ParzelloYour land. On the aerial photo.
Parzello shows your garden, field, orchard or woodland on the official aerial photo. Draw your plots, place every crop and every tree where it actually is, plan crops and rotation, and keep track of what you sowed, harvested and observed.
- works offline
- no account & cloud
- official aerial photos
- NFC tags
Aerial: sample · Base map: BKG TopPlusOpen
Everything in its place
Every plot gets a land use. It decides what Parzello offers there – for a vegetable bed the grid and the crop plan, for an orchard the individual trees.
Official aerial photos
Digital orthophotos from the German states of Baden-Württemberg, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria, optionally with land parcel boundaries. Underneath, the base map of the Federal Agency for Cartography.
Draw your plots
Tap the corners on the aerial photo or place them with the crosshair. Split vegetable beds into a grid, merge cells – and change the layout from year to year.
Plants with a position
Every tree, every shrub, every row in its place – by GPS on site or by crosshair at your desk. With variety, planting year, status and its own history.
Journal with photos
Notes, harvests, tasks and observations, with photos and optional voice input. Next year you’ll know what went well, when and where.
Reminders
Earthing up, pruning, spraying, harvesting: reminders for a plot or a plant, as notifications on your phone.
NFC tags
A tag on the greenhouse, raised bed or tree – hold your phone to it and Parzello opens exactly that plot.
Offline outdoors
Download aerial photo and map for your plots in advance. Then Parzello works even in the dead zone behind the barn.
Your own crop database
Many crops with nutrient demand, growing time and companion plants are included. Adjust them and add your own.
Export & backup
Crop plans as CSV for Excel or LibreOffice, all data as a backup file – your data belongs to you.
- Vegetable bed
- Raised bed
- Greenhouse
- Garden
- Field
- Orchard
- Berry field
- Tree nursery
- Christmas trees
- Woodland
What grows where next year?
In the crop plan you enter what should grow in each bed and when. Parzello works out the start or end from the growing time, shows month, year and several years at a glance – and remembers precisely, year after year, what grew where.
- Rotation view: bed × year, coloured by nutrient demand
- Suggestion following heavy, medium, light feeders and green manure
- Warning for an unfavourable sequence or bad neighbours
- A plan entry is the crop itself – with status planned, growing, cleared
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Cabbage | Carrots | Beans | Phacelia |
| B | Onions | Peas | Potatoes | Lettuce |
| C | Lamb’s lettuce | Squash | Tomatoes | Beans |
Outlined in red: two heavy feeders in a row – Parzello warns you.
No account, no cloud, no profile
Parzello only downloads map tiles and aerial photos – from public authorities. Only the map section you are looking at is transmitted. All details
On your device
Plots, plants, plans, journal and photos stay on your phone. Only you can pass them on, by exporting.
Location only on request
The app asks for your location only when you want to set a position – never in the background.
No ads, no tracking
No analytics, no advertising, no crash reports. The app doesn’t even request camera or microphone permission.
Parzello for Android
Parzello is in development. If you’d like to hear when it launches, send me a short e-mail.
- SystemAndroid 7.0 or later
- App languageEnglish, German
- Aerial photosBaden-Württemberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria
FAQ
Are there aerial photos for my region?
At launch the open aerial photos of Baden-Württemberg, North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria are included. The base map covers all of Germany, and you can draw plots anywhere. More regions follow as soon as their aerial photos are freely usable.
Do I need a connection outdoors?
No, if you download your plots beforehand. Everything else – plans, journal, reminders – is on your phone anyway.
Does the parcel layer replace an official document?
No. It shows the boundaries from the surveying authority’s open data for orientation only. Only the documents of the land registry and surveying office are binding.
Can I manage several properties?
Yes, any number of plots in any number of places – from the home garden to a leased field.
Aerial photos and maps: © LGL Baden-Württemberg (dl-de/by-2-0), © Geobasis NRW (dl-de/zero-2.0), © Bavarian Surveying Administration (CC BY 4.0), © BKG TopPlusOpen (dl-de/by-2-0). The app shows the attributions including the year.