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Plant Light Meter

by Studio Nano Ship, Inc.

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 6 Aug 2026

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  • $2.99

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  • Price: $2.99

Ratings & reviews

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4.6 1075 ratings · App Store

  1. 5/5Excellent Meter

    This is a simple, easy to use and straightforward tool for measuring light. It has a very attractive interface and updates to various light levels automatically. I’ve used another meter where you have to push a button to take a reading, but this does it on the fly, which is what I particularly like about it. My only suggestion is that it would be nice if one could use either the front or rear cameras.

    classic dash · 6 Aug 2026

  2. 5/5Works great

    I almost didn’t download after reading the reviews. I’m so glad I did. Although this utility uses a back-facing camera, it doesn't take much effort to get a reading. Just point in the general direction — I had no problem seeing the screen at the same time I was checking light quality. If you aren’t getting a reading you expect, tilt the camera a bit one way or the other to grab the light. Easy! Also, there is a numerical meter that will give more detail than ‘very low’, ‘low’, etc. I have about 150 plants in my home at any given time (for the Farmers Market) and this helps cut out the guesswork.

    Idontwant12345678 · 6 Aug 2026

  3. 1/5New version extremely inaccurate

    **Do not buy the update broke it.** The original version was a bit tricky position, but it worked. In the new version the app attempts to take a reflective light reading instead of an ambient one, but it’s wildly inaccurate. Plants sitting on the window sill in direct sun often read as if they had lower light then plants 4-6 feet away from the nearest window. Plants with darker coloration read as if they have less light then plants directly next to them. The app also no longer supports plants with variegated or colorful leaves.

    Annagram22 · 6 Aug 2026

  4. 3/5Not accurate

    I pointed the camera at the leaves of all of the plants in my very bright southwest sunroom. It read anywhere from too low-medium which is by no means accurate. When I hold my phone in front of the leaves but point the camera out towards the light I finally get a reading of bright, which I know the room to be. The room is full of cacti, succulents, and palms- all of which love bright light- and they are all thriving. Clearly there is more than enough light for the room to be considered bright but the app doesn’t read as such. I’m glad it was only $.99 to find out but still a rip off. Save your money.

    emilysh · 6 Aug 2026

  5. 5/5Plant saver!

    People tend to give me plants that I know very little about simply because I love plants. This app is awesome to figure out good placement and give a good basic overview of a variety of plants. It’s SUPER easy to suggest additions too! I sent in a request at the contact email for a couple of tricky plants to be added and got a response the next day. The plants were added by the next update.

    Ashimack · 6 Aug 2026

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Versions

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  • 3.10.0

    Improved plant light descriptions: Baby’s Tears, Bird’s Nest Fern, Chinese Jasmine, Chinese Money Plant, Bird of paradise, Cardboard palm, Bunny Ear Cactus, Bush Lily, Cat Palm, Cathedral Bells.

  • 3.11.0

    Improved plant light descriptions: Creeping Fig, Delta Maidenhair Fern, Heart-leaf Hoya, Peacock Plant, Cylindrical Snake Plant, Emerald Ripple Peperomia, Christmas Cactus, Corn Plant, Crown of Thorns, Donkey’s Tail.

  • 3.11.1

    Fixed black screen issue

  • 3.12.0

    Fixed plant name for: Tradescantia zebrina / Walking Dude Full-screen support for the latest iPad mini Minor UI and text update

  • 3.13.0

    Added support for artificial lights such as LED, T5, and grow lights. To test this new feature, go to the settings tab and select the “artificial & natural lights” mode.

  • 3.14.0

    UI update

  • 3.15.0

    New: Basil, Tomato, Oregano, Mint Guide tab: Added alphabetical index Measure tab: The plant wheel is back.

  • 3.16.0

    New: Added "Fun" tab. It contains a small free game about houseplants. Settings tab: app link can be shared.

  • 3.16.1

    Welcome screen for new users.

  • 3.17.0

    Guide: Plants can be added to Favorites group

  • 3.17.1

    Guide: Added Monstera plant

  • 3.18.0

    - Design update - Share App: Fixed link

  • 3.19.0

    UI update for "leaf mode"

  • 3.20.0

    Adjusted light values ​​for 3 plants: African Violet, English Ivy, Moon Valley.

  • 3.20.1 · 13 Oct 2022

    Correction of a spelling mistake

  • 3.4.0

    Lighting recommendations for 60 additionnal house plants

  • 3.4.1

    Minor update

  • 3.5.0

    - Added rosemary (requested by a user) - Fixed swiss cheese plant description (requested by a user) - Minor fixes

  • 3.6.0

    - Added zoomable pictures to the plant guide pages - Minor fixes

  • 3.6.1

    Fixed picture: Watermelon Peperomia

  • 3.6.2

    Minor update, updated screenshots

  • 3.7.0

    New plants: Angel Wings, Stromanthe, Five Holes Plant, Mediterranean Bonsai, Geranium, Coleus, Common Olive.

  • 3.8.0

    Improved guide for the following plants: Air Plant, Baby Rubber Plant, Autograph Tree, Artillery Plant, Aluminium Plant, Banana-Leaf Fig, Polka Dot Plant.

  • 3.8.1

    Calathea Ornata: Light level

  • 3.9.0

    New plants: American Century Plant, Ball Cactus, Cobweb Houseleek ,Crinkle Leaf Plant, String of Dolphins, Easter Lily Cactus, Horse’s Teeth, Living Stones, Pink Jelly Bean Plant, Kitten Ears

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