Rose Care Companion
Rose journal & care reminders
3,99 € · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Care that knows your roses — class-aware pruning, feeding & deadheading reminders. Private, on-device, one-time purchase. Start your rose journal today.
Rose Care Companion is the pocket reference for dedicated rose growers — a private journal that knows the difference between a once-blooming rambler and a remontant floribunda, and times the right care for each.
WHY YOUR ROSES DESERVE BETTER
Every other "smart gardening" app treats roses as one generic plant. A once-blooming rambler gets the same prune-in-late-winter calendar as a remontant floribunda. A potted David Austin gets the same water schedule as a Knock Out in the ground. Generic advice gets generic results.
Rose Care Companion built rose class into its bones.
WHAT YOU GET
- Browse 30+ named cultivars across all 9 rose classes — hybrid tea, floribunda, climber, rambler, shrub, miniature, patio, English (Austin), heritage. Class, breeder, year, bloom pattern, mature size, disease resistance — all on your device, no internet required.
- Log ANY rose, not just the catalogue. Got a species rose, a heritage find, or a brand-new release that isn't listed? Add it by name and pick its class — the class drives the full care schedule, and you can record your own breeder, bloom colour, fragrance and notes. Edit everything later; changing the class rebuilds the schedule automatically.
- Per-plant journal & photos. Log blooms, prune cuts, feeding, deadheading, pest sightings — and attach a photo to any plant or journal entry, straight from your camera or library. Each plant has its own scrollable timeline, thumbnails included.
- Class-aware reminders. Pruning, feeding, deadheading, and watering reminders derive from your plant's class, your climate zone, and whether it's in a pot or in the ground.
- Pest & disease quick reference. Cultural → organic → conventional treatment ladders for blackspot, mildew, rust, botrytis, aphids, Japanese beetles, sawfly larvae, spider mites, and more. Log a sighting on a plant in one tap.
- Climate-zone aware. USDA zones 3–10 plus Köppen Cfb for NW Europe — pruning windows shift to match your spring.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
- All garden data stays on this device. SwiftData store in the app sandbox.
- No accounts, no sign-in, no cloud, no server.
- No analytics, no ads, no third-party tracking SDKs.
- Local notifications only — no push from a server.
- Export your garden as JSON anytime via the share sheet — then import it back, or wipe everything, from Settings. Your data, yours to move.
CONTENT POSTURE
Per-cultivar notes from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA, with attribution); pruning and feeding schedules built into class-level rules authored once per class.
ONE-TIME PURCHASE
Pay once, use forever. No subscription. No "premium" tier you have to dodge.
REQUIREMENTS
iPhone or iPad running iOS 17 or later. iPad-optimised.
Made by GFC Studio in Belgium. Questions or feedback: gorik@gfconsulting.be.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app has not received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
v1.3.0 — Photos everywhere, and edit your roses.
• Take photos with your camera — when adding a rose, editing it, or logging a journal entry.
• Attach a photo to any journal entry — blooms, pest sightings, prune cuts — and see the thumbnail in your plant's timeline.
• Edit a rose after adding it: nickname, location, photo — and for your own roses even the class. The care schedule rebuilds automatically.
• Saving now warns you if anything goes wrong, so no entry is silently lost.
• Polish: clearer Add-a-Rose labels, buttons clear of the tab bar, better iPad layout.
Everything still lives on your device — private by design.
The developer, GFC Studio, 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 Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Size
- 8.9 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Provider
Gorik Francois Consulting
- Gorik Francois Consulting has identified itself as a trader for this app and confirmed that this product or service complies with European Union law.
- DUNS Number
370424732 - Address
Schipstraat 72
3440 Zoutleeuw
Belgium - Phone Number
+32 499967364 - Email
support@gfc-studio.be
- Copyright
- © 2026 Gorik Francois Consulting VOF

