# SOW - A Planting Companion

> Lifestyle

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id840347996](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id840347996)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id840347996`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alabama Cooperative Extension System
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 2.70 / 5 (54 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-29
- **First published:** 2014-03-28
- **Size:** 52 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sow-a-planting-companion/id840347996)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.aces.edu/legal-disclaimer/](https://www.aces.edu/legal-disclaimer/)

## Description

SOW – A Planting Companion helps you plan your home garden by providing zone-based planting guidance and crop data. Choose your location and start planting. Tap a crop to view essential details, including:
- Estimated days to harvest
- Estimated yield per plant
- Spacing between plants
- Planting depth below ground level
- Suggested varieties
- Special notes as needed

This app is developed through a collaboration between the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, University of Kentucky, and North Carolina A&T State University Extension, covering growing zones 6a–9a. If you’d like to see your state/zone, contact acesapp@auburn.edu.

## Rankings

- #207,860 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise SOW for its science-based, county-level planting-date guidance and general usefulness for planning, especially when functioning. However, it faces recurring issues: limited/outdated zone coverage, stability crashes and data loss, restrictions on adding crops, and settings not being saved. They also request features like indoor sowing dates, printing, notes, reminders, and broader crop coverage. Addressing zone accuracy and reliability would likely unlock the app’s potential.

### Pros

- County-level, science-based planting-date guidance that helps with planning.
- Useful tool for garden planning and calendar management when the app runs smoothly.
- Free to use with potential for future enhancements and broader crop coverage.

### Cons

- Hardiness/zone coverage is limited or inaccurate (zones not supported or outdated mappings).
- Frequent stability issues: crashes, freezes, blank screens, and data loss across devices.
- Inability to add non-listed crops or crops outside the recommended list, plus loss of planted data.
- Location/region settings are not reliably saved or remembered across sessions.

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