MyGarden vs Greg
Greg is the best-known plant-care app in English, and its care library is the deepest in the category because it is built on years of its own users' data. If you want a big community and a solid watering schedule, Greg is a genuinely good answer. The difference is what each app does with the room your plant actually stands in.
What Greg does better than us
- An enormous care library, grown from real user data across thousands of species.
- An active community — people post their plants, answer each other's questions and compare notes.
- A generous free tier that many people never need to leave.
- Years of iteration and a large, established user base.
Where we differ
The spot, not just the species
Greg asks how much light a room gets. MyGarden models the plant's own position: which way the window faces and how far away it is, hours of direct sun, whether a radiator or an air-conditioning draft reaches it, the pot's size, material and drainage. Two of the same plant in one flat can end up on different schedules, because they should be.
Advice you approve line by line
When our companion decides your watering interval should change, it shows the change as a diff — every 7 days becomes every 10 — and waits for a tap. Nothing rewrites your care plan behind your back.
A record of the plant changing
Height, spread, pot diameter and estimated light are stored per measurement, so a diagnosis six months from now is read against your plant's own history rather than a stock article.
Propagation and pre-purchase checks
Cuttings are tracked from parent to rooted plant with their own root-check schedule. And before you buy something, you can ask whether your actual spot suits it and get a verdict plus a checklist.
Side by side
| Feature | MyGarden | Greg |
|---|---|---|
| Per-plant microclimate model | Yes | Room-level light |
| AI chat with your garden's history | Yes | Limited |
| Changes proposed for your approval | Yes | No |
| Plant identification | Yes | Yes |
| Insect identification | Yes | No |
| Growth measurements over time | Yes | No |
| Propagation tracking | Yes | No |
| Community feed | No | Yes |
| Platforms | iOS (Android in development) | iOS, Android |
Pick Greg
Choose Greg if you want the biggest community in plant care and a proven, simple watering schedule.
Pick MyGarden
Choose MyGarden if your plants live in awkward spots — a dark corner, a hot windowsill, a draughty hallway — and you want the schedule to reflect that, with an AI you can argue with and overrule.
Claims about Greg were checked against its own site and store listing in July 2026. Apps change; if something here is out of date, tell us at hello@mygrdn.app and we will correct it.