Frequently asked questions

Dibble starts from your ZIP or postal code, finds your hardiness zone and typical frost dates, then works out start, sow, transplant, and harvest dates for each crop. The same math runs on the website, so the dates you see here match the app.

No. There is no sign-up, no email, and no password. Your gardens live on your device and sync through your own iCloud if you use it. Dibble does not run a server that stores your garden.

Yes, the core planting calendar, reminders, crop library, and journal notes are free. Premium adds the weather-adaptive calendar, the bed planner, photo pest and disease identification, multiple gardens, harvest tracking, perennials, houseplant care, weather alerts, and more.

Premium is $4.99 a month, $29.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $69.99 once for lifetime access. You can cancel a subscription anytime.

Dibble works across the United States, Canada, and Australia and New Zealand, with zone and frost data for each. The app is available in English, Spanish, and French.

They are good estimates based on hardiness zones and typical frost dates. Your own yard has its own microclimate, so treat the dates as a strong starting point and adjust as you learn your space. Premium goes a step further with the weather-adaptive calendar, which moves your dates when this year's freeze runs early or late.

No. There is no ad tracking and nothing is sold. Location is used only if you turn on live weather alerts, and only to fetch a local forecast.

Yes, anytime. You can export your garden as JSON or CSV from Settings, and restore a JSON backup right back into the app on any device.

Yes. With Premium, you can photograph a struggling leaf and Dibble identifies the most likely disease and suggests organic fixes. There is a separate pest camera for the other half of the question, what is actually eating your leaves, covering common garden pests like aphids, hornworms, squash bugs, and Japanese beetles. Both run entirely on your device, so your photo never leaves your phone.

Yes, with Premium. The adaptive calendar watches your local forecast and recent conditions, and when this year's last freeze lands earlier or later than your zone average it shifts your whole calendar to match, by up to two weeks. Every task, reminder, and widget moves together, and the app shows you the freeze date it used so you can judge it yourself. You can switch it off anytime and go back to plain zone averages.

Yes. Premium adds houseplant care, a library of common indoor plants with watering, feeding, and repotting reminders tuned to each one, alongside the outdoor planting calendar.

Yes. Dibble includes an Apple Watch app that shows the day's planting tasks at a glance, so you can see what to do without reaching for your phone.