Plant App: Plant Identifier

Not a good app this is the second time I’m filling out my review because it just all of a sudden deleted my first one the app contradiction itself before I even started using it during the walk-through where the app shows me an example of the plant it has it showed money tree that goes on to contradicted itself in each paragraph things like don’t give a direct sunlight and then at the end says gives 4-6 hours of direct. It does this for soil type it does it for the pH and it does it for the fertilizer each one contradicts itself I’m deleting this app. It’s no good. I have over 200 house plants and I don’t know how many outside ones, I just need these apps to help me remember the names of them but if I was new, this would not be helpful. I would be so confused. Print example it says fertilize every two weeks during the gross season and then it ends with fertilized twice a year which one is it? So it’s not picky about pH, but then goes and tells you the exact Ph each that it needs, also goes on to say not picky about soil, but then tells the exact kind of soil it needs which one is like I said if if I was new starting out, this would be extremely maybe at least have the correct information on the walk-through of the plant that you’re showing me not misinformation or contradicting yourself try hard harder

At most this app is extremely bare bones even with it’s subscription model. Pros: It does offer a “lifetime” (one time payment) membership as well as a monthly, water calculator, and reminders for watering/misting/fertilizing/rotating. Cons: Most features are locked behind a paywall including diagnosis/light meter/plant ID/toxicity info and more, while some aspects are advertised as “free” within the app they actually aren’t and clicking them brings you to the subscription screen where you are offered a “free trail” however no where outside of this screen does it say “Try for free” or “free trial”, It does not offer site locations, all temperature calculations are only available in celsius (this wouldn’t be a big deal if you could switch to fahrenheit, however there is nowhere in the app to switch), there is no location tracking so no truly accurate temperature estimations, aside from creating a name for a plant you can not add your own photo (so no personalized plant profiles), and there is no ability to create your own personalized profile. All in all, while it’s a great idea in theory and one of the few plant apps which offers a one-time payment, compared to others in the same field it’s honestly barebones and locks most features that would make it even at minimum worth keeping behind a paywall.

I really like this app. I have many plants in my home. We just moved across country and some of my plants were not doing very well. I down loaded this app and 2 months later ALL my plants are back to their full color and looking great again. I think I would have lost a lot of them if I wouldn’t have found this app! I will keep this app and share it with all my family and friends…