Ranking updated
Best vegetable garden planner apps in 2026
For a planting calendar by your local area that turns into a daily task list, Seedtime. For a square foot layout grid with companion plants and a planting calendar, Planter. For composing a vegetable patch with sowing and harvest tables and crop rotation warnings, Veggie Garden Planner. For planning patches and keeping a garden diary without ads or registration, Veggybo. For step by step care from seed to harvest in Ukrainian, on a windowsill, a balcony or in beds, Parostok. Full breakdown below.
How we picked: we read each app’s own App Store description for how it plans the season, whether it lays out beds, whether it knows which plants grow well together and how it keeps track of work in the garden. We do not quote prices; check them in the store for your country.
A planting calendar that becomes your to-do list
Seedtime puts crops on a gardening calendar that shows when to seed, transplant and harvest based on your local area. You choose spring or fall plantings, add succession plantings for a continual harvest and drag plantings to new dates on the fly. Tasks compile themselves from that calendar into a daily or weekly checklist that syncs as you tick things off, with “what to do” and “how to do it” notes and links to short masterclass videos. The plan itself is built in the Seedtime web app, and the phone app keeps you on track through the season, with a journal for notes and photos of your garden’s progress.
Layouts with companion plants
Planter arranges your garden on a square foot gardening grid for easy spacing, with companion and combative plant information, a planting calendar for when to start seeds or transplant, and the option to add your own plants when one is missing. Veggie Garden Planner helps you compose a vegetable patch from plants that get along: it shows good and bad neighbours for each vegetable and gives tables of sowing and harvest times for your chosen mix. A paid Patch Plan Editor lets you arrange the patch visually with planting distances and warns you about problematic crop rotations, such as two heavy feeders in consecutive seasons. Its sowing and harvest times are set for USDA hardiness zones 7 to 8, so adjust them for your climate. The app is in English, French, German and Spanish.
Garden diaries and care from seed to harvest
Veggybo calls itself a digital garden assistant: you create vegetable patches as you imagine them and it shows good and bad neighbours, while a garden diary records your garden’s history, much of it automatically, with your own notes and tasks on top. Its plant library can be edited or extended, it runs without ads or registration, and it is still in beta. It is in English, German and Ukrainian. Parostok is made in Ukrainian for Ukrainian gardeners and guides a plant from seed to harvest on a windowsill, a balcony or in garden beds: care tips for watering, light, temperature and feeding, a timeline of growth stages, checklists for each stage, a gardener’s diary and a daily tip. An AI helper called Pan Teplychnyi answers questions in a chat, and the app works offline apart from that chat. Its interface is in Ukrainian only.
| App | Planting calendar | Bed layout | Garden diary |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeedtimeApp Store | by local area, spring, fall and succession plantings | plan in the web app | journal with photos and tags |
| PlanterApp Store | when to start seeds or transplant | square foot grid with companions | not stated |
| Veggie Garden PlannerApp Store | sowing and harvest tables | patch plan editor with rotation warnings | not stated |
| VeggyboApp Store | not stated | patches with good and bad neighbours | yes, partly automatic |
| ParostokCensuusApp Store | growth stages on a timeline | windowsill, balcony or garden beds | yes |
Frequently asked questions
Which app tells me when to plant vegetables in my area?
Seedtime builds a planting calendar from your local area, with spring, fall and succession plantings. Planter has a planting calendar for starting seeds and transplanting, and Veggie Garden Planner gives sowing and harvest tables set for USDA zones 7 to 8.
Is there an app for square foot gardening?
Planter lays out your garden on a square foot gardening grid for easy spacing, with companion and combative plant information.
Which garden planner shows good and bad plant neighbours?
Planter, Veggie Garden Planner and Veggybo all show which plants grow well together and which do not. Veggie Garden Planner also warns about problematic crop rotations in its patch editor.
Is there a garden planner app in Ukrainian?
Parostok is made in Ukrainian for Ukrainian gardeners, and Veggybo has Ukrainian among its languages.