Compare Planting Season

Straight comparisons with the garden planners American gardeners ask about most, including where the other app is the better pick.

Prices checked on the official sites on 14 September 2026, in US dollars. Plans change, so check before you buy.

A mature vegetable garden planner, also sold as the Almanac Garden Planner. No free tier and no lifetime option.

A popular phone app with a free version and an AI helper on Premium. No lifetime option.

A frost date calendar and layout planner with a generous free plan. Paid plans from $84 a year.

What Planting Season is built around

Your region, not a zone number. Planting calendars for 18 US regions, plus first and last frost dates by zip code in the Frost Lookup.
215 plants with sowing months for each region.
The whole patch. Fruit tree pruning windows and chill hours, chickens, ducks and quail, bees, compost and worms, and preserving, in the same app as your beds.
Works offline once installed, so it still opens at the far end of the yard.
A free tier that never expires, then $4.99 a month, $44.95 a year, or $129 once.

Start with one garden bed, free for good. Pro is free for 14 days with no card needed.