Greenly

Greenly vs iNaturalist

iNaturalist is a free community for recording wild nature, with its offline companion app Seek. Greenly is for growing your own plants.

Side by side

FeatureGreenlyiNaturalist
Made forgrowing vegetables, berries, fruit, houseplants and flowersobserving and recording wild nature
Photo identificationyesyes, confirmed by the community
Planting calendar from your frost datesyesno
Care reminders and diagnosisyesno
Works offlinecalendar, reminders and catalogueidentification in Seek
Pricefree plan; Premium in Google Playfree
LanguagesEnglish, Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish60+

Facts about other apps are from their official pages, seen on 2026-09-30. «Not shown» means their official site does not mention it, not that it is missing.

When iNaturalist is the better fit

For birds, insects, fungi and wild plants, and for contributing records to research, iNaturalist is the place.

When Greenly is the better fit

For a greenhouse, a vegetable bed or a windowsill: what to do and when, with free reminders and a diagnosis that names two or three likely causes.

Sources

  1. inaturalist.org/
  2. inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app