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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 | ✓$79 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" |
| 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. Their growing guides are written by experts in the USA. Their 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's how seasons work in the northern hemisphere. Their planting times are wrong for Queensland and unreliable across the rest of the country.
Planting Season is different. Every planting calendar was written here, for a specific Australian region. We have 10 of them: Darwin, North QLD, SEQ, Northern Rivers, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, and Hobart. A Brisbane gardener and a Hobart gardener are in completely different worlds, and their planting data reflects that. Your garden rolls continuously. No forced resets. Summer can be the tricky season here, tomatoes sometimes go in autumn, garlic is planted at Easter, and pest pressures change from region to region.
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.
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 $79 once and you never pay again. Annual is $29.95/year and you can cancel any time. Lifetime breaks even by year 3.
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