An update, and it's the whole reason this thread exists: the post above was a call for closed-test volunteers, back in July 2026. At least two folks from here joined, and they've got the app free for life. That test is done and the app is out, so here's where things actually landed. Thanks again to Paul and the staff for the space.
Somebody's going to ask why not just keep a notebook. Fair. Mine never once failed to boot. Paper doesn't need charging, and it outlives whatever company made the thing you typed into. What failed was me finding anything in mine. So I made sure the records can leave: seeds import and export as CSV or JSON, reports print to PDF. Plenty of folks will keep both. Nothing wrong with that.
Here's what it keeps track of, all of it on the phone, none of it on anybody's server:
Seeds. Which packets are still worth planting: catalog, germination tests, viability, lots, photos. It exports to CSV or JSON and imports the same, though fair warning: the import wants the columns laid out the way the app's own export writes them, so a spreadsheet you already keep needs rearranging before it'll take it. This will be fixed for the next update.Garden and perennials. Beds, plots, containers, plantings against your own frost dates and chill hours, companion planting, plus a catalog of 129 perennial crops. The perennials are what never fit in a spreadsheet. If you grow something unusual, ask me here whether it's covered.Preserving. Canning, pickling, fermenting, dehydrating, freezing, curing. Water-bath schedules follow the USDA Complete Guide altitude tables, and when a number falls outside the tested range the app stops instead of rounding it into range.Feeding the soil. Sixteen organic ways to make fertility (compost, compost tea, bokashi, worms, biochar and the rest) with timers and application logs, so the record survives the season. If your way of making fertility isn't in there, tell me which one and how you run it.Animals. Chickens, rabbits, goats and the rest. Health, feed, egg logs, and breeding records that run pedigree and inbreeding numbers, so you can see a small closed flock narrowing before it gets away from you. Meat production will be in the next major update.Food storage. What's on the shelves, where, and what needs eating first. A finished preservation batch lands on the shelf with one tap.
Also in there: mushroom growing (culinary species only), soap making with a lye calculator, and an off-grid power side that answers "can I run this?" about a battery bank before you spend the money.
That's nine different kinds of record keeping in one place.
There's also a calendar every part of the app writes into, reminders, a built-in manual and glossary, and a reference library, all on the phone.
There's no account and no sign-up, and nothing lives on a server, because there isn't one. That's the part I care most about. Install it, put the phone in airplane mode, and everything still works. There's also no analytics, no telemetry, and no crash reporting, which means I can't see how anyone uses the app at all. If something's broken I only find out when somebody says so.
If two people in a household both keep records, the two phones sync straight to each other over Bluetooth or your own WiFi, encrypted so only those two phones can read it. An egg count typed in at the coop shows up on the kitchen phone next time the two sync up. It never left the property. Photos get their GPS coordinates stripped on the way in too, so a picture of the coop isn't also a map to it.
And if I get hit by a bus? Nothing happens to your records. There's no server to shut off, no account to expire. The app on your phone keeps working.
It's a one-time purchase. $29.99 founding price until November 18, 2026, then $39.99. Whichever you pay, that's it, permanently. The Play listing always shows the current price, so trust it over an old forum post. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no tiers, no ads, and every update included. I sell the app once and that's the whole business.
Graith on Google Play
What it isn't, so nobody's surprised. Android only. There's no iPhone version and I'm not going to promise you a date for one. It went live in August 2026, so it's young software; new software has bugs and some of you will find them before I do. The closed test caught real ones. For a while, tapping Dashboard sometimes landed you on the wrong screen with no way back, and a tester had to tell me. There's only one of me, so support is the person who built it, which cuts both ways. And your data lives on your phone, so keeping that backup file somewhere safe is your job, not a cloud's.
The canning side follows the tested USDA and NCHFP guidance, and when your numbers land outside those schedules it says so and stops. That was my call, and it means the app only knows the tested schedules. Those come straight out of the USDA and NCHFP guides, and most of the reference material in the rest of the app comes from the same places plus the university extension services.
If you want a longer look before spending anything, there's more at
https://graith.app/
I'll keep this thread updated as the app grows, and I'll answer whatever gets asked here, including the unfriendly stuff. If any of the folks who tested it want to say what they really thought, warts and all, please do.
Question for the thread. What's the record you end up redoing every year because you can't find last year's? Mine was germination results. Tell me yours. If it's something this app has no place for, I'll say straight out whether I'd build it or not.
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