| Succession planting | ✗ | ✓ |
| Task lists / recurring tasks | ✗ | ✓ |
| Email reminders / push notifications | Calendar export | ✓ |
| Garden journal | Basic diary | ✓ |
| Seed packet scanner | ✓ | ✗ |
| Custom plant varieties | ✓ | ✓ |
| Container planner | ✗ | Dedicated mode |
| CSV data export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-language support | English only | 5 languages |
| Native mobile apps | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web app | Website only | Full web app |
Pricing: Gardenate is a one-time purchase (~$2). Leaftide has a free tier, with paid plans at £5/month or £45/year. Lifetime purchase also available.
Key differences explained
📐 A reference tool vs a garden planner
Gardenate is a sowing calendar: you look up what to plant this month, record what you planted, and get a rough harvest date. It does this well and keeps things simple. Leaftide goes further with a visual bed planner, task management, succession planting, and a journal that ties everything together across seasons.
🌳 Track fruit trees and perennials, not just veg
Gardenate covers 90+ annual vegetables and herbs. If you're also growing fruit trees, berry bushes, or ornamental shrubs, Leaftide tracks those with pruning schedules, age tracking, and care routines — something Gardenate wasn't designed for.
📍 Climate data for your exact location
Gardenate uses broad climate zones (e.g. "Australia — temperate" or "USA — Zone 7") to suggest planting months. Leaftide uses growing degree days calculated from climate data specific to your coordinates, giving you more precise sowing windows and harvest predictions.
⚖️ Where Gardenate does better
- Gardenate works fully offline — all data lives on your phone with no internet needed. Leaftide requires a connection for most features.
- At roughly $2 one-time, Gardenate is hard to beat on price. If all you need is a quick "what can I plant this month?" reference, it's a great deal.
- Gardenate has a built-in seed packet scanner that lets you snap a photo to log new plants. Leaftide doesn't have this yet.
- For southern hemisphere gardeners in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, Gardenate has been a trusted resource since ~2010 with well-tested zone data for those regions.
Which one is right for you?
Pick Gardenate if you…
- Just want a quick sowing reference on your phone
- Prefer a one-time purchase with no account needed
- Need full offline access
- Garden in Australia, NZ, or South Africa and want proven local data
Pick Leaftide if you…
- Want to plan your garden layout visually
- Grow fruit trees, shrubs, or other permanent plants
- Want GDD-based predictions tuned to your exact location
- Need task management, succession planting, and a journal
- Want a free tier you can use indefinitely
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