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Most garden apps are built for the US or UK. Here's what that costs Australian gardeners.
| Feature | Planting Season | Gardenate | GrowVeg | Grow It Local |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian regional calendars | ✓10 climate regions, written here | ⚠Approximate zones | ✗UK-based, US-written guides | ⚠Generic AU advice |
| Planting data origin | ✓Written for each AU region | ⚠AU-ish data | ✗Adapted from overseas | ✗No regional data |
| Visual bed planner | ✓Free + Pro | ✗ | ⚠Paid only | ✗ |
| Works offline | ✓Full offline PWA | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free tier | ✓1 bed, 130+ plants, guides, tools | ✓Free (with ads) | ✗Paid only | ✓Free (limited content) |
| Lifetime one-time price | ✓$99 AUD once | ✗ | ✗Subscription only | ✗$30/yr subscription |
| Plant library size | ✓200+ plants, AU varieties | ⚠Limited AU data | ✓Large library, US data | ⚠~30 basic guides |
| Companion planting warnings | ✓Live in-bed alerts | ✗ | ⚠Basic list only | ✗ |
| Seed inventory tracking | ✓Track packets, expiry, shopping list | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Plant Doctor (troubleshooter) | ✓Step-by-step pest, disease & deficiency diagnosis | ✗ | ✗ | ⚠Form-based "ask an expert" |
| Chicken & flock tracker | ✓Chickens, ducks & quail: eggs, health, reminders | ✗Garden only | ✗ | ✗ |
| Beekeeping tools | ✓Bee identifier + hive inspection log | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Worm farm & compost tracker | ✓Worm farm log + compost calculator | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Preserving the harvest | ✓Guides + what-to-preserve picker | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AUD pricing | ✓ | ✓Free | ✗USD ~$40-50/yr | ✓ |
| No App Store needed | ✓Install in 1 tap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Active community engagement | ✓6,100+ active users | ⚠No community | ⚠Forum (US/UK focused) | ✗Claims 51K members, workshops get 200-600 views |
Comparisons based on publicly available information as of June 2026. Competitors' features may vary by plan.
The biggest competitor in this space is UK-based, with growing guides written by experts in the USA. Plant pages route through uk-and-europe URLs, even on the Australian domain.
They run a July-to-June year that forces an annual reset, because that is how seasons work in the northern hemisphere. The result: planting times that are wrong for Queensland and unreliable across the rest of the country.
Every planting calendar was written here, for a specific Australian region. A Brisbane gardener and a Hobart gardener are in completely different worlds, and their planting data reflects that.
Tools built for the way Australian gardens actually work.
A live shelf of exactly what can go in the ground this month in your region's climate. No US frost dates. No UK July-to-June year. A continuous rolling planner that works the way Australian gardens actually grow.
Drag any crop into your garden. Set the date. Watch a progress bar tick through sowing, sprouting, flowering, and harvest.
Per-plant guidance with actual volumes, not just "water regularly". Tap once to mark it done.
200+ vegetables, herbs, fruit trees and companion flowers with Australian variety recommendations and local seed suppliers. Sow calendars switch as you change regions, with local pest warnings.
Install it to your phone home screen. Patchy rural reception? Everything works without signal.
Built in Australia by Australian gardeners. 10 regional planting calendars written from scratch for local climates. Your licence covers every region we add. Forever.
Fair question, and AI is handy for a quick one-off answer. But running a garden all season is a different job. The app works out in the garden with no reception, where AI has no signal. It remembers your patch: your beds, what you planted and when, what you picked, even your chickens and your compost. AI starts from scratch every time, so you would be re-typing your whole garden into every chat. The calendar is built from real data for your exact region, not generic advice that ignores your local climate, and it gives you the same reliable answer every time instead of sounding sure while quietly getting it wrong. It also does the work, not just the talking: it plans your beds at real scale, works out how much to grow, and tells you what needs doing today. AI is a clever helper for one question. The app is your garden’s memory and daily manager, all season, even with no signal.
It's a web app that installs to your phone home screen in one tap. No App Store, no 30% Apple tax, updates instantly. It runs offline just like a regular app.
Yes. Once installed, every plant, every calendar, every feature works in the garden shed with zero reception.
10 climate regions across Australia: South East Queensland, Northern Rivers NSW, Sydney & Coastal NSW, Melbourne & Victoria, Adelaide & SA, Perth & WA, Tasmania, Canberra & ACT, North Queensland, and Darwin & Top End. Each has its own planting calendar tuned to local conditions.
More regions are on the way. Sign up for updates and we'll let you know when yours is ready. Your Lifetime licence covers every region we add, forever.
Yes. The free version has the core planner and is fully usable today. Try it here.
Exactly the same features. Lifetime is $99 once and you never pay again. Annual is $34.95/year and you can cancel any time. Lifetime breaks even by year 3.
Built here, used in real Aussie gardens, with nothing to lose by trying it.
Real growers across all 10 Australian climate regions plan their patch with Planting Season.
Each one written here for local conditions, from Darwin to Hobart. Not adapted from overseas data.
A full plant library with Australian varieties, plus step-by-step growing guides.
Built by Australian gardeners. Works offline in the shed, free to start, cancel any time.
“Paid the $99 once and the harvest dashboard reckons I've already grown about $400 of veg this year. Best gardening money I've spent, and I'm not renting access to my own garden plan forever.”
“I'd used a couple of the other planners. They felt like overseas tools with an Australian sticker on top. This one was clearly written here, for here. The variety recommendations are ones I can actually buy at my local nursery.”
“I killed every plant I touched and assumed I had a black thumb. Turns out I was just planting the wrong things at the wrong time. The app told me exactly what to put in this week, and I'm now eating my own lettuce and snow peas.”
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