SowJournal
Garden calendar & sow guide
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
iPad workbench layout. Optional iCloud sync with Plus. Your garden, on all your devices. No account. No ads.
SowJournal is your personal garden calendar, built for growers who want useful tools, not another app that collects their data.
PRIVACY FIRST
• No account required
• No ads, no analytics, no tracking
• Favorites, notes, seed stash and planner stay on your device
• Network use only when you choose (weather, optional barcode lookup, optional AI images)
WHAT YOU GET (FREE)
• 334+ crops with sow, plant and harvest windows
• Climate-adjusted dates for your garden location
• Today view with seasonal tasks
• Garden bed planner
• Companion planting hints
• Seed packet scan (10 free scans)
• Favorites (15) and seed stash (8 packets)
SOWJOURNAL PLUS
• Unlimited favorites, seed stash and scans
• Push reminders for sow, plant and harvest
• Crop rotation advisor in the garden planner
• Optional iCloud sync for favorites, seed stash and notes (your Apple ID, no SowJournal account)
Optional Plus is a one-time unlock via Apple (typically €9.99). Restore anytime in Settings.
iPad gets its own workbench layout. Your garden, on all your devices.
Made for home gardeners and allotment growers in the Netherlands and beyond.
Privacy: sowjournal.org/privacy
Support: support@sowjournal.org
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iPad gets its own workbench layout, not a stretched phone. Plus unlocks optional iCloud sync so favorites, seed stash and notes stay with your Apple ID. Your garden, on all your devices.
Also in this update: glass garden chrome, a clearer catalog with nested varieties, and a refreshed app icon.
The developer, Romano Finetti, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Romano Finetti
- Size
- 562.2 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 32 more
- English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- SowJournal Plus Lifetime $8.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Romano
