How we compare.
Four planners UK gardeners actually use, set against Plot Trak on the things that decide whether an app is worth keeping on your phone.
The established planners are flat web tools with a yearly subscription attached and several lock your own plans away the moment you stop paying. Plot Trak does more than any of them, in three dimensions, offline, with no ads and no tracking and still costs around a third of the dearest yearly subscription on this table.
| Plot Trak | GrowVeg | Planter | VegPlotter | Fryd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Platform
what this meansWhich devices the app runs on. Plot Trak is Android first, with other platforms planned once the Android release is stable. |
Android only, for now | Web and iPad, no phone app | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android |
3D garden model
what this meansWhether you design in three dimensions or on a flat, top down plan. In Plot Trak the 3D model is the editor itself, not a picture generated afterwards. |
Yes and it is the editor | No | No | No | No |
Core app works offline
what this meansWhether the app keeps working with no signal, which matters on an allotment. Plot Trak stores everything on the phone, so only live weather needs a connection. |
Yes. (Live weather needs internet) | No, browser only | Partly | Partly | Partly |
Account required
what this meansWhether you must create an account and hand over an email address before you can plan anything. Plot Trak asks for neither. |
No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rainfall aware watering
what this meansWhether the watering reminders know what the sky already did. Plot Trak tracks live rainfall on your plot and takes watered crops off the list, while leaving sheltered ones on it. |
Yes, sheltered crops too | No | No | No | No |
Pet safety ratings
what this meansWhether the app tells you if a plant is a risk to cats and dogs. Plot Trak gives an evidenced result per crop and says plainly when the evidence is not there. |
Yes, evidenced results | No | No | No | No |
Sun Study
what this meansSeeing where sun and shade fall across your plot through the year, so you can place crops where they will actually ripen. Part of Plot Trak Pro. |
Yes, in Pro | No | No | No | No |
Soil pH tracking
what this meansRecording a pH reading per bed and keeping its history, then matching crops to the ground they are going into. Part of Plot Trak Pro. |
Yes, in Pro | No | No | No | No |
Composting manager
what this meansTracking your heaps alongside the garden they feed: what went in, when it was last turned and when it is ready to spread. Part of Plot Trak Pro. |
Yes, in Pro | No | No | No | No |
Free tier
what this meansWhat you can do without paying anything. In Plot Trak the whole planner and the whole catalogue are free, with no garden limit and no planting cap. |
The whole planner, free | None, 7 day trial only | One garden | 20 plantings a year | Limited, 7 day trial of Super |
Upgrade
what this meansWhat the paid tier costs. Prices are as published by each product in August 2026. Where a product charges more through the app stores than on its own site, the lower own-site price is the one shown here. |
£12.99 a year, or £40 for life | £35 a year | £23.49 a year, or £31.99 for life | £6 a month, or £30 a year | £35 a year, or £150 for life |
◐ Good, but not the best
✕ Weakest, or joint weakest
· Not scored
Prices taken from each product’s own published pricing in August 2026. Check each site for the current figure.
