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Raised Bed Soil Calculator

Plan soil for raised garden beds

iOS 17.0 or later · Updated Jun 2026 · 34 languages
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Free One-time unlock · $4.99
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The simplest way to plan soil for your raised garden beds. Enter your dimensions, choose a mix recipe, and get a bag-by-bag shopping list.

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Raised Bed Soil Calculator is the simplest way to plan soil for your raised garden beds. Enter your dimensions, choose a mix recipe, and get a bag-by-bag shopping list in the bag sizes your local garden centre actually stocks. Measure Any Bed Shape Rectangles, squares, L-shapes, and triangles - all four shapes supported. Work in inches, feet, or centimetres and the app converts everything to cubic feet automatically. Pick Your Soil Recipe Choose from three proven blends - Mel's Mix (1/3 compost, 1/3 coco coir, 1/3 vermiculite), Classic Blend (60% topsoil, 30% compost, 10% perlite), or All Compost. Or build a custom mix with any proportions you like. Walk Out Ready to Shop Your shopping list shows exactly how many bags of each ingredient you need, in the sizes your store stocks - 1, 1.5, or 2 cu ft bags, or 40 L and 50 L. Copy it, share it, or just hand the phone to the till. Features • Four bed shapes - rectangle, square, L-shape, and triangle • Imperial and metric units - inches, feet, and centimetres • Three soil presets - Mel's Mix, Classic Blend, and All Compost • Custom mix - set your own proportions for any ingredient • Settling buffer - optional percentage added to all volumes • iCloud sync - beds stay in sync across all your devices • Unlimited beds and planting log (Pro) • Combined shopping list for all beds (Pro) • Export as CSV or PDF and share (Pro) No Account. No Subscription. Raised Bed Soil Calculator works entirely on your device. No email or login required. iCloud sync uses your existing Apple ID - nothing extra to sign up for. Raised Bed Soil Calculator Pro Unlock everything with a single one-time purchase. Unlimited beds, combined shopping list, cost estimates, top-up mode, saved mix library, planting log, and export & share - all included, no subscription ever. Download Raised Bed Soil Calculator and fill every bed exactly right.
Rectangle, square, L-shape & triangle
Imperial and metric units
Mel's Mix, Classic Blend & All Compost
Custom mix proportions
Bag-by-bag shopping list
Raised Bed Soil Calculator
Plan soil for raised garden beds
Download on the App Store
What does the Raised Bed Soil Calculator do? +

Enter your bed dimensions and choose a soil recipe, and it produces a bag-by-bag shopping list in the bag sizes your local garden center actually stocks.

Which soil mixes does it support? +

It includes Mel’s Mix, a classic topsoil/compost/perlite blend, and all-compost, plus a custom mix where you set your own proportions. It works in imperial or metric.

Is there a subscription? +

No subscription. A single one-time Pro purchase unlocks unlimited beds, a combined shopping list, cost estimates, and CSV or PDF export.

What bed shapes can it measure? +

Rectangles, squares, L-shapes, and triangles, with a settling buffer you can add to every volume.

Can I calculate multiple beds at once? +

Yes. Pro supports unlimited beds and a combined shopping list that totals everything you need in one trip.