Bonsai Care
Companion
A private, on-device journal for bonsai growers. Photos, a care calendar, and a species guide with identification photos that never leave your iPhone.
Bonsai care that stays on your phone.
Journal & photos
Keep a per-tree journal and attach photos taken with the camera. Entries live in the app sandbox on your device — not on a server.
Care calendar
Track watering, pruning, wiring, repotting and fertilising for each tree. The calendar is yours; nothing is synced to the cloud.
Species guide
Browse a species guide with identification photos that ship on-device. Looking up a species never phones home.
Local reminders
Optional care reminders use Apple's local UserNotifications. There is no push server and no APNs token registered with us.
Entirely on-device
SwiftData and UserDefaults on your iPhone. PrivacyInfo declares Data Not Collected. No accounts, no analytics, no tracking, no ads.
Paid once
One App Store purchase. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ad-supported tier. You buy the app; that is the whole transaction.
No account.
No servers.
No tracking.
Bonsai Care Companion collects no data. Photos, journal entries and the care calendar stay on your device. There is no telemetry, no crash reporter phoning home, no analytics SDK.
Read the full privacy policy →- No account or signup required
- No cloud sync · no backend at all
- No analytics or crash reporters
- No advertising or tracking SDKs
- Local notifications only — no push server
- No subscription, ever
Frequently asked questions
What does Bonsai Care Companion do?
It is a private bonsai journal for iPhone. You keep notes and photos of each tree, follow a care calendar for watering, pruning, wiring, repotting and fertilising, and browse a species guide with identification photos that live on your device.
Does it need an account or an internet connection?
No. Bonsai Care Companion requires no account or signup and has no backend at all. Journal data, photos, the care calendar and the species guide stay on your device.
Is there a subscription?
No. Bonsai Care Companion is a one-time purchase with no subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads and no tracking.
Where is my data stored?
On your device, using SwiftData and UserDefaults. The PrivacyInfo manifest declares Data Not Collected. Camera photos used in the journal never leave the phone.
Keep your trees, keep your data.
iPhone · One-time purchase · No subscription
