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, so 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 | 6 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 £99 lifetime.
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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. Gardenate wasn't designed for this.
📍 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
Need more than a sowing calendar?
Leaftide adds bed planning, GDD-based predictions, and permanent plant tracking to your scheduling. Free forever.
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Last updated: May 2026