What MycoTrack is genuinely good at
We're not here to talk you out of MycoTrack — of the web-based options it's the closest thing to Mycro, and for a grower who wants to lean into analytics it may be exactly right. Credit where it's due:
- Deep yield & contamination analytics. On the paid tiers MycoTrack goes further than a simple log — full yield analytics, contamination analytics and environmental logging across your batches.
- AI-powered insights. Its standout feature is predictive contamination alerts and best-combination (strain × substrate) recommendations — a genuinely interesting layer if you want the software to suggest what to run next.
- Strain & substrate library. Build a reusable library and track batches spawn → harvest against it, which is handy once you're running many combinations.
- Web-based, like Mycro. It runs in the browser on any device, so there's nothing to install.
If you want richer analytics and AI recommendations in the browser and you're happy to create an account and pay as you scale, MycoTrack is an excellent pick — you can stop reading here with our blessing.
MycoTrack's pricing model, plainly
So you can see exactly where the account requirement and the paywall sit (verify current numbers on their site):
| Tier | Price | What you get | Account? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 3 active batches, basic tracking — analytics locked | Required |
| Pro | $10/mo | Unlimited batches + full yield/contamination analytics + env logging | Required |
| Lab | $50/mo | + AI insights, predictive contamination alerts, priority support | Required |
It's fair pricing for a deeper analytics platform. But note two things if you just want to start logging: even the free tier requires an account and stops at 3 active batches, and the analytics that make MycoTrack interesting — yield and contamination — are paywalled at $10/mo, with the AI layer at $50/mo. You're signing up and, to get the useful numbers, paying before you've proven the workflow fits you.
Where Mycro is different
Mycro starts from the opposite end: a free grow log that lives in the browser, with no install, no account, no batch cap — and the core numbers a selling farm cares about included on the free tier.
- Free, no login, nothing to install. No account, no batch limit, no paywall on the numbers. Sample batches are already loaded so you can see it work before you type anything.
- Biological efficiency & contamination rate on the free tier. The analytics MycoTrack locks behind $10/mo — BE per batch and contamination rate by cause — Mycro computes for free, plus days-in-stage with an overdue-colonization flag and cost per pound by species.
- Web-first, on any device. The same Grow Log opens on a phone in the grow room and on the laptop where you do the week's numbers.
- Open-source grow engine. The math behind the calculators is MIT-licensed on GitHub, so you can see and trust how every number is produced.
Mycro vs MycoTrack, side by side
Honest yes / partial / no. Features and prices change — verify current MycoTrack details on their site, and if anything here is out of date, email hello@usemycro.com and we'll fix it.
| Capability | Mycro | MycoTrack |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier with no login, no batch cap | ✓no account, uncapped to start | ~free tier needs account, 3 batches |
| Runs in the browser — nothing to install | ✓phone or laptop | ✓web app |
| Start tracking in seconds (no sign-up) | ✓sample batches preloaded | ✗account required |
| Biological efficiency + contamination rate on the free tier | ✓free, computed for you | ✗analytics locked until $10/mo |
| Deep yield analytics + environmental logging | ~core metrics free | ✓on paid tiers |
| AI insights / predictive contamination alerts | ✗ | ✓$50/mo Lab tier |
| Cost & profit per pound by species | ✓in the free tools | ~ |
| Open-source grow engine | ✓MIT, on GitHub | ✗ |
| Entry price to use it seriously | ✓free; $99 one-time founding option | ~useful analytics from $10/mo |
| Built for commercial gourmet/functional farms | ✓ | ✓hobbyists → small producers/labs |
Do you have to switch? No — you can use both
This isn't all-or-nothing. If you pay for MycoTrack for its deeper analytics and AI recommendations, keep it. Plenty of growers also pull up Mycro's free browser Grow Log to quickly run the numbers on a batch — biological efficiency, contamination rate and cost per pound by species — without logging in. Mycro's Grow Log exports CSV/JSON, so your data is portable either way.
Who should pick which
- Pick MycoTrack if: you want deep browser-based yield and contamination analytics, environmental logging and AI-powered recommendations, and you're happy to create an account and pay ($10/mo, or $50/mo for the AI tier) once you scale past a few batches.
- Pick Mycro if: you want a free grow log in the browser on any device with no login and no batch cap, you want biological efficiency and contamination rate computed for free rather than paywalled, and you want cost-per-pound on an open-source foundation without signing up first.
Start with the free Grow Log — then get early access
Mycro is web-based grow-ops built for small gourmet & functional mushroom farms. The Grow Log is free and opens in your browser right now — biological efficiency and contamination rate included, no account. The full commercial platform — cloud-synced batches, per-strain trends and the selling side — is in Founding-Grower early access.
Open the free Grow Log Get early access →Comparison reflects publicly available information about MycoTrack at the time of writing and may not capture every feature or recent change — verify current details on the vendor's own site. Mycro is for legal culinary & medicinal mushroom cultivation only. Not affiliated with MycoTrack.