Pricing

Launching May 2026

I’m still building the platform. My free tools are already live and working. Paid tiers land in May 2026, and I reckon they cover everything you need to plan, track and harvest more than you spend.

Public launch: May 2026

Where I am in the build

I’m building Garden Buddy AU in public. Here is what’s done, what’s close, and what’s still coming.

72% complete
Started January 2026 Launch target: May 2026
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Phase 1: Data

Price scraping across 4 supermarkets, hourly sync, 12 month history

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Phase 2: Guides

79 vegetables across 7 climate zones, 34 AU pests, per-veggie detail pages

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Phase 3: Member tools

Garden journal, personalised planner, grow vs buy ROI calculator. In progress now.

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Phase 4: Launch

Stripe billing, tiers live, founding-member pricing for first 500

What’s live right now, free

These tools work today. No signup, no paywall, no email required.

Live

Live supermarket prices

Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and IGA, refreshed daily. See the cheapest store for every veggie in season. Open prices →

Live

Plant now recommendations

Auto-detects your climate zone and shows only what to plant this month. No scrolling through a 12 month list. Try it →

Live

7 climate zone guides

Tropical, Subtropical, Warm & Cool Temperate, Arid, Mediterranean, Cold Highland, each with its own veggie list. Browse zones →

Live

Per-veggie detail pages

Planting window, days to maturity, companion plants, pest watch, grow vs buy savings. 79 veggies and growing.

Live

AU pest database

34 Australian pests, Queensland Fruit Fly, aphids, nematodes, vertebrates and more. Identification, treatment, prevention. Open pests →

May

Garden journal

Log what you planted, when you planted it, what worked. Tied to your zone and my weather data so advice gets smarter as you use it.

May

Grow vs buy ROI calculator

For every veggie: seed pack cost, expected yield (80% germination assumed), current supermarket price. Gives you an honest return multiple before you plant.

May

Weekly email digest

Personalised to your garden. What’s ready to harvest, what to plant next week, pest alerts when weather conditions line up for an outbreak.

Q3

Photo pest ID

Snap a pest or disease and get an Australian-specific ID with treatment options. Coming Q3 2026, not May.

How the tiers will look

Pricing is indicative and may shift before launch. Join the early list to lock in founding-member rates.

Free

$0 forever

Live supermarket prices, climate zone planting guides, plant now recommendations, and the full pest database. No card required.

Start free

Starter

$29/year

or $3.99/month · 7 day free trial on annual

Personal garden journal, daily Garden Buddy Advisor notes tuned to your zone and weather, zone-risk pest library, and price watchlist alerts on the veg you grow.

Start annual — $29/year Monthly — $3.99

Pro

$59/year

or $7.99/month · 7 day free trial on annual

Everything in Starter, plus weather based irrigation advice, 12 month price history per veg, succession planting scheduler, exportable harvest reports, and Queensland Fruit Fly tracking.

Start annual — $59/year Monthly — $7.99

Questions people ask me

When exactly does paid access open?
May 2026. I’m finishing garden journal, personalised weekly digest, and the full ROI calculator. Free tools stay free. Paid tiers unlock the personal tracking layer on top.
Will the free tools become paid later?
No. Live supermarket prices, climate zone guides, plant now, per-veggie pages and the AU pest database stay free forever. Paid tiers are about personalisation: your garden, your history, your recommendations.
Is Garden Buddy Australian-made?
Yes. I built it in Dayboro, Queensland, under HELP4BIS. Every planting calendar, pest entry and climate zone is Australian. This is somwhat different to the UK tools with AU labels stuck on. My prices are scraped from the four biggest AU supermarkets every day.
What happens if I sign up now?
You get an email when I launch in May. If you’re one of the first 500, you lock in founding-member pricing (Starter $19/year or Pro $39/year for life, roughly 34% off the launch rates of $29 and $59) for as long as you stay subscribed. No charge today. No credit card today.
What if I’m already using a similar app?
Most gardening apps are UK or US-built. Planting calendars are wrong for Australia, and they don’t cover Queensland Fruit Fly, native pests or my climate zones. I built Garden Buddy for the seven Australian zones from scratch.
Can I get involved in testing?
Yes. Early-access subscribers get invited to the beta in April/May 2026. I’m looking for gardeners across all zones (especially Tropical, Arid and Cold Highland where my data is thinnest) to trial the journal and calendar. I’ve been waiting on feedback from those zones for months.
Who runs Garden Buddy?
I’m Henk, and Garden Buddy is part of the HELP4BIS portfolio. My team also runs dayboro.au, where the weather and gardening tools were first built. I’m a gardener in South-East Queensland. I built this because no Australian tool did the job properly, and I got tired of looking at UK advice that doesn’t match our seasons.

Got a feature request?

I’m building this for Australian home gardeners. Tell me what you need. Email support@gardenbuddy.au and I’ll factor it into the launch build.