Plant App: Plant Identifier

• Plant Identifier Subs — $34.99/year ($2.91/mo) (derived from the IAP title)

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

• Free download · core features require a paid plan
• In-app purchases: $3.99 - $299.99 per item
• Subscription

Last verified 28 Aug 2026

4.7 55227 ratings · App Store

1. 2/5Honestly 2/10 bare bones app

   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.

   Xx.Anubis.xX · 30 Aug 2026

2. 1/5OK, second time because they deleted my first review

   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

   ravengetwo · 30 Aug 2026

3. 1/5The free trial is a scam

   This app doesn’t even deserve a single star, and I’d give it a negative 5 if I could. I tried this app for a couple of days then tried to cancel it, but there was literally no option for that! Followed the link for “cancel at anytime” and it only allows you to renew. It says you can’t cancel a current subscription, but then says you have to cancel more than 24hrs before renewal to stop it renewing - in other words - you need to cancel future subscriptions during the time of your current subscription…which it says you can’t do. Yes, it’s as much of a runaround as it sounds. I got a refund and cancellation through iTunes, but as a warning to anyone else who thinks of trying this app: DON’T do the free trial. It’s also terrible at identifying plants, misidentified numerous times, and once said a clearly focused macro shot of a flower, “didn’t contain a flower.”

   Soarshare · 30 Aug 2026

4. 1/5Horrible!

   Thought I’d try this app based on an ad showing how easy it is to take a pic of a sick plant and immediately get advice on how to cure the plant. Well—the free trial doesn’t do this at all. It correctly ID’d the name of the plant and suggested a few possible problems, but did NOT tell me exactly what to do. Instead it listed a lot of info which looked overwhelming to read, and I could do that for free. The point of the app (which is NOT free after a very short 3-day trial) is to do the research for me to save me time and make paying a subscription worthwhile. I also found navigating the app cumbersome and not user-friendly. I have cancelled my subscription within an hour of trying the free version. BTW you can’t find out what features are included w/ea price point that’s available within the app.

   Luann P. · 30 Aug 2026

5. 1/5Don’t waste your time downloading

   This is as of June 2023. I downloaded this Apple recommended app to identify some vines and flowers in my yard. I took a grand total of 4 pictures before I was locked out of the app. There is no warning on the app that free users only get a certain amount of pictures and there are very annoying pop ups throughout the app for their subscription. For the record a weekly subscription is $7 and a “lifetime” one is $150 or $50 depending on if there is a “sale”. All I wanted was a free app to identify plants. Instead I got frustration and far more information than I needed besides a simple identification. I hate apps like this that waste my time and memory space on my phone. Less than 24 hours later and instantly deleted.

   boo boo · 30 Aug 2026

4.2 546328 ratings · Google Play

1. 1/5

   uninstalled immediatley. 3-day trial and then 9.99 a week after that. reading the other reviews I didn't want to take a chance of being stuck with it

   TOM RANCADORE · 29 Jul 2026

2. 1/5

   results are very inconsistent and identify wrong plants.

   Robert Walters · 29 Jul 2026

3. 1/5

   I cancelled this app on the same day that I signed up, Please return all funds. Thank you. This is my second time emailing you all. Cancel again/return $.

   Judi Williams · 29 Jul 2026

4. 1/5

   can't identify a simple pansy

   Angela Leach Slavin · 29 Jul 2026

5. 1/5

   you are changing me and I want to cancel

   Dorothy · 29 Jul 2026

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