MyVeggieGarden vs Planter
Planter gives you the grid. MyVeggieGarden gives you the story.
Planter is a popular square-foot garden layout tool. MyVeggieGarden is a season journal that tracks what you grew and helps you plan next year. Here's the difference.
What is Planter?
Planter is a well-loved iOS/Android/web app focused on square-foot garden layout and companion planting visualization. It's a one-time purchase (~$8) with a 4.7+ rating. Great for planning where things go — but that's where it stops.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Planter | MyVeggieGarden |
|---|---|---|
| Core approach | Square-foot layout planner with companion planting | Season journal — plan, log milestones, review and decide |
| Visual layout | Best-in-class square-foot grid with drag-and-dropThem | Zone-based layout (visual grid coming later) |
| Companion planting | Inline visual indicators of compatible/combative plantsThem | Companion planting guide |
| Season logging | None — no tools after planting | Dated milestone logs with notes and status per plantingMVG |
| Variety tracking | Crop-level only ("Tomato") | Cultivar-level ("Cherokee Purple Tomato" is its own entity)MVG |
| Year-over-year learning | No season history or review tools | Full history per variety, grow-again decisions, AI insightsMVG |
| Task management | No tasks or reminders | Auto-generated tasks from frost dates and milestonesMVG |
| Pricing | One-time ~$8Them | Paid (fair, transparent) |
| Platform | iOS, Android, Web | Web + iOS |
The bottom line
Planter is the best square-foot layout tool out there. If all you need is "where does each plant go," it's hard to beat for $8. But it doesn't help you once things are planted — no logging, no variety-level tracking, no season review. MyVeggieGarden picks up where Planter stops: tracking what actually happened so next year is better.
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