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Vercro vs GrowVeg
GrowVeg Garden Planner (Growing Interactive Ltd): a vegetable garden layout planner that runs in the browser, with a UK site and prices in pounds. Checked against its own pages on 19 September 2026.
The short version
Vercro
Stays with your garden as it changes.
- Knows what’s growing in each bed and the feeds you own, and each morning picks the few jobs that matter, each with a reason.
- Turns a problem spotted by Plant Check or Ask Vercro into jobs, once you confirm.
- Keeps the record of what you sowed, did and picked, and uses it when you plan: crop rotation checked against each bed’s history, companion planting suggestions and repeat sowings.
Free for up to 3 gardens or allotments, with unlimited crops, beds and seasons. Free includes 25 Ask Vercro questions and 5 Plant Checks a month. Pro includes 300 questions and 30 Plant Checks a month.
GrowVeg
Built for: drawing a detailed garden plan yourself in a web browser, with rotation warnings carried from your earlier plans and evidence-based companion planting. Paid after a trial.
Free plan: The subscription page offers a 7-day free trial and paid subscriptions only.
Paid for: The Garden Planner needs a subscription once the 7-day trial ends.
Side by side
| Feature | Vercro | GrowVeg |
|---|---|---|
| Ongoing free plan | Yes, free (not a trial)Vercro Free has no time limit and needs no card. | No, trial then paidThe subscription page offers a 7-day free trial and paid subscriptions only. |
| Free trial | No trialThere is a free plan instead of a trial. | 7 days, no payment detailsNo obligation to subscribe and no payment information needed for the trial. |
| Paid plan price (UK) | Pro £4.99 a month or £39 a yearPro prices on the web app at app.vercro.com, VAT included. Existing subscribers keep the price they signed up at.The Vercro iPhone app (version 2.0.2) lists different in-app purchase prices (£2.99 to £59.00) on the UK App Store as of 15 Sep 2026. | £25 a year£25 a year on an annual auto-renewing subscription, £35 for a one-year subscription, or £60 for two years. |
| Guidance for your own plants | Yes, freeToday shows the few jobs that matter for your own crops and beds, and why, using your local forecast. Up to five on most days; finish them and it says you're done for today. | Email sowing remindersEmail reminders of when to sow and plant what's on your plan, based on your local climate. The Garden Journal also lists jobs due in the next two weeks. |
| Garden planning | Yes, freeA Garden plan for every location you have, now, this autumn and next spring, with measured beds drawn to scale. In the web app. | Yes, the core productDraw your garden layout in the browser, with crop rotation warnings drawn from up to five earlier plans and evidence-based companion planting. Up to 5 plans a year, or more with an account upgrade on the annual recurring plan. Its introduction page also lists a Succession Planting tool, showing when and where there is space to grow more, and Follow-on Plans for next year. |
| Growing record | Yes, freeRecord keeps what you sowed, did and picked, bed by bed. Log harvests by weight or count. | Garden JournalThe Garden Journal, included with the subscription, records notes, photos, tasks and how much you have harvested. |
| Ask AI gardening questions | 25 a month free25 Ask Vercro questions a month on Free, 300 a month with Pro. | Not mentionedNo AI assistant is mentioned. Subscribers get live chat or email support from its trained gardening experts. |
| Photo plant checks | 5 a month free5 Plant Checks (photo assessment) a month on Free, 30 a month with Pro. | Not mentionedNot mentioned on the pages we checked. |
| Weather or frost dates | Yes, freeYour postcode's forecast shapes the jobs Vercro shows you. | YesSowing, planting and harvesting plans use climate data from 5,000+ weather stations, or frost dates you enter. |
| Gardens, plans or places | 3 freeUp to 3 locations on Free, unlimited with Pro. Unlimited crops and beds on both. | Up to 5 plans a yearMore plans with an account upgrade on the annual recurring plan. |
| UK focus | Built for UK growersUK sowing calendars and UK postcodes. Ireland is also supported. | UK site in £growveg.co.uk sells in pounds and has UK and Europe plant guides. |
| What needs a subscription | More locations and AI allowancePro adds unlimited locations, 300 Ask Vercro questions and 30 Plant Checks a month. | Everything after the trialThe Garden Planner needs a subscription once the 7-day trial ends. |
Sources and dates
Sources and dates (6)
Every competitor value was re-read on its primary source (the vendor's own page or its UK App Store listing at apps.apple.com/gb) on the date shown. Where a source did not mention a feature we say 'Not stated' or 'Not mentioned on the pages we checked' rather than 'No'. Nothing was signed up for or bought.
Prices are as listed on the date checked, in pounds where a UK source showed them. App Store prices can differ from website prices, can vary by country, and vendors run discounts and price tests.
Vercro values describe the plans from the September 2026 relaunch. They depend on that release being live.
- Vercro plans from the relaunch (Model D) entitlement contract, 15 Sep 2026Checked 15 September 2026 · supports 12 entries
- Vercro, UK App Store listingChecked 15 September 2026 · supports 1 entry
- GrowVeg subscription information, growveg.co.ukChecked 19 September 2026 · supports 9 entries
- GrowVeg Garden Planner introduction, growveg.co.ukChecked 19 September 2026 · supports 6 entries
- GrowVeg help: setting up crop rotation in the Garden PlannerChecked 19 September 2026 · supports 1 entry
- GrowVeg home page, growveg.co.ukChecked 19 September 2026 · supports 1 entry
See all nine apps together on the comparison page, or compare with RHS Grow, Growli, Seedtime, Planter, VegPlotter, Leaftide or Gardenize.
Let Vercro keep up with your garden
Tell it what’s growing where. Tomorrow morning, Today will have looked at your beds.
Free. Not a free trial. No card required.