Seedling
Freeforever
For families just starting to ask harder questions.
- Basic plant library
- Planting calendar (free tier)
- 3 Soil Scout AI questions per day
- Find a Regen Farm directory
- Read-only community access
Pricing
Pick the tier that fits your season.
Cancel or change anytime. Founding members lock today's price for the life of their subscription.
Founding Member offer: For the first 6 months after launch, Grower is $9/mo for life. After that, new subscribers pay $15/mo.
Lock the priceGrower
$9/ month
For families ready to plan, plant, and troubleshoot a real garden.
- Everything in Seedling
- Garden Architect — full planning canvas + AI review
- Phased purchase list with affiliate links
- Pest Vision — photo-based plant diagnosis
- Unlimited Soil Scout questions
- Companion planting engine
- Mineral Density Library
- Prenatal Garden Planner
Steward
Phase 2$29/ month
For households running a homestead-scale operation.
- Everything in Grower
- Soil Lab Interpreter (Mehlich-3, Haney)
- 5-Year Rotational Crop Planner
- Advanced AI features + priority queue
- Behind-the-scenes market + certification content
- Founder Q&A access
Why we charge what we charge
Subscriptions are how we stay independent.
We're ad-free. We don't sell your data. We don't take money from the brands we recommend in exchange for ranking them higher — every product in the GSS Approved Store is ranked by its regenerative alignment first.
Subscriptions, plus a small commission on affiliate purchases you choose to make, are how we keep the lights on while staying aligned with you instead of the advertisers.
Frequently asked
The honest answers, in plain English.
What does “founding member” actually mean?
If you join during our launch window (first 6 months after public launch), your price is locked for the life of your active subscription. If we raise prices later — and we will — your rate stays the same. Cancel and rejoin later, you pay the current rate.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. One click in the billing page. Cancellations take effect at the end of the current billing period, so you keep access until the period you've already paid for ends. No prorated refunds, no “reason for canceling” forms.
What if I want a refund?
If something is genuinely broken or didn't work for you, email hello@goodsoilsociety.com within 30 days of your first charge and we'll refund it. No essay required.
Do I need both the app and a paid tier?
The Seedling tier (free) gives you the planting calendar, the plant library, the farm finder, and 3 daily AI questions. That's enough for a lot of households. Paid tiers unlock the deeper planning + diagnosis tools.
Why subscription instead of one-time?
Because we're not done building. The AI knowledge vault gets better every month. The product database grows every week. New tools land seasonally. A subscription is honest about the fact that this is a living tool, not a finished product you bought.
Why charge at all? Aren't there free gardening apps?
There are, and many of them are great. The reason we charge is so we can stay ad-free, stay honest about which products we recommend, and stay independent of advertisers whose interests don't align with regenerative growing. A small subscription is how we keep the lights on without having to sell your attention.
Is the Steward tier available now?
Not yet — it ships in Phase 2 (roughly 90 days after launch). Joining Grower today puts you in line to upgrade to Steward at the founding price when it opens.
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